Convention Bulletin 1999
Convention Bulletin 1999
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It is time to plan for the 1999 convention of the National
Federation of the Blind. Last year's convention in Dallas was one
of the best we have ever experienced--a great hotel staff, a
truly impressive program and exhibits, and fellowship of the
highest order. The year before, 1997, we set an attendance record
in New Orleans. Atlanta in 1999, however, promises to bring not
Braille Monitor 11/98, Contents
The Braille Monitor
Vol. 41, No. 10
November 1998
Barbara Pierce, Editor
Published in inkprint, in Braille, on cassette, and
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THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
Marc Maurer, President
National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
NFB Net BBS: (612) 696-1975
Web Page address: http//www.nfb.org
Letters to the President, address changes,
Monitor Miniatures
Karen Mayry
Monitor Miniatures
1999 NFB Merchants Spring Meeting:
Don Morris, President of the Merchants Division,
has asked us to carry the following announcement:
A conference cruise or Seminar at Sea will be
sponsored by the Merchants Division. The conference date is April 18 to 25, 1999. In
addition to program topics such as the Randolph-Sheppard Act—What does it say? What
does it mean?--and rules and regulations (while you may not think that is an exciting
Wall-to-Wall Thanksgiving
Barbara Pierce
The Wall-to-Wall
Thanksgiving
by Barbara Pierce
From the Editor: The following recollection
first appeared in the NFB Kernel Book of the same name. We reprint it here with the hope
that your Thanksgiving in 1998 will be filled with love, friendship, and gratitude despite
the sorrow that necessarily shadows our lives this autumn. As usual, the story begins with
Dr. Jernigan's introduction.
Barbara Pierce is no stranger to Kernel Book
Daddy Read Me
Bonnie Peterson
Daddy Read Me
by Bonnie Peterson
From the Editor: Bonnie Peterson is a
long-time leader in the National Federation of the Blind. Here is her contribution to
Wall-to-Wall Thanksgiving, the thirteenth Kernel Book. It begins with Dr. Jernigan's
introduction.
If you could change just one thing about your
childhood, what would it be? An interesting question and one which you would normally
expect to bring a wide variety of answers. But if you ask this question of a group of
NMSVH Settlement Announced
NMSVH Settlement Announced
From the Editor: Beginning with the October,
1996, issue of the Braille Monitor, we have periodically reported on the unfolding
problems at the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped (NMSVH). A settlement in
the civil suit brought by a number of current and former NMSVH students was worked out
last January shortly before the case was due to go to court. The terms of the settlement
were kept secret for six months, but in August they were made public. Here is the text of
New Talking Glucose Monitor
Ed Bryant
New Talking Blood Glucose
Monitor and Insulin Identifier
by Ed Bryant
From the Editor: This article first appeared in
the Voice of the Diabetic, Volume 13, Number 4, Fall 1998, published by the Diabetes
Action Network of the National Federation of the Blind. Ed Bryant is the President of the
Network and the Voice Editor.
This is what he has to say about an exciting new
product:
Roche Diagnostics-Boehringer Mannheim
Sound, Smell & Touch Compass
My Hols: For Sir John
Wilson: Sound, Smell, and Touch Are His Compass
by John Hatt
From the Editor: The following story first
appeared in the April 26, 1998, edition of the London Sunday Times. Sir John Wilson is a
seasoned traveler. His methods do not always reflect the techniques developed in recent
years by competent blind travelers, but his confidence and willingness to go anywhere and
do what needs to be done are precisely what the best travel teachers strive to communicate
Independent Blind Child
Denise Mackenstadt]
Independence and the Blind
Child in a Mainstreamed Education Program
by Denise Mackenstadt
From the Editor: Denise Mackenstadt works with a
blind child as an instructional aide in a public school in the state of Washington. She is
a longtime Federationist and a leader in the National Organization of Parents of Blind
Children. Recently she sent me this thoughtful little article about the problem of helping
blind children become truly independent. This is what she says:
Bunsen Burners
Susan Povinelli
Bunsen Burners and
Chemical Reactions
by Susan Povinelli
From the Editor: The following article first
appeared in the Summer, 1998, issue of the Vigilant, a publication of the NFB of Virginia.
Susan Povinelli is an engineer and is often asked how to do engineering or scientific
work. Susan has often shared her experiences with Federationists in the Braille Monitor
and in Kernel Books. Susan and her lawyer husband Larry are the parents of two