Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Future Reflections March/ April 1983, Vol. 2 No. 2
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HEAR YE! HEAR YE!
CAMP DIRECTORY AVAILABLE
The American Camping Association has available the 1983 Parents' Cuide to Accredited Campa. The guide describes, state by state, over 2,000 camps and included names and address of camp directors and owners, camp fees, length of season, camping popilation and program specialties for each camp. It also indicates which camps mainstream, and which deal with
specific groups, such as blind, diabetic, mentally retarded,
etc. The guide costs $5.95, and can be obtained
from your local American Camping Association office, or
from ACA Parents' Guide, 110 Bradford Woods, Martinsville,
IN 46151.
ILLINOIS SCHOLARSHIP
Reprinted from the December 1982, The Month's News,
a publication of the N.F.B. of Illinois.
The John W. Myers Scholarship (a $500 award available
to qualified blind students in Illinois) is presented annually
at the NFBI convention banquet. No completed
applications have been received by the Scholarship
Committee to date.
Deadline for receipt of applications is June 1, 1983. For
scholarship applications, contact your chapter president
or Tony Burda, Scholarship Committee Chairman, 1803
South Central Avenue, Cicero, IL 60650.
An excellent 4-page pamphlet "NFB Scholarship for Illinois
Students," outlining all three national scholarships
and the Myers scholarship, along with general information
about NFB and our philosophy, will soon be
available for distribution to students, school counselors,
and financial aid departments. Contact Tony Burda for
more information.
STUDENT DIVISION NEWSLETTER
Reprinted from the May-June, 1983 Braille Monitor
The first issue of the Student Division Newsletter (the
publication of the NFB Student Division) has been
published. Cassette or print subscriptions are available
for $2.00 per year by writing: Tami Dodd, 3822 - 52nd
Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50310. This publication, which
will appear twice each year, is one more example of the
vitality and activity of our movement and, particularly of
our Student Division.
LOUISIANA PARENTS' SEMINAR
GREAT SUCCESS
By Joanne Fernandes, Seminar Chairperson
"We believe in your child." This was the message heard
over and over again at the very successful N.F.B. of
Louisiana sponsored seminar for parents and educators
of blind children held on Saturday, March 5, 1983, in
Monroe, Louisiana. The seminar was attended by over
30 families of blind children from all areas of the state,
members of the staff of Blind Services from three
regional offices, many teachers (including the entire
staff from the Shreveport School System that works with
blind children), and, of course, by many Louisiana
federationists.
The seminar provided a means of educating parents and
teachers about the philosophy and beliefs about blindness
that are held by the N.F.B. The cumulative experiences
and feelings held by thousands of blind adults
who grew up as blind children were presented. Parents,
teachers, workers with the blind, and independent blind
adults had an opportunity to share and exchange ideas
and feelings.
The seminar also received extensive publicity. Before
the seminar there were two front-page feature stories in
both the Monroe News Star and the Shreveport Journal. Joanne Fernandes and Barbara Cheadle, two of the
seminar speakers, were interviewed on television talk
shows in Monroe and Shreveport. We received good
radio coverage across north Louisianna. The seminar
was also on a featured news story on KNOE television in
Monroe.
What was this seminar all about? The following thought
from the seminar says it all.
"Sometimes I think about how those childhood years
might have been. I also think about the young people
who are living my experiences right now, and about
their parents who are worried and don't know what to
do. If this seminar reaches you and helps any of you
in one small way, those years of worry and embarrassment
will have all been worth it! Parents, your
children who are partially or totally blind do have the
opportunity to become independent, happy and successful
individuals. It is respectable to be blind."
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Reprinted from the March, 1983, Braille Monitor
The National Federation of the Blind has led the way in
bringing down the prices of aids and appliances for the
blind. The talking clock and the talking calculator are
good examples. A number of agencies in the field were
planning to sell these items at much higher prices than
they now cost. These agencies were prevented from doing
this by the actions of the Federation. We are pleased
to be able to announce still further reductions in the
price of talking clocks and calculators.
We have been selling the original talking clock (the CT660E,
which is the one that many of us still prefer and
the CT-665E, which is the thinner clock) at $58.00. We
have been able to make some good buys and are able to
reduce prices accordingly. We now sell these two talking
clocks at $45.00 per clock. There is no change in the
talking calculator ($50.00) or the combination
clock/calculator ($70.00).
FROM NEBRASKA
The Nebraska Rehabilitation Services for the Visually Impaired
has asked that we make the following announcement.
Announcing
what is to be an annual tradition: E.T. (Extra
Training), a summer program for blind and visually impaired
children and teenagers. Learning and fun will be
combined in a dynamic new program. Children (ages
5-11): June 11-24. Teens (ages 12-20): July 18-29. There
will be instruction and activities for each group. Best of
all, there will be no fee for this program. Registration
deadline: May 1, 1983. For further information contact
the Nebraska Services for the Visually Impaired, 1313
Farnam, Omaha, Nebraska 68102. Phone (402)
554-2041.
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