THE BRAILLE MONITOR

THE BRAILLE MONITOR

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The Braille
Monitor
Vol. 48, No.
1January

2005
Barbara

Pierce, Editor
Published
in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by
THE NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
MARC MAURER,
PRESIDENT
National
Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Web site address: http://www.nfb.org
NFBnet.org: http://www.nfbnet.org
NFB-NEWSLINE number: 1-888-882-1629
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Louisville
Site of 2005 NFB Convention

The
Belle of Louisville

The 2005 convention of
the National Federation of the Blind will take place in Louisville, Kentucky,
July 2-9, at the Galt House and Galt House East Tower. The Galt House West is
at 140 N. Fourth Street, and the Galt House East Tower, or Galt House East,
is at 141 N. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. Our overflow hotel is
the Hyatt Regency at 320 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202.
The
2005 room rates are singles, doubles, and twins $59; and triples and quads $64
a night, plus tax. The hotel is accepting reservations now. A $60-per-room deposit
is required to make a reservation. Fifty percent of the deposit will be refunded
if notice is given to the hotel of a reservation cancellation before June 1,
2005. The other 50 percent is not refundable. For reservations call the Galt
House at (502) 589-5200 or the Hyatt Regency at (502) 587-3434.
Rooms
will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations may be made
before June 1, 2005, assuming that rooms are still available. After that time
the hotels will not hold their blocks of rooms for the convention. In other
words, you should get your reservation in soon.
A
covered pedestrian walkway connects the two hotels, and guest-room amenities
in both include hair dryer, coffee pot, iron and ironing board, and dataport.
Those who attended the 2003 convention can testify to the gracious hospitality
of both the Hyatt and the Galt House. Our headquarters hotel has excellent restaurants,
first-rate meeting space, and other top-notch facilities. It is in downtown
Louisville, close to the Ohio River, and only seven miles from the Louisville
airport.
The
2005 convention will follow what many think of as our usual schedule:
Saturday, July 2Seminar
Day
Sunday, July 3
Registration Day
Monday, July 4 Board
Meeting and Division Day
Tuesday, July 5Opening
Session
Wednesday, July 6
Tour Day
Thursday, July 7
Banquet Day
Friday, July 8Business
Session
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Contents
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Vol. 48, No. 1
January,

2005
Frontispiece
An
Overview of Accessible Technology:
Where
Are We Now, and What Does the Future Hold?
by
Danika Taylor
Another
Wonder
by
Robert Gardner
The
Third Time with Even More Charm
by
Cathy Jackson
The
Play Date
by
Mary Ellen Gabias
Focusing
on Literacy
by
Nancy Burns
My
Parents Are Blind
by
Maria Rivera Ley, as told to Brooke Lea Foster
I
Remember Alex
by
David Hyde
For
the Blind, a Welcoming Web
by
Sarah Lacey
Social
Security Disability Insurance: Important Facts
for
Blind Vendors and Other Self-Employed Blind Individuals
Revised
by James McCarthy
Recipes
Monitor
Miniatures
Complete
Braille Monitor
Complete
Braille Monitor (download Zip version)
Copyright
2005 National Federation of the Blind