The Braille Monitor

The Braille Monitor

Vol. 44, No. 9 October 2001

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. 44, No. 9 October 2001

Frontispiece

Letter from the President

Dissension in the Vocational Rehab Ranks
by Barbara Pierce

JETT*CON 2001
by Marc Maurer

Losing Sight, Gaining Skills: A Doctor's Odyssey
by Stanley Wainapel, M.D., M.P.H.

Eyewitness to Catastrophe