Braille Monitor January 1986

Braille Monitor January 1986

The Braille Monitor

January 1986

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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National Federation of the Blind and sent to:
Richard Edlund, Treasurer
National Federation of the Blind
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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

January 1986

PRESIDENT JERNIGAN SPEAKS TO THE AIRLINES
STILL MORE ON THE AIRLINES SAFETY HOAX
AN OLD DILEMMA WITH A NEW TWIST
by Ramona Walhof
OF DISCRIMINATION AND SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
RICK SMITH BECOMES EAGLE SCOUT
by Kenneth Jernigan
SOCIAL SECURITY, SSI, AND MEDICARE FACTS FOR 1986
by James Gashel
THE RIGHT TO LITERACY
by Claudell Stocker
NONPROFIT POSTAGE RATES SAVED IN CONGRESS: THE FEDERATION LEADS THE BATTLE
by James Gashel
TO BE A PARENT
IS INDEPENDENCE WORTH $2.50?
by Fred J. Wurtzel
WHAT WAS THAT CLICKING AND CLACKING ANYWAY?
by Fred J. Wurtzel
SPEECH OUTPUT FOR THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER
by Curtis Chong
WHITE CANE SAFETY DAY I NFORMING THE COMMUNITY
by Ronald Greene
ON THE BARRICADES AT THE BUMPER CARS
by Mike George
PROCLAMATION
TALKING CLOCKS-WHERE ARE WE NOW?
by W. Harold Bleakley
RECIPES
MONITOR MINIATURES
Complete Braille Monitor
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Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc., 1986