Wagon Wheel Ranch Registration Form

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Registration for 1998 Kids' Trip
Wagon Wheel Ranch

Child(ren) Name(s)/Age(s)

Parent/Guardian

Phone ( )

Address

City State Zip

Amount Enclosed $

(Make check payable to NOPBC.)

The following registered child is blind or

visually impaired:____________________ If you have registered a child with special needs,

please list name of child and needs.

Mail with payment to:

1998 Teen Baby

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1998 Teen Baby-sitting Course Registration Form
Discipline and Disability Issues

Age: 12 to 18

Date: Saturday, July 4

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m

Fee: $10 (includes lunch)

Registration

Name Age

Address

City State Zip

Phone

Name of parent(s)

Amount enclosed

(Make check payable to NOPC)

Teen is:

[ ] blind/visually impaired

[ ] a sighted sibling

Two Pounds at Birth and Dropping

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Two Pounds at Birth and

Dropping

by Gary Wunder

Gary Wunder at the 1997

NFB Convention Roll Call of States.

Editor's Note: Does that title sound

familiar? ROP
(Retinopathy of Prematurity)--once called Retrolental Fibroplasia—

was a common cause of blindness among children born prematurely in

the late 40's and early 50's. The parents of those children had

But Will He Be Safe?

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But Will He Be Safe?

by Dawn Neddo

Kyle Neddo using his cane on the

boardwalk up to the sand dunes.

Editor's Note: Dawn Neddo and Gary Wunder's

parents have at least one thing in common—a child born prematurely and blind. But

there is one difference, one very important difference—unlike Gary's parents, Dawn

My Hopes, My Dreams, My Science Class

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My Hopes, My Dreams, and My

Science Class

by Dacia Luck

Dacia Luck (right) and her friend

Amanda at the 1995 Convention

Editor's Note: Dacia and her parents,

Lawrence and Cora, live in Columbia, Missouri. They have been active in their local

chapter of the NFB for many years. Dacia gave the following speech to the 1997 State

NFB Camp in the Wild, Wild West

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NFB Camp in the Wild, Wild

West

Carla McQuillan

Child Care Information

National Federation of the Blind 1998 Convention

by Carla McQuillan
NFB Camp in the Wild, Wild West: It's

more than just child's play. Throughout our National Convention NFB Camp provides

activities and programs for children under 12. Although it is generally referred to as

1998 Kids' Trip to Wagon Wheel Ranch

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1998 Kids' Trip to Wagon

Wheel Ranch

by Carla McQuillan
Ages: 5 to 12

Cost: $20 per child (includes lunch). Make checks

payable to NOPBC.

Check-in: 10:30 a.m.

Place of departure: The NOPBC Annual Meeting room

(see convention agenda).

Pick-up place and time: NFB Camp room (see

convention agenda) between 4:30 and 5:15 p.m.

In keeping with our Wild, Wild West theme, we

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NOPBC Sports and Recreation

Network

by Barbara Cheadle
As spring glides into summer on increasingly warm

breezes and longer daylight hours, out come the shorts,

t-shirts, sports equipment, camping gear, and vacation brochures.

Sadly, however, too many blind kids are not fully included into

all the wonderful sports and recreation possibilities so abundant

in the summer months. The most persistent myth about blindness

Sports and Recreation Survey

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Sports And Recreation

Survey
Sponsored by the NOPBC
Student Name:
Birth Date:
Parents Name(s):
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Home Phone:=20 E-Mail address:
Name of school:
Grade /grade level:
1. Description of vision, any other disabilities:

2. List one sport or physical activity in which

you participate or have participated:

What Do You Mean She Can't Play Soccer?

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What Do You Mean, She

Can't Play Soccer?

by Carla McQuillan
Reprinted from Stepping Stones, A Multicultural

Children's Magazine, Vol. 10, no. 1.

Editor's Note: Carla McQuillan is the president

of the National Federation of the Blind of Oregon. She is also the volunteer director of

child care services—NFB Camp—at the National Convention of the National