The Braille Monitor

Vol. 48, No. 7 July 2005

Barbara Pierce, Editor

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Contents

Vol. 48, No. 7 July 2005

Frontispiece

Feet on the Street to Save Rehabilitation
by Barbara Pierce

How Braille Began
by Paula Kimbrough

A Boa in My Brailler
by Barbara Loos

Round Two in Reporting the MaxiAids Contempt
Court Case.
by Barbara Pierce

Uncommon Vision
Blind Student Focuses on Her Goal To Become Elementary School Teacher
by Kay Randall

The Variables of a Blind Person�s Math Experience
by Cary Supalo