Five To Make Ready

An Introduction to Dr

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An Introduction to Dr. Lilli Nielsen's
Active Learning

by Stacy Shafer

The Cane and I

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The Cane and I

by Judy Sanders
Reprinted from the Summer
2003 issue of the Minnesota Bulletin, a publication of the NFB of Minnesota.

Judy
Sanders

It all began when I was
ten. It should have started a lot earlier but that's easy to say now.

Interview With a Sophomore

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Interview With a Sophomore

Aaron's Convention Story

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by Aaron Richmond

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Never Laugh at the Teacher's Jokes

Never Laugh at the Teacher's Jokes

by Srikala Ashok

Editor's Note: Srikala Ashok, a teacher of

blind children, was asked to do a presentation to the 1996 National Federation of the

Blind of Illinois Convention Parents' Seminar on the topic of socialization of blind

children. The presentation was so well done and so well received that Debbie Stein, a long

leader of the NFB of Illinois, encouraged her to submit her remarks to Future Reflections

Socialization for Blind Girls and Women

Reflections on the Importance of

Socialization for

Blind Girls and Women

by Barbara Pierce

Editor's Note: Barbara Pierce, Editor of the

NFB publication, the Braille Monitor, is also a member of the Committee on the Status of

Blind Women, North America/Caribbean Region, World Blind Union. Mrs. Pierce developed the

following document as a framework for focus group discussions sponsored by this committee,

A Chance to Belong

A Chance to Belong

by Crystal McClain
Reprinted from Advocacy in Action, a publication

of the Ohio NFB Parents Division.

The chance to belong. Isn't that one thing we

want for our kids? Just because our kid is blind doesn't mean we erase that natural

instinct of wanting them to be a part of something. As parents of blind children we may be

tempted to let "belonging" slip away. Here is one example of how I helped to

make sure my daughter Macy did belong.