THE BRAILLE MONITOR

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The Braille Monitor

Vol. 48, No. 10 November 2005

Barbara Pierce, Editor

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by

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MARC MAURER, PRESIDENT

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Contents

Vol. 48, No. 10 November 2005

Frontispiece

The Role of Parents in the Education of Blind Children
by Carrie Gilmer

Finding and Training the Teachers of the Future: A Partnership
by Kathleen Mary Huebner

The Role of the Consumer in the Education of Blind Children,
from the Perspective of an Educational Program for Teachers of the Blind
by Kay Alicyn Ferrell

The Organized Blind and Education for Blind Children
by Allen Harris

Who Committed the Outrage?
by Barbara Pierce