Braille Monitor OCTOBER 1985

Braille Monitor OCTOBER 1985

The Braille Monitor

October 1985

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

National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
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SPEAKING FOR THE BLIND--IT IS THE BLIND SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES
ISSN 0006-8829

Contents

OCTOBER 1985

MORE ABOUT BRAILLE PRODUCERS AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE:
INSTABILITY IS THE WORD
by Kenneth Jernigan
BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE
by James C. Moynihan
PROGRESS IN FIGHTING INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST THE BLIND
SELF-RESPECTING BLIND ATHLETE REJECTS SECOND-CLASS SPORTS CLASSIFICATION
by Marc Maurer
FIND ORGANIZATION'S CHIEF CRITICIZES STATE PROGRAMS
by Paul Nyden
LATEST ATTACK UPON THE RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD PROGRAM:
THE THREATENING TREND CONTINUES
by James Gashel
THIS IS MY STORY
by Johnny Ott
MY EXPERIENCE AS A BROKER
by Jon Deden
SHENANIGANS CONTINUE IN IDAHO
by Marc Maurer
PROGRESS IN ALASKA
by James Omvig
RECIPES
MONITOR MINIATURES

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