The Braille Monitor

Vol. 46, No. 11                                                                        December 2003

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


Frontispiece

Convention Bulletin 2004

Pennsylvania Rejects Good Services for Blind People
     by Barbara Pierce

Cooperation and Collaborationor Contention and Criticism?
     by Marc Maurer

Report on the Plight of the Blind of Iraq
     
by Dustin Langan

I Once Was Lost
     
by Darrel Kirby

A Glimpse of Freedom
    
by Rachel Black

Airport Indignities One More Time
     by Joyce Scanlan

A Few Notes on Buying a Computer
    
by Curtis Chong and Steven Booth

Distinguished Educator of Blind Children Award for 2004
    
by Sharon Maneki

The 2004 Blind Educator of the Year Award
    
by Stephen O. Benson

Second Annual Meet-the-Blind-Month Campaign
    
by Jerry Lazarus

Social Security, SSI, and Medicare Facts for 2004
    
by James McCarthy

Recipes

Monitor Miniatures

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