Peirce Makes It Possible for Blind and Visually Impaired Students to Earn a College Degree
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December 2002
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Peirce Makes It Possible for Blind and Visually
Impaired Students to Earn a College Degree
by Patricia Rucker
From the Editor: Patricia Rucker is chief academic officer
and dean of Peirce College in Philadelphia. As the following article explains,
the school has made a commendable effort to make certain that its online course
Why You Should Take a Risk; December 2002, Vol. 45, No. 10
The Braille Monitor
December, 2002
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Why You Should Take a Risk
by Julie Deden
Skiing guide Mark Masto and blind skier Mark Davis in action
From the Editor: Julie Deden is the director of the Colorado
Center for the Blind, one of our three NFB adult training centers. She was recently
reminded of one of the primary reasons our adult training philosophy is effective
and life-changing. This is what she says:
Monitor Miniatures
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December 2002
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Monitor Miniatures
News from the Federation Family
Elected:
On Sunday, October 13, 2002, the NFB of Indiana elected the
following officers and board members to two-year terms: Ron Brown, president;
Pam Schnurr, first vice president; Paul Howard, second vice president; Diane
Graves, secretary; Tami Dodd‑Jones, treasurer; and Tammy Hollingsworth
and Mike Dixon, board members.
January 2003 - Lead Photos
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January 2003
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President
Maurer presented Secretary Richkus with a plaque during the opening ceremonies.
Pictured here left to right are Dr. Betsy Zaborowski, NFB director of
special programs; Peta N. Richkus, secretary of the Maryland Department
of General Services; NFB President Marc Maurer; Major Riddick, Jr.; and
Jim Herbert.
December 4 and 5, 2002,
The Federation Is Attacked for Seeking to Enhance Mobility and Safety
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January 2003
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The Federation
Is Attacked
for Seeking to Enhance Mobility and Safety
by Marc
Maurer
Marc
Maurer
Recent postings on the
Internet claim that the National Federation of the Blind is a terrorist organization
attempting to kill blind people. What could possibly be the basis for such outlandish
Saying No to Detectable Warnings Everywhere
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January 2003
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Saying No to Detectable
Warnings Everywhere
by
Carla McQuillan
Carla
McQuillan
From the Editor: Carla
McQuillan is president of the Oregon affiliate and a member of the NFB board
of directors. Since the public hearing on detectable warnings and audible traffic
signals (conducted by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Comments to the Access Board on Detectable Warnings
The Braille Monitor
January 2003
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Comments to the Access
Board on Detectable Warnings
by
Michael Freeman
From the Editor: Mike
Freeman is one of the leaders of the NFB of Washington. He is an experienced
cane user with definite views about detectable warnings of all kinds. Here is
the comment he submitted to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Getting the Words Down in Braille
The Braille Monitor
January 2003
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Getting the Words Down
in Braille
by
Bill Kaufman
Sheila
Amato
From the Editor: The
following story is only the latest of several that have appeared informing the
world about an exciting, and thus far unique, course being taught at East Islip
High School in New York. It is a two-year Braille transcription course conducted
Falling
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January 2003
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Falling
by
Sheila Koenig
Sheila Koenig
From the Editor: The
following story first appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of the Minnesota
Bulletin, a publication of the NFB of Minnesota. Sheila Koenig was a tenBroek
Fellow at the 2002 convention. She is an inspiring and dedicated middle-school
English teacher. This is what she says about an important lesson that she learned:
Every
Computer Aids for the Blind
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January 2003
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Computer Aids for the
Blind
.by Stacey Hirsh
.From the Editor: The
following article appeared in the October 24, 2002, edition of the Baltimore
Sun. It provides a clear summary of where technology for the blind is and
how far we still have to go. Here it is:.
Jim Dickson is a smart
man. He graduated from Brown University, has a job as a vice president for a