Dots Plus
Dr. John Gardner
DotsPlus
by John A. Gardner
From the Editor: John Gardner is professor
and director of the Science Access Project, Department of Physics, Oregon State
University. In mid-November of 1997 something of a media flap occurred when Senator Ron
Wyden objected loudly and publicly that the Department of Education had rejected a grant
application from a blind physicist in his state merely because the proposal was not
submitted in a double-spaced, large-print format. The rejection apparently had nothing to
The Hollow Nature of Political Correctness
Noel Nightingale
The Hollow Nature of Political
Correctness
by Noel Nightingale
From the Editor: Noel Nightingale is a Member
of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Blind Lawyers and First Vice
President of the NFB of Washington. She is an attorney in the Environmental Practice Group
in the law firm of Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe in Seattle. This is what she
says:
There are several problems with the late
Music Education Network
Introducing Music Education
Network for the Visually Impaired
by Richard Taesch
From the Editor: In general education circles
in recent years, people have become increasingly aware of the importance of music
education to the entire child, particularly with respect to developing skills in
mathematics and logic. This discovery or rediscovery has obvious implications for blind
youngsters as well. (See the article "Music Education: Not Just a Frill" in the
EEOC Charges Filed
Debbie and Stuart Prost
EEOC Charges Filed Against
Virginia's So-called
Disability Rights Agency
by Charles Brown
From the Editor: Charlie Brown is the
President of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia and a Member of the NFB
Board of Directors. The following report is reprinted from the Winter, 1998, issue of the
NFB Vigilant, a publication of the NFB of Virginia. Stuart Prost is a long-time member of
National Task Force on Employment
National Task Force on Employment
of Adults with Disabilities
From the Editor: We recently received the
following notice which could conceivably affect employment opportunities for blind people
in coming years. Here is the text:
THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release, March 13, 1998
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Increasing Employment of Adults with Disabilities
By the authority vested in me as President by the
On the Nature of Mental Discipline
On the Nature of Mental
Discipline and Sonnets
by Kenneth Jernigan
President Maurer (left) and Dr. Jernigan (right) shake
hands at the NCSAB reception.
Recently in North Carolina, when I was undergoing
cancer treatment and having a restless night, I put together a piece for the Monitor that
I have been intending to do for more than thirty years. I doubt that I will ever write
such an article again, but at least for once here goes.
From time to time I am asked what technique I use
How NAC Has Learned to Help
Like Pinocchio, the National
Accreditation Council began life as a puppet. Unlike NAC, however, Pinocchio eventually
became an independent, living being. You will remember that Pinocchio's nose grew longer
each time he told a lie. Here Peggy Elliott points out a related phenomenon which occurs
whenever NAC makes its claims of excellence and usefulness.
(Photo adapted from an illustration by Richard Floethe)
How NAC Has Learned to Help the
Blind
by Peggy Elliott
Why Accreditation Failed Agencies
C. Edwin Vaughan
Why Accreditation Failed
Agencies Serving the
Blind and Visually Impaired
by C. Edwin Vaughan
From the Editor: The following article first
appeared in the January/February/March, 1997, issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation. Ed
Vaughan is a long-time member of the National Federation of the Blind of Missouri and a
published authority on the history and sociology of blindness and the blindness field.
Clever Con or Clear Communication?
Bruce A. Gardner
Clever Con or Clear
Communication?
by Bruce A. Gardner
From the Editor: Bruce Gardner is a member of
the National Federation of the Blind Board of Directors and President of the NFB of
Arizona. He is also a thoughtful and perceptive blind man with much to teach others about
coming to terms with blindness.
This is what he says:
Should we who are blind be concerned with our
Blind Woman Couldn't See Living Without Baby
Elizabeth and Miriam Anderson
Blind Woman Couldn't See
Living Without Her Baby
by Ellen Thompson
From the Editor: What should a Federationist
do when a newspaper undertakes to write a story about her but leaves out important
information? That's what happened to Elizabeth Anderson of St. Paul, Minnesota. The
reporter spent a good deal of time with Elizabeth and her daughter but ignored the