Mother Knows Best

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Mother Knows Best
by Peggy Chong
Editor's Note: The following
article is reprinted from the Fall, 1996 issue of the Minnesota Bulletin,
the newsletter of the NFB of Minnesota. Here is another mother of a severely
disabled blind child who found help and support from the NFB.

The Blind, Multiply Disabled Child

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Active Learning and the Blind, Multiply Disabled
Child
by Lilli Nielsen, Ph.D.

A Parent Discusses

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A Parent Discusses Self-Stimulation
Excerpts from a letter by Leslie Fansler, a parent
from Texas.

Originally published in the P. S. NEWS!!!
This reprint is from the National Family Association for Deaf-Blind Newsletter,
Volume 1, Number 3.

Letting Go and Living It Up

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Letting Go and Living It Up
by Linda Zani Thomas

Editor's Note: This brief glimpse
into an ordinary family event as seen by the mother of a blind, multiply disabled
child illustrates more fully what Virginia Richardson tells us in the article
'The Journey' on page 34 about coming to terms with a childs disablities.

Meet Luke

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Meet Luke
by Lynn Taylor

Reprinted from VISION, the newsletter
of the Parent Support Group, Center for Independence, Technology, and Education
(CITE), July 1995.

Family Journal: A Deaf-blind Toddler Comes a Long Way

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Family Journal: A Deaf-blind Toddler
Comes a Long Way
by Kurt and Stephanie Kavanaugh

Reprinted from News From Advocates for Deaf-Blind,
Summer 1996, a publication of the National Family Association for Deaf-Blind.

Braille Opens World

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Braille Opens World for Mentally Impaired
Child
by Denise Mehlenbacher
Editor's Note: Ms. Mehlenbacher
is an enthusiastic, some might even say die-hard, Braille teacher. This is the
second article she has submitted to Future Reflections. The first, 'Can
Braille Change the Future' under the name Denise Staulter, was published in
Volume 16, Number 4.

The Real Nicole White

The Journey

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The Journey
A parent comes to terms with her daughter's disability
by Virginia Richardson

Reprinted from the Fall, 1997 issue of Pacesetter,
a publication of the PACER Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Blind and Multiply Handicapped