The Braille Monitor

 

Vol. 43, No. 3                                                                                 March 2000

Barbara Pierce, Editor

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
MARC MAURER, PRESIDENT

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Contents



Vol. 43, No. 3                                                                                 March 2000

 

Great Things to See and Do in Atlanta

2000 Convention Tours

����������� by Al Falligan

 

NFB Camp 2000: Child Care During Convention

����������� by Carla McQuillan

 

What's Round and Mean?

Standardized Testing and Blind Students

����������� by Peggy Elliott

 

The 2000 Washington Seminar

 

2000 Legislative Agenda and Fact Sheets

 

Living the Movement: Ferret Federationists

����������� by Priscilla McKinley

 

Living the Movement: The Perspective from Sudan�������

����������� by Thomas Philip

 

Ghana: Our Independence Outside the United States

����������� by Angela Howard

 

The Universality of Truths

����������� by Mariyam Cementwala

 

When to Stop Relying on Low Vision and Low Vision Aids������
���������� by Norman Gardner

 

Ray Kurzweil Honored

 

Cars, Teen-agers, and Insurance����������

����������� by Ramona Walhof

 

My Brother, My Friend, My Hero

����������� by Lloyd Jernigan

 

Betty Niceley Dies�������

����������� by Barbara Pierce

 

Recipes

 

Monitor Miniatures

 

Braille Monitor, March 2000, Complete Issue

 

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Copyright � 2000 National Federation of the Blind 
       

Standing in front of this 1039 Packard are owner Larry Herweg, President Maurer, and Mrs.Maurer

Standing in front of this 1039 Packard are owner Larry Herweg,
 President Maurer, and Mrs.Maurer