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News from the Technology World:

We received the following press release shortly

before the National Convention. It is self-explanatory:

Blazie Engineering to Acquire

Telesensory's Computer Access Products Group

Forest Hill, MD and Sunnyvale, CA—June 18,

1998--Blazie Engineering and Telesensory Corporation jointly announced the planned

acquisition by Blazie Engineering of Telesensory Corporation's Computer Access Products

Early Blind Education

Martha Hays

U.S. Public School

Education of the Blind

in the Early Twentieth Century:

One Pupil's Account

by Jana L. Schroeder and Martha B. Hays

The following paper was prepared for the Second

International Conference on the Blind in History and the History of the Blind, which took

place in Paris, June 22 to 24, 1998. Jana Schroeder was a 1984 NFB scholarship winner and

a history major in college. She has worked for some years for the American Friends Service

N.C. Surprise From the Legislature

Herman Gruber

North Carolina Agency

Survives Surprise from Legislature

by Herman Gruber

From the Editor: On Tuesday morning, July 21, I

was at my desk when the phone rang. It was Wayne Shevlin, Second Vice President of the NFB

of North Carolina. His news was dismaying, but all too familiar. The state agency was in

deep trouble, and the affiliate was swinging into high gear to rescue it if it could be

done. Wayne had already talked to President Maurer and Peggy Elliott, and now he was

Sunday Papers

Marc Maurer in 1962.

Sunday Papers

by Matt Maurer

From the Editor: I was going through the mail one

day last May with my secretary when we came upon a brief letter from a man in Indiana. He

explained that he was sending me a short piece about starting a paper route with his

brother in 1962 or -3 when they were kids. He explained that his brother was blind and

that, aside from the humor of the story, he thought it demonstrated the determination of a

blind boy.

I turned to the article with curiosity and

Bugner Educates the Press

Stephen Bugner

NFB Scholarship Winner

Educates the Press

From the Editor: The following article is

reprinted from the May 19, 1998, edition of the Providence Journal. Steven Bugner was a

1995 NFB scholarship winner and is an active member of the National Federation of the

Blind of Rhode Island. He has clearly taken to heart the importance of educating the

public about the normality and competence of blind people. Here is the story:

With Guide Dog by His Side, Steve Bugner

Life-Changing Experience

Diana Knox

A Life-Changing Experience

by Diana Knox

From the Editor: The following speech was

delivered at the 1998 convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Maine. It is a

moving illustration of the importance of our scholarship program. This is what Diana Knox

said:

I was awarded an NFB scholarship at the 1997

convention in New Orleans, and I've been asked to speak to you about my convention

1999 NFB Scholarship Program

The 1999 National

Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program

This year's scholarship program will be the

sixteenth since the organization determined to expand the number, variety, and value of

the scholarships presented each year at our annual convention in July. Assisting the

nation's most talented post-secondary students to fulfill their academic and professional

dreams is one of the most effective ways for us to demonstrate our conviction that blind

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

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:

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