Open Letter to New Chapter Presidents

Open Letter to New Chapter
Presidents

by Barbara Pierce

Privileged Hands:An Autobiography

Review:
Privileged Hands: An Autobiography
by Brian
Buhrow

Ramona Walhof

Sewing

by Ramona Walhof

From the Editor: The following
article appeared in To Touch the Untouchable Dream, the fifteenth in
the NFB's Kernel Book series of paperbacks. It begins with Dr. Jernigan's introduction:

Merger Madness

Wayne Shevlin

Merger Madness

by Wayne E. Shevlin

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From the Editor: In recent years legislatures and governors

in state after state have decided that multiplying the layers of

bureaucracy thereby creating huge agencies will increase

efficiency in delivering rehabilitation services while at the

same time saving money. They argue that lumping accounting and

other administrative services together will automatically and

Long Description of Braille Monitor Image

Eight children: Peter John Foster, KY;

Samantha and Austin Gilley, GA; Michael Taboada, LA; Laura-Sun Cefaratti,

MD; Hannah Weatherd, MT; Andrew Wai, PA; and Nicolas Stockton,

WV.

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Separate Agency Best

Jim Omvig

Separate Agency for the Blind: Best Practice for Success

by James H. Omvig

From the Editor: Ever since Dr. Jernigan went to Iowa in 1958 to transform

the worst agency serving blind people in the country into the best program anywhere,

we have known how important it is for effective rehabilitation of the blind

to be conducted by a separate agency. "Because separate agencies do a better

job" is not a sufficient reason to give legislators being lured by the

Seeing Is Believing

The Posont Family: Peter and Katie, standing in

rear; Paul standing beside his parents, Donna and Larry; Betsy

seated on Donna's lap; and Ruth Anne standing in front of Larry.

Seeing Is Believing

They Told Us We Couldn't Take Care of our

Children Because We're Blind

by Lori K. Baker

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From the Editor: the following article appeared in the May

11, 1999, issue of Family Circle Magazine. Donna and Larry Posont

Banks Sued over ATM Use

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Banks Sued over ATM Use: Advocates for the Blind

Say Mellon and PNC Should Provide Voice-Operated Machines

by Joseph A. Slobodzian

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From the Editor: The following article appeared in the June

4, 1999, edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. In the May issue

of the Braille Monitor we carried a story outlining the problems

Amylin Analog Better Control

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Ed Bryant

Amylin Analog (Pramlintide) Studies

Reveal Better Glycemic Control

by Ed Bryant

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From the Editor: The following article first appeared in

Voice of the Diabetic, Volume 14, No. 2, April 1999, published

quarterly by the NFB's Diabetes Action Network. Ed Bryant edits

the publication and serves as President of the Diabetes Action

Network.

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A Dream Come True

Vicky Chapman

From Discrimination to a Dream Come True

by Vicky Chapman

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From the Editor: The following article first appeared in the

Spring, 1999, edition of the NFB Vigilant, a publication of the

NFB of Virginia.

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A timid seven-year-old slowly walked into a small dance

studio which appeared very large to the little girl. The child

was in awe at how large the room was, and she wondered who the