Windows95: Removing the Screen
Windows 95: Removing the
Screen
by Peter M. Scialli, Ph.D.
From the Editor: I have vivid recollections
of walking around the 1986 National Convention with a sinking feeling at the pit of my
stomach. That year I must have born some spiritual resemblance to Coleridge's Ancient
Mariner as I clutched at every computer user of my acquaintance to demand pointers for
getting started with that fearsome machine. When I returned to work in mid-July, I was to
Technology Mail Basket
Tracy Carcione
From the Technology
Department Director's Mail Basket
From the Editor: As a rather recent and still
more or less unwilling Windows 95 user, I do my share (probably more than my share) of
complaining about Windows 95, JAWS for Windows (JFW), Internet Explorer, and the rest of
the graphical complications to the lives of blind computer users. Dr. Peter Scialli's
article (see the previous story) gives me hope that the advances being made in speech
A Vinegar and Oil Federationist
Barbara Walker
A Vinegar and Oil
Federationist
by Barbara Walker
From the Editor: On Monday morning, June 19,
1989, I was talking by telephone to someone at the National Center for the Blind when I
heard President Maurer make the announcement over the public address system of the sudden
death of our friend and colleague Jim Walker, a leader in the Nebraska affiliate in his
own right and husband of then affiliate President Barbara Walker. Like everyone who knew
What Do You Mean, She Can't Play Soccer
Jessica Rasmussen
What Do You Mean, She
Can't Play Soccer?
by Carla McQuillan
From the Editor: The following story first
appeared in Volume 10, Number 1, of Skipping Stones, a children's multicultural magazine.
Carla McQuillan is the President of the National Federation of the Blind of Oregon, and
Jessica and her family are members of the affiliate. Here is the story:
Jessica's family has always been involved in
Break Dancing
Break Dancing—Lessons
in Creativity, Initiative, and Leadership
by E. Randy Cox
From the Editor: Randy Cox is the husband of
the newly elected President of the National Federation of the Blind of Utah, Kristen Cox.
He is himself an active and thoughtful member of the NFB. This is what he says about
membership and leadership in the organization:
Some of you may recall a young man in his mid to
late twenties instigating limbo contests and occasionally break dancing at the dances held
The Proper Perspective
The Proper Perspective
From the Editor: On May 1 Dr. Fredric
Schroeder, Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, wrote a thank-you
letter to Jamie Hilton, President of the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind.
On one level the note was a courteous gesture, an expression of personal and professional
gratitude for his inclusion in an event which he had very much enjoyed. But the letter he
wrote articulates the situation in the blindness field today and describes the startling
Award
During a 6:30 p.m. reception on April 22, 1998,
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland, the National Council of State Agencies
for the Blind (NCSAB) honored President Emeritus of the National Federation of the Blind
Kenneth Jernigan with its first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. In fact, two handsome
walnut plaques were presented to Dr. Jernigan, one in Braille and one in print. The text
of the award reads:
The National Council of State
Agencies for the Blind, Inc.
with honor
presents this
Braille Monitor 6/98, Contents
The Braille Monitor
Vol. 41, No. 6 June
1998
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
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
NFB Net BBS: (612) 696-1975
Web HomePage Address: http//www.nfb.org
Letters to the President, address changes,
President Maurer Honored
President Maurer stands outdoors in academic gown, hood, and mortar
board with tassle. He is holding his cane in one hand and a bound Braille copy of his
commencement speech in the other
President Marc Maurer on the campus of Menlo College
PHOTO/CAPTION: Left to right Tony Coelho, Chairman of the President's Committee on
Employment of People With Disabilities; James Waddell, President of Menlo College; Jim
Willows, President of the National Federation of the Blind of California; Fredric
On Ethics and Maxi-Aids
PHOTO/CAPTION: Stylized Maxi-Aids title
On Ethics and Maxi-Aids
by Kenneth Jernigan
Some time this spring (I think it was around May 1) an event occurred that deserves
comment and careful consideration. Elliot Zaretsky of Maxi-Aids called President Maurer to
ask that the Federation sell him Braillers. President Maurer refused to do so, and
Zaretsky expressed surprise, which in itself is surprising.
Since we believe that Zaretsky and Maxi-Aids do not behave ethically and are a