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Wheels And White Canes:

Wheels And White Canes:

Tips For Helping Blind Wheelchair Users

by Maureen Pranghofer

Reprinted from the March, 1996, issue of the Braille

Monitor, the monthly publication of the National Federation of

the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230.

From the Braille Monitor Editor: Maureen Pranghofer

writes and speaks on many subjects. She is a fairly recent

graduate of BLIND, Inc., the adult rehabilitation center

Parental Wisdom

No Substitutes for Parental Wisdom,

Common Sense

by Barbara Pierce

Reprinted from the Fall, 1995, issue of the Buckeye Bulletin,

the newsletter of the NFB of Ohio.

Editor's Note: Mrs. Pierce is the President of the NFB of

Ohio, the editor of the Federation's monthly magazine, the

Braille Monitor, and a caring and competent blind mother whose

three adult children would make any parent proud.

With every passing year I grow increasingly aware of the

Free Matter

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A Message From the President By: Dr. Kenneth Jernigan
The Inauguration of a newsletter is always serious business, a momentous
occasion. If the newsletter succeeds and achieves its purposes, it will grow
and influence lives. If it fails, it will simply be one more lost dream,
joining the many others which lie forgotten on the trash pile of history.

Myths and Facts

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Myths and Facts about Blindness
As a parent of a blind child, you have probably realized that there are
many beliefs about blindness and blind people that simply are not true. Some
of these myths are now, to us, obvious and even laughable; others are very
subtle, more difficult to detect, and therefore much more damaging to the
image of our children and to all blind people.

A False Eye and a New Image

Selecting Toys for Your Blind Child

College Funding For Blind Students

Changing What It Means to Be Blind

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THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND... WE ARE CHANGING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLIND
The National Federation of the Blind is the largest organization of the
blind in the United States. It is not a governmental or private service
agency for the blind, but rather the blind speaking for and helping themselves.

The Committee on Parental Concerns