Braille Monitor 11/97
The
Braille Monitor
Vol. 40, No. 10
November
1997
Barbara Pierce,
Editor
Published in inkprint,
in Braille, on cassette and
the World Wide Web and FTP on the Internet
The National Federation
of the Blind
Marc Maurer, President
National Office
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Baltimore, Maryland 21230
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Monitor Miniatures 11/97
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Monitor
Miniatures
Leadership Training for
Blind Youth:
We have been asked to carry
the following announcement:
Do you know a future leader in the blindness
community--a young man or woman, blind or visually impaired, who has the intelligence,
energy, and determination to make a difference in the lives of visually impaired
Recipes 11-97
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Gail Bryant
Marsh Mayry
Martha Young
Recipes
This month's recipes come from the Diabetes
Action Network, a division of the National Federation of the Blind. Ed Bryant,
division president, describes it as a support and information network reaching
out to all diabetics, especially those who are blind or losing vision, with
Fear of Blindness
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Seville Allen
Reflecting on Fear
of Blindness
by Seville Allen
From the Editor: Seville Allen is
First Vice President of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia. She
is also a member of the governing body of St. George's Episcopal Church in Arlington.
Like other blind people she works constantly to teach those around her that
A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN
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Peggy Elliott and
Sheriff
A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN
by Peggy Elliott
From the Editor: The following
article appeared in Like Cats and Dogs,
the latest addition to our Kernel Book series. It begins with a note by Dr.
Jernigan:
Have you ever felt you knew just
about all there was to know about a particular subject only to find you still
Delivering The Coffee
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Mary Ellen Gabias
Delivering the Coffee
by Mary Ellen Gabias
From the Editor: The following story
is taken from Like Cats and Dogs, the latest in the NFB's Kernel Book
series of paperbacks. It begins with Dr. Jernigan's introduction:
Mary Ellen Gabias has held a variety
of responsible jobs. She has worked for a state legislature and has been an
Magoo Debate Moves To UK
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Magoo Debate Moves
to UK
From the Editor: The October issue
of the New Beacon, the monthly publication of the Royal National Institute
for the Blind, carried a stop-press story reflecting the ongoing support European
organizations of blind people are demonstrating for our position on the Disney
Company's plan to release a live action movie starring Leslie Nielsen as Mr.
CCTV Funding
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Greg Trapp
Funding Closed Circuit
Televisions Through
Medical Insurance
by Greg Trapp
From the Editor: Greg Trapp has been
a staff attorney with the Protection and Advocacy System of New Mexico since
1992. In 1993 he taught disability law as an adjunct professor at the University
of New Mexico School of Law. Closed Circuit Television Systems (CCTV's) can
Numbers And Independence
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Of Numbers And Independence
by Suzanne Rowell
From the Editor: What does it take
to make a Federationist? Sometimes the chemistry is such that a person knows
that he or she belongs in this movement as soon as the philosophy is explained.
Sometimes it takes a personal crisis and powerful injustice. This is a story
of such an experience. Suzanne Rowell is now an active member of the National
Shared Creativity
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Tina Blatter
Blind Artist Sees Ways
to Share Her Creativity
by Barbara Tomovick
From the Editor: Tina Blatter is a
member of the Board of Directors of the National Federation of the Blind of
South Dakota. She lives in Sioux Falls, where her work was displayed at the
Civic Fine Arts Center on September 7. The following article about her and her