January 1985
Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on talking-book discs by
The National Federation of the Blind
Dr. Kenneth Jernican, President
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SPEAKING FOR THE BLIND--IT IS THE BLIND SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES
ISSN 0006-8829
SCHOLARSHIPS: BIGGER AND BETTER IN 1985
DISCRIMINATION: SOMETIMES DRAMA AND SOMETIMES NOT
by Kenneth Jernigan
COMMENTS ABOUT THE ROSE READER
BRINGING CONFLICT INTO FOCUS
by C. Edwin Vaughan
A QUESTION OF PERSPECTIVE, HANDOUTS, AND TELEPHONE RATES
SO WHAT ABOUT INDEPENDENT TRAVEL
by Stephen Benson
MICHAEL HINGSON WINS THE RIGHT TO PLEAD HIS CASE:
NEW TRIAL ORDERED BY THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
by Marc Maurer
HERE IS HOW ONE LOCAL AFFILIATE DOES IT: TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO
THE FEDERATION, THE HEALTH SPA, THE LEGISLATOR, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
by Marc Maurer
DATELINE, TENNESSEE: RIGHTS OF BLIND VENDORS PROTECTED IN THE FACE OF FEDERAL THREAT
by James Gashel
TAKING IT TO TALK SHOWS
by Charles Biebl
Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc., 1985