Braille Is Beautiful
The Braille Monitor
June,
2002
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Braille Is Beautiful
The
following little review was published in the magazine NEA Today and is
reprinted with permission.
Looking
for ways to help your students understand the perspectives of those with disabilities?
Braille Is Beautiful, a new program from the National Federation of the Blind,
could be just the ticket.
Braille
Recipes
The Braille Monitor
June,
2002
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Recipes
This
month's recipes have been contributed by members of the National Federation
of the Blind of Minnesota.
Peanut
Butter Divinity
by
Marie Whitteker
NFB
of Minnesota president Joyce Scanlan says, "Marie Whitteker has been a
member and valued leader of the National Federation of the Blind for many years.
[LEAD PHOTO/CAPTION: Thomas and Esther Clement smile together as they examine
a Bagel Biter
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July,
2002
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Thomas
and Esther Clement smile together as they examine a Bagel Biter.
Jim
Deremeik of the Wilmer Eye Institute discusses magnification devices with a
table-ful of interested seniors.
Lillian
Lee examines canes on display at the fair.
On
Timely Textbooks for Blind Kids
The Braille Monitor
July,
2002
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Timely Textbooks for
Blind Kids
An
Idea Whose Time Has Come
From
the Editor: On April 24, 2002, the Instructional Materials Accessibility Act
was introduced in Congress. Congressman Tom Petri's bill is H.R.4582, and Senator
Chris Dodd's bill is S.2246. More cosponsors are needed on both pieces of legislation,
What's in your toolbox
The Braille Monitor
July
2002
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What's
in Your Toolbox?
by David Evans
David
Evans, cane in one hand and the bugle he sounds at convention in the other.
From
the Editor: The following article appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of the Florida
Federation Focus, a publication of the NFB of Florida. David Evans is a
member of the NFB-F board of directors. Sometimes it seems to me that people
Interim Report from Arkansas
The Braille Monitor
July,
2002
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Interim Report from
Arkansas
From
the Editor: In 1999 Arkansas was one of the first states to enact legislation
requiring state government to purchase only computer hardware and software that
could be made accessible to disabled users if needed. The law passed was a version
of the NFB's model technology act, legislation that Federationists across the
From the Editor's Mailbox
The Braille Monitor
July,
2002
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From
the Editor's Mailbox
Jerry
Whittle's article "Read Until You Bleed" in the April 2002 issue has
generated a good bit of comment. Some people have found it encouraging, while
others have complained that it makes learning Braille as an adult sound too
difficult. Everyone who has made comments to me has agreed that the rehabilitation
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Five students get a workout using Hula Hoops
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July,
2002
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Kids
Reach Out to Federation
Raise
Funds to Help the Blind
by Aloma Bouma
Five
students get a workout using Hula Hoops.
From
the Editor: Aloma Bouma is Assistant Director of Community Relations for the
National Federation of the Blind. She wrote the following article to commend
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Sami Osborne reads a book to his little brother Luca
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July,
2002
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Small Wonder
by Sarah Saffian
Sami
Osborne reads a book to his little brother Luca.
From
the Editor: The following article first appeared in the June 2002 issue of Rosie.
Sami Osborne's family has been to the National Center for the Blind several
times to learn what they can about blindness. The fact that they have acquired
[PHOTO/CAPTION: April Jones]
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July,
2002
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Young
Federationists Do Their Part
From
the Editor: Early in their lives April and Amanda Jones made friends with Dr.
Jernigan at national conventions. He enjoyed talking with the twins and showing
them things. They are now in high school, and it's clear that they have learned
their Federation philosophy well and practice it every day. The following article