THE BRAILLE MONITOR
Vol. 42, No. 9 November, 1999
Barbara Pierce, Editor
Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
MARC MAURER, PRESIDENT
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Contents
National
Federation of the Blind of South Carolina
Saves Blind Vendors Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
by Donald C. Capps
Proper
Training for the Blind:What Is It? The Fourth Ingredient
by James H. Omvig
Living
My Dreams
by Ron Gardner
The
Blind at Work
by Sharon Gold
Spelling
Bees and Grammar Gorillas
by Brian Miller
Doing
What's Necessary
by Stephen O. Benson
A
Reflection on Walls and Doors
by Lisa Mauldin
Thomas
David Schall
by Peggy Chong
Educated
Fingers
by Barbara Pierce
Convention:
A Pilgrim's Journey
by Brook Sexton
Washington
Seminar Job Fair
by Anthony Cobb
Blindness,
Travel, the Environment, and Technology
by Marc Maurer
Braille Monitor, November 1999, Complete Issue
The buffet table of fruits and
NFB Board of Directors Member
vegetables at Thanksgiving Dinner Bruce Gardner helps
serve Thanksgiv-
held
at the National Center for the
ing dinner on the buffet line
in the
Blind
Center dining room. In the line from
left to right are Betty Capps, wife of
the Senior Member of the Board of
Directors and her husband Don; Board
Board Member Wayne Davis; his wife
Carmen; and Carol Smith, wife of NFB
staff member Mickey Smith.
Copyright (c) 1999 National Federation of the Blind