Louisville Site of 2002 NFB Convention
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Louisville Site of 2002
NFB Convention!
The 2002 Convention of the National
Federation of the Blind will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, July 3-9. We
will conduct the convention at the Galt House Hotel and the Galt House East
Tower, together a first-class convention hotel. The Galt House Hotel, familiarly
called the Galt House West, is at 140 N. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky
[LEAD PHOTO/DESCRIPTION: Three people are pictured in academic regalia
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NFB President
Marc Maurer, RSA Commissioner Joanne Wilson, and Menlo College President James
Waddell
On
April 15, 2002, Menlo College honored Joanne Wilson, Commissioner of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration, U.S. Department of Education. During the morning the
institution sponsored a disability rights seminar in honor of the occasion.
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Erik Weihenmayer gazes into the distance from the top of
Mt
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The
Blind Climber on Mt. Everest
by Erik Weihenmayer
Erik
Weihenmayer gazes into the distance from the top of Mt. McKinley.
From
the Editor: Last May many of us found ourselves constantly preoccupied as we
went about our daily tasks, turning frequently to the Web site chronicling the
From Erik's E-mail
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From Erik's E-mail
From
the Editor: During the course of his preparing for and executing the climbs
of Ama Dablam and Mt. Everest, I got to know Erik Weihenmayer and members of
his team pretty well. As the world has come to know, they are remarkable people,
and they have done a great deal to inspire blind and sighted people alike. I
Excerpt from the Afterword
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Excerpt from the Afterword
by Erik Weihenmayer
Erik
Weihenmayer crosses a crevasse using a ladder
From
the Editor: In the December 2001 issue of Outside magazine the following
excerpt appeared from the thirty-page afterword to Erik Weihenmayer's autobiographical
book Touch the Top of the World. This chapter was written when Erik returned
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A
New Professional Certification
by James H. Omvig
James
Omvig
From
the Editor: Jim Omvig is a frequent contributor to these pages. His leadership
in the National Federation of the Blind extends over decades, and his experience
in the blindness field is extensive. He has recently become President of the
National Blindness Professional Certification Board. In that capacity he describes
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Peggy Elliott]
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Another Take on the
September 10 Meeting with NAC
by
Peggy Elliott
Peggy
Elliott
From
the Editor: As President Maurer mentioned, one of the other NFB representatives
to the September 10 meeting with members of NAC was NFB Second Vice President
Peggy Elliott. Her view of the discussion was slightly different and completely
complementary. Here it is:
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Knowing
the Score
by Bill McCann
Bill
McCann
From
the Editor: Living as I do in a small town that is home to one of the finest
conservatories of music in the country, I have gotten to know a number of blind
musicians through the years. Unfortunately not all of these young men and women
have been proficient Braille music readers. Those who are have been far better
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How
to Select a Suitable Adaptive Technology
Training Program
by Robert Leblond
Robert
Leblond
From
the Editor: Bob Leblond's wife Connie and his two children, Hope and Seth, are
all blind, so he has long firsthand experience with the struggle to obtain efficient
access technology. Bob served as the Treasurer of the NFB of Maine for several
Getting to Know the Federation
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Getting
to Know the Federation
From
the Editor: I recently received the following e-mail post to the NFBtalk listserv
because the sender thought I would be interested in seeing how well the writer
captured both the wonderful and the sometimes frustrating aspects of the National
Convention. I agreed completely with the assessment and have reprinted it here