Educator Award
Sharon Maneki
Distinguished Educator
of Blind Children Award for 1999
by Sharon Maneki
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From the Editor: Sharon Maneki is President of the National
Federation of the Blind of Maryland. She also chairs the
committee to select the Distinguished Educator of Blind Children
for 1999.
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The National Federation of the Blind will recognize an
Blind Educator 1999
Steve Benson
The 1999 Blind Educator of the Year Award
by Stephen O. Benson
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From the Editor: Steve Benson is a member of the Board of
Directors of the National Federation of the Blind and President
of the NFB of Illinois. He also chairs the committee charged with
identifying each year's Blind Educator of the Year. Here is what
he has to say:
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A Trip to Remember
Tim Day investigates the Braille Lite in the
exhibit hall at the 1998 NFB Convention.
A Trip To Remember!
by Tim Day
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From the Editor: Tim Day is one of the young people whose
parents comprise the National Organization of Parents of Blind
Children. In many ways he has grown up in the NFB, but everyone
has to discover the truths the Federation has to offer for him or
Windows of Lost Opportunity
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Facing Windows of Lost Opportunity
by Steve Alexander
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From the Editor: The following article is reprinted from the
November 2, 1998, issue of Computer World. Steve Alexander is a
free lance writer in Edina, Minnesota. Clear and honest
discussions like this one are a significant help in educating the
programming world to the real problems facing blind computer
programmers. This is what Mr. Alexander said:
Fifth Generation Speaks Out
Nikki Zimmerman uses a slate and stylus to write
notes during class at Carl Traeger Middle School in Oshkosh.
Nikki Zimmerman. (Note: In the August/September
Braille Monitor a picture of Nikki Zimmerman at the Dude
Ranch was incorrectly identified as Nikki White of Maryland.
We regret the error.)
The Fifth Generation Speaks Out
From the Editor: What impact can the NFB's National
Convention have on a newly blind twelve-year-old? What impact can
New Job Opportunities
Peggy Chong
The New Job Opportunities for the Blind
by Peggy Chong
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From the Editor: Peggy Chong is the Targeted Jobs Program
Manager for Job Opportunities for the Blind. This is what she
says about our new JOB Program:
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By now readers of the Braille Monitor have heard that the
Job Opportunities for the Blind program has gone through some
Abilities Count
Three UPS executives: (left to right) Jim
Liggett, Employee Relations Manager; Mel Smith, Human Relations
Manager, Baltimore District; and Ron Foster, Vice President for
Public Affairs
Abilities Count
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From the Editor: The following excerpt is part of an article
that appeared in the October, 1998, issue of Inside UPS, a
publication of the United Parcel Service. We reprint the portion
Child Shall Lead
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A Little Child Shall Lead Them
by Father Patrick Martin
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From the Editor: Picking up and using a white cane is
difficult, sometimes to the point of impossibility for many newly
blind or increasingly visually disabled people. Yet properly
considered, the white cane is the most fundamental instrument of
independence ever put into the hands of a blind person. Mary
Generosity and Independence
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Of Generosity and Independence
by William Payne
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From the Editor: A number of months ago Dr. Jernigan sent me
an exchange of correspondence that he thought I might wish to
publish in the Braille Monitor. I certainly did. The first letter
was written to Dr. Jernigan and accompanied a modest contribution
to the National Federation of the Blind. It told a touching story
Partial Sight
Christine Faltz and her daughter Samantha.
The Whole Truth About Partial Sight
by Christine Faltz
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From the Editor: Christine Faltz is a 1987 NFB scholarship
winner. She has since become a lawyer, has married, and is the
mother of a little girl who is also blind. Christine often writes
about blindness issues and the challenges of raising a blind
child to be a normal kid. Here is an article she wrote last
summer: