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In
Touch with the Written Word:
Braille
Helps Blind People Lead Independent Lives
by Tiffany Shaw
Martha
Harris
From the Editor:
The following article first appeared in the Tuesday, January 20, 2004, edition
of the Altoona Mirror. Martha Harris and her mother Catherine are both
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dianne Hemphill]
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Of
Canes and Misconceptions
Dianne
Hemphill
From the Editor:
I recently received the following exchange of letters from Susie Stanzel, president
of the NFB of Kansas. She thought that they articulated the ongoing objections
that some people have to using the long white cane in training facilities and
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dan Ryles]
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Story
of a Paperboy
by Dan Ryles
Dan Ryles
From the Editor:
Dan Ryles is a member of the first generation of blind people who actually grew
up quite naturally absorbing the philosophy of the National Federation of the
Blind and learning the skills of blindness as they went along. The following
story is proof of the positive results of such opportunities. The story appeared
Parents Fight to Keep Blind Teacher
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Parents
Fight to Keep Blind Teacher
by Jennifer Farish
From the Editor:
The following story first appeared in the March 10, 2004, Northeast Mississippi
Daily Journal. Both the family and the fired teacher are members of the
NFB of Mississippi. What a sad irony it is that a school board would fire a
successful Braille teacher with fifteen years of experience when many, many
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dan Frye]
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When
Blindness Mattered
by Daniel B. Frye
Dan
Frye
From the Editor:
Dan Frye is a longtime Federationist now living and working in New Zealand.
He discovered the NFB as a student living in South Carolina. The following story
about Dan's boyhood evokes the hot South Carolina summer and the struggle of
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Rick French buffs out the wax that he has applied to this
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Florida
Man Has Vision of His Own Role in Society
by Jay Arrington
Rick
French buffs out the wax that he has applied to this car.
From the Editor: The
following article appeared March 11, 2004, in the Jackson Independent
newspaper.
Rick French has
[PHOTO/CAPTION: James Baxter]
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Stepping
Out in All Weather
by James Baxter
James
Baxter
From the Editor: This
story won the 2003 essay contest conducted by the Metro Chapter of the NFB of
Minnesota. It was first published in the Spring 2004 issue of the Minnesota
Bulletin. Jim Baxter lives in Pennsylvania, where he has returned now that he
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Mike Jones]
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Blind Parents, Child
Protection Agencies,
and the Courts
by J. Michael Jones
Mike
Jones
From the Editor: Mike
Jones is president of the NFB of Alabama. He is working on his doctorate at
Auburn. In recent times he has been busy protecting the rights of blind parents
who were in danger of losing their children to over-zealous and uninformed social
Frontispiece
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On
May 20, 2004, the third annual NFB-sponsored senior fair took place at
the National Center for the Blind. This year for the first time the setting
was Members Hall on the fourth floor of the new Jernigan Institute. Pictured
here, the crowd is seated at tables to consume 420 box lunches and enjoy
a lively program.
Alan
For Laura
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For
Laura
by
Barbara Walker Loos
Barbara
Walker Loos
From
the Editor: After the following story appeared in To Reach for the Stars,
the twenty-fifth in the NFB series of paperbacks, the Kernel Books, Barbara
Walker married Brad Loos. She continues to live in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her story
begins with President Maurer's introduction:
Barbara