Funding Closed Circuit Televisions
Funding Closed Circuit Televisions
(CCTVs)
Through Medical Insurance
by Greg Trapp
Editor's Note: Greg Trapp has been a staff
attorney with the Protection and Advocacy System of New Mexico since 1992. In 1993 he
taught disability law as an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of
Law. Mr. Trapp submitted the following article simutaneously to the Braille Monitor, the
monthly publication of the NFB, and to Future Reflections. Subsequently, it was published
Vision Stimulation
Vision Stimulation: Is the Tide
Turning?
by Julie Hunter
Editor's Note: The following editorial first
appeared in the January, 1997, POBC News and Views, a publication of the Parents of Blind
Children Division of Colorado. It was later reprinted in the June, 1997, issue of the
Braille Monitor, the monthly publication of the National Federation of the Blind.
For many years the professionals in the field of
visual impairment have held that visual skills could be taught—that children with
Normal Visual Development
Normal Visual Development
by Lisa C. Verderber, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Reprinted from VIPS News, 12/6, Nov./Dec. 1996, a
publication of Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Louisville, Kentucky.
Editor's Note: Dr. Verderber is with Mahl and
Associates Eye Care Center in Louisville. She completed her fellowship in pediatric
ophthalmology at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Her residency
in ophthalmology was done at Northwestern University.
I'm Albino, Legally Blind, and a Meteorologist
I'm Albino, Legally Blind, and a
Meteorologist
by Sam Herron
Reprinted from Insight a publication of the
National Federation of the Blind of South Dakota.
My name is Sam Herron. I work as a meteorologist
with the National Weather Service in Rapid City, and I am legally blind. Before I tell you
about my current job, I'll give some background information. My eye condition is the
I'm Partially Sighted, and I Use a White Cane
I'm Partially Sighted, and I Use a White Cane
by Peggy Chong
Editor's Note: Peggy Chong was, for many
years, the president of the Minneapolis local chapter of the National Federation of the
Blind (NFB). She and her husband, Curtis Chong (who is totally blind), recently moved to
Baltimore, Maryland, where Mr. Chong is employed at the NFB headquarters as Director of
Technology.
As a very young child, I was aware that I did not
Why I Am Choosing Blindness
Why I am Choosing Blindness:
Personal Reflections on the Need for a Functional Definition
by Scott Feldman
Reprinted from the February, 1997, issue of the Braille Monitor, the
monthly publication of the National Federation of the Blind.
From the Braille Monitor Editor
BARBARA PIERCE:
One of the most annoying misconceptions about the philosophy of the National
Federation of the Blind is the notion that committed Federationists are proud of their
Future Reflections
Future Reflections
Vol. 16, No. 3
Barbara Cheadle, Editor
Convention Report, 1997
Contents
An Education for a Full Life: Report
on Parent Activities at
the 1997 NFB Convention
by Barbara Cheadle
Around the Block, to the Mall, and Beyond
"What's All the Fuss about Mr. Magoo?"
by Julie Hunter
Parents: The True Teachers
by Deborah Frost
NOPBC 1997 Annual Meeting
State Division Reports: California,
Colorado, Maryland, Michigan,
Future Reflections, Conv '97
Future Reflections
Volume 16, Number 3
Barbara Cheadle, Editor
Convention Report, 1997
Contents
An Education for a Full Life: Report on Parent Activities at the
1997 NFB Convention 1
by Barbara Cheadle
"What's All the Fuss about Mr. Magoo?" 11
by Julie Hunter
Parents: The True Teachers 13
by Deborah Prost
Letters to the Editor
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!