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Braille Monitor

Vol. 53, No. 9                                                                October 2010

Gary Wunder, 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. 53, No. 9                                                                October 2010

 

Lead Photo                         Listen Now (MP3)

The Failure of the Educational System
In Meeting the Needs of the Blind
                        Listen Now (MP3)

About Time, Huh?                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Natalie Bailey

SWEP and the Bars of Our Prison                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Scott C. LaBarre

NIB Doesn’t Give Up, and Neither Do We                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Marc Maurer

The Secret to Winning a National Federation of the Blind Scholarship                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Patti S. Gregory-Chang

Just in Case the Best Want to Do Better                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Samantha Flax

Technology Seminars begin in Iowa                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Peggy Chong

The Miracle on Sixth Street                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Bill Clapp

The 2010-2011 Braille Reading Contests Begin                         Listen Now (MP3)

We Are Able                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Robert Gardner

Updating Your Coping Skills                         Listen Now (MP3)
by Reji Mathew

Ray McGeorge, a Man to Remember, An Inspiration to Us All                         Listen Now (MP3)

Featured Book from the Jacobus tenBroek Library                         Listen Now (MP3)

Recipes                         Listen Now (MP3)

Monitor Miniatures                         Listen Now (MP3)

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