Distinguished of Blind Children

Distinguished Educator of

Blind Children Award for 2000

by Sharon Maneki

Sharon Maneki

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 2000.

The National Federation of

the Blind will recognize an outstanding teacher of blind children at our 2000 convention

2000 Blind Educator 2000 Award

The 2000 Blind Educator of

the Year Award

by Stephen O. Benson

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:

Steve Benson

Several years ago the Blind Educator

She Dreams of a Blind-friendly Web

She Battles for Her Dream of a

Blind-Friendly Web

by Blair Anthony Robertson

From the Editor: The following story appeared in the November 16, 1999, edition

of the Sacramento Bee. It speaks for itself.

Here it is:

For the past six years, while the Internet was expanding into a household necessity for

shopping, information, and entertainment, Cathy Murtha has essentially gone door to door

on the Information Superhighway with a simple but daunting request on behalf of the blind:

Social Security, SSI, and Medicare Facts for 2000

Social Security, SSI, and Medicare Facts

for 2000

by James Gashel

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 2000:

FICA

Braille Monitor, July '99

THE BRAILLE MONITOR

Vol. 42, No. 6 July, 1999

Barbara Pierce, Editor

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

MARC MAURER, PRESIDENT

National Office 1800 Johnson Street Baltimore, Maryland 21230 NFB Net BBS: (612) 869-4599

Web Page address: http://www.nfb.org

Letters to the President, address changes, subscription requests, orders

Kenneth Jernigan: The Master, The Mission, The Movement--Preface

Kenneth Jernigan, November 13, 1926,
October 12, 1998

Preface

Kenneth Jernigan: The Master, The Mission, The Movement--Introduction

Introduction

The Federation at Fifty

Part I: Beyond the Barricades: Marching into the Millennium

Dr. Kenneth Jernigan understood the meaning of history. He took delight in studying and
teaching it, and he was amused by the notion that he himself was a significant factor in
making it. In 1990, at the convention of the National Federation of the Blind, on the
occasion of our 50th anniversary, he delivered an outstanding address
illuminating the causes that founded the National Federation. This address is entitled
"The Federation at Fifty."

The Definition of Blindness

These thoughts caused much speculation about the nature of blindness. In response to a
request for a definition of the term, Dr. Jernigan identified the essential
characteristics. Here is the definition of blindness:

Kenneth Jernigan: The Master, The Mission, The Movement