Braille Monitor April-May 1985

Braille Monitor April-May 1985

The Braille Monitor

April-May 1985

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on talking-book discs
by
The National Federation of the Blind
Dr. Kenneth Jernican, President

National Office
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Baltimore, Maryland 21230
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THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION
SPEAKING FOR THE BLIND--IT IS THE BLIND SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES
ISSN 0006-8829

Contents

April-May 1985

A COMMENT FROM PRESIDENT JERNIGAN
CONVENTION UPDATE
by Betty Niceley
TRIFORMATION, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE, AND GEOFFREY BULL
by Kenneth Jernigan
YOUR LIBRARY SERVICE, WHAT IT COSTS: SOME LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT BIDS AND PRODUCERS
by James Gashel
BLIND PARENTS AND THE COURTS
INSIDE THE IDAHO COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND:
DETERIORATING SERVICE NOW UNFOLDING
WHILE NEW RULES CALL FOR EVEN MORE CUTS
by James Gashel
PROTECTION OR PRESUMPTION
ACTION BY NCSAB
by Kenneth Jernigan
INDEPENDENT MOBILITY AND OTHER MATTERS
by Hazel Staley
CANE TRAVEL WORKSHOP
by Christine Roberts
ON THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE
by Steve Hastalis
REHABILITATION
NOT JUST A MATTER OF APPROPRIATIONS
DON'T YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
TOO BUSY FOR EQUALITY
by Marc Maurer
SECOND MISSOURI LAWSUIT SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED
GOOD INTENTIONS AREN'T ENOUGH
by Gary Wunder
THE CASE OF THE REJECTED IDENTIFICATION CARD
TAKING THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET
RESPONSE TO "OF OPTACONS AND OPTIONS"
MARCH ON WASHINGTON
UNETHICAL AND UNPROFESSIONAL
BATON ROUGE RESTAURANT REFUSES TO SERVE BLIND PATRONS
by Joanne Fernandes
JON DEDEN WINS AWARD AS STOCK BROKER
FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE STATUS
OF EDUCATION AND THE BLIND
by Jim Mitchell
RECIPES
MONITOR MINIATURES

Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc., 1985