The Braille Monitor
Vol.
40, No. 4
April 1997
Barbara Pierce, Editor
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Contents
Vol. 40, No.
4
April 1997
Stacking the Deck Against Blind Travel Instructors
by Marc Maurer
Teaching Cane Travel Blind?
by Arlene Hill
A Letter
from the Trenches: Straight Talk About Cane Travel
by Georgina Kleege
Helping
the Sighted to See
The 1997
Washington Seminar
by Barbara Pierce
Legislative
Agenda
Winning
the Chance to Earn and Pay Taxes: How the Blind
Person's Earnings Limit in the Social Security Act Must be Changed
Blindness,
Rehabilitation, and the Need for Specialized Programs
Braille
Literacy and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Telling
Our Story
by Michael Baillif
Disability
Simulation That Works
by John W. Smith
New Orleans--Something
for Everyone
by Jerry Whittle
1997 Convention
Attractions
Recipes
Monitor
Miniatures
Complete Issue, April 1997 Braille Monitor
ISSN 0006-8829
Copyright 1997 The National Federation of the Blind
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Updated: January 22, 2003