Literature Review
Future Reflections April/May/June 1985, Vol. 4 No. 2
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LITERATURE REVIEW
THE WITCHES DAUGHTER
by Nina Bawden
(Published by J.B. Lippincott, 1966
Reviewed by Doris M. Willoughby.)
The first good thing about this book
is that the child called the "witch's
daughter" is not the blind child.
Future Reflections
Future Reflections
Blind Students Travel Abroad
Blind Students Travel Abroad
Editor's Note: Can blind students here and in other countries
participate in exchange programs or travel abroad? They can,
and they do. I picked up the following little article about a
blind student abroad from Pat Jones, president of our parents
division in Tennessee. It's from the Spring, 1995, issue of a
publication called Odyssey. I think you'll find it
interesting.
Ivonne Mosquera, Alumna,
Development of Intelligence in Children
Baby Talk
Development of Intelligence in Children:
The First Three Years
by Linda M. Levine, M.Ed.
Reprinted from the 1996 winter issue of The Circuit, a
publication of the South Dakota Parent Connection.
From the Editor: One way to test the value of information from
professional literature about blind children is to compare it
to the information in literature about basic child
Never Too Young to Solve Problems
Never Too Young To Solve Problems
Editor's Note: Warren Figueredo of Louisiana drew my attention
to a story about how a second grade class solved a Braille
book shortage problem for a blind classmate and, in doing so,
helped their teacher win a national award. Reprinted below is
the story about the project from three different sources: the
Internet, Business Wire, October 30, 1995; the teacher, Bonnie
Nyce, who guided the project and won the award; and a short
Blind Flutist
Blind Flutist Marches Beyond
Her Disability
by Michelle Martin
Editor's Note: This item is reprinted from the Summer, 1996,
issue of the Braille Examiner, the newsletter of the NFB of
Illinois. This article was originally published in The
Arlington Daily Herald, October, 25, 1996.
The parents of the blind student (Katie Zodrow) featured
in this article are active in the local parent group sponsored
by the NFB of Illinois and the National Organization of
The Freedom Bell
The Freedom Bell
Future Reflections, Summer/Fall '98
Future Reflections
Volume 17, Number 2
Summer/Fall 1998
The National Federation of the Blind
Magazine for Parents of Blind Children
In lieu of a regular magazine issue, Future Reflections,
Summer/Fall, 1998, Volume 17, Number 2, is a special mailing of two
excellent large-print books: The Freedom Bell and If Blindness