The Braille Monitor

March 1986

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on talking-book discs by

The National Federation of the Blind
Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, President

National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230


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ISSN 0006-8829


Contents


March 1986

 

HAVE YOU MADE YOUR RESERVATIONS FOR KANSAS CITY

NAC BITES THE DUST IN KANSAS

MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND DE-NAC'S

NAC AND THE MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND:
THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST

by Marc Maurer

NAC'S ANNUAL MEETING: IT WASN'T THERE

DISCRIMINATION GOES TO THE RACE TRACK AND ALL IN THE NAME OF SAFETY
by Kenneth Jernigan

PUBLIC EDUCATION WORKS: LETTER FROM TWIN CITIES POLICE

INCIDENT AT PEORIA: MORE OF THE AIRLINE MADNESS
by Steven Hastalis

TO FASTEN A SEAT BELT: THE AIRLINE NURSERY

A MATTER OF SAFETY

SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND THE SUBMINIMUM WAGE:
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

by James Gashel

SENATE COMMITTEE CONDUCTS OVERSIGHT ON RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD
AS THE FEDERATION LEADS AGAIN FOR VENDORS

by James Gashel

SOCIAL SECURITY AND TRIAL WORK: FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW
by James Gashel

FAIRNESS TAKES A HOLIDAY IN IDAHO AS COMMISSION
ADMINISTRATOR SAYS "NO COMMENT"

by James Gashel

LIBRARY SERVICE: CURRENT PROGRAM AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
by Frank Kurt Cylke

LIBRARY SERVICE IN THE INFORMATION AGE
by Judith M. Dixon

A PARENT SPEAKS ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF BLIND CHILDREN IN MAINE

ATTEMPTED MERGER OF SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND
DEAF IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

RECIPES

MONITOR MINIATURES

Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc., 1986