Job Interview Rights
Greg
Trapp
Understanding
Your Rights During the Job Interview
by Greg D. Trapp
From the Editor: Greg
Trapp has been a staff attorney with the Protection and Advocacy System since
1992. Prior to this he was an Equal Opportunity Specialist at the University
of New Mexico. Mr. Trapp is a 1990 graduate of the UNM School of Law. In 1993
he taught Disability Law as an adjunct professor at the UNM School of Law. Mr.
Are You Amazed?
Martha
Bagley
Are
You Amazed?
by Martha Bagley
From the Editor: The
following editorial first appeared in the Fall, 1997, issue of RE:view, the
quarterly newsletter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of
the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER). Martha Bagley is Coordinator of the Older
Adult Program for the Helen Keller National Center, Dallas regional office.
She also serves as an Executive Editor of RE:view. It is not often that we agree
Social Security, SSI, And Medicare 1998
Susan
Daniels
Social Security:
A Report on Disability Insurance,
Work Incentives, and Return to Employment Initiatives
by Susan Daniels
From the Editor: Dr.
Susan Daniels is Associate Commissioner for Disability in the Social Security
Administration. She addressed the NFB convention on Friday, July 4, 1997. This
is what she said:
I want to give you a quick
update on what's going on in Social Security and then invite you to accept a
Virginia Vendor Shows How It's Done
Joe
Shankle
Virginia Vendor Shows How it's Done
From the Editor: Last September
I attended the convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia.
At a party late one evening Joe Shankle, President of the Virginia vendors organization
and a long-time affiliate leader, began telling me about a newspaper story that
had recently appeared in Richmond. It was a profile of him and his wife Roberta,
My Cane Is Helpful to Me in Many Ways
My Cane Is Helpful to
Me in Many Ways
by Susie D'Mello
From the Editor: Sue Drapinski,
Treasurer of the NFB of Michigan, reports that Susie D'Mello is twelve years
old and lives in Troy, Michigan. She and her family found the National Federation
of the Blind about two years ago through the affiliate's Saturday School tutoring
program, in which Federationists work with blind children to help sharpen their
Tuning In To Federeationism
Tuning in to Federationism
by Donald L. Mitchell
From the Editor: In the following
story Don Mitchell describes the ways he has found to use the opportunities
presented by his job to educate the public about the abilities of blind people.
Don describes himself as a relatively new Federationist, but he has already
learned the knack of representing the organization positively wherever he goes.
This is what he says:
As a fairly new member of the National
A Quick Look At The Lone-Star State
Norma
Crosby
A Quick
Look at the Lone-Star State
by Norma Crosby
From the Editor: Norma
Crosby is one of the leaders of the NFB of Texas. She is also unabashedly proud
of her native state. In the following article she suggests some of the reasons
why you just might want to spend a few extra days in Texas before or after the
1998 convention. This is what Norma says:
Texans talk about Texas
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James
Gashel, NFB Director of Governmental Affairs
Social Security, SSI, and
Medicare Facts for 1998
by James Gashel
The beginning of each year
brings with it annual adjustments in Social Security programs. The changes include
new tax rates, higher exempt earnings amounts, Social Security and SSI cost-of-living
increases, and changes in deductible and co-insurance requirements under Medicare.
Here are the new facts for 1998:
FICA and Self-Employment
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actively in the effort of the National Federation of the Blind to achieve equality,
opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs
of the Federation; and to abide by its constitution.
Jobline 1997 Award Presentation
Governor Parris N.Glendening (left) and President Marc Maurer (right).
The third annual Maryland Technology Showcase took place December 3 to
5, in the sprawling Baltimore Convention Center. Technology producers from across
the country and around the world staffed booths in which they demonstrated the newest
technology available to the public. The Showcase began with a breakfaxt hosted by
the state of Maryland and attended by a number of dignitaries. During this event