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Vol. 67, No. 11 December 2024
Gary Wunder, Editor
Chris Danielsen, Associate Editor
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Vol. 67, No. 11 December 2024
Convention Bulletin 2025 (HTML)
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Reflections on and Appreciation for My Time as Editor (HTML)
Reflections on and Appreciation for My Time as Editor (MP3)
by Gary Wunder
Neither Dog nor Cane nor Blindness Should Deprive Us of a Ride (HTML)
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A Mountain, a Waterfall, a Cracked Pool, and a Christmas Tree Color Wheel (HTML)
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We Need Your Help (HTML)
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Beyond the Reason Why (HTML)
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Leading Courageously in Art: Poetry, Sensibility, and Aesthetics of Sharing Our Unseen Stories (HTML)
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A Blind, Black Education Pioneer (HTML)
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GAAD Is Good — But it's not Enough (HTML)
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From the President's Desk (HTML)
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The 2025 Washington Seminar Approaches (HTML)
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A Proclamation on Blind Americans Equality Day, 2024 (HTML)
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To See and Not to See: Helping Students with Cortical Visual Impairment Access the Resources They Need (HTML)
To See and Not to See: Helping Students with Cortical Visual Impairment Access the Resources They Need (MP3)
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Today's Artificial Intelligence: Our Future for Reading and Writing STEM? (HTML)
Today's Artificial Intelligence: Our Future for Reading and Writing STEM? (MP3)
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Announcing an Exciting Update to the NFB 2025 Scholarship Program (HTML)
Announcing an Exciting Update to the NFB 2025 Scholarship Program (MP3)
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2025 Writing Contest Guidelines (HTML)
2025 Writing Contest Guidelines (MP3)
by Officials of the Writers' Division
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