Vol. 43, No. 9 October, 2000
Barbara
Pierce, Editor
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ISSN 0006.8829
Tensions Mount
in Deadlock Between
Narrators and APH Management
by Sheila Koenig
Redefining Employment
Outcome:
by Kristen Cox
Climbing in Thin Air:
An Interim Report
by Erik Weihenmayer
Climbing Next Door to
the Top of the World:
The Ama Dablam 2000 NFB EXPEDITION
by Didrik Johnck
A Meditation on CivilRights
by Steve Jacobson
Federation Forms New
Division in Texas
by Kevin Worley
When Accidents Happen
Protect Your Financial Security
by James Overholser
Braille Readers
Are Leaders 20001 Contest
Trends in the
Use of Braille Contractors
in the United States: Implications for UBC Decisions
by Sally S. Mangold, Ph.D.
Standing, A Different
Perspective
by Stephen O. Benson
All in A Day's Work
by Peggy Elliott
From
Governor Glendening's Mail Basket
Have You Made Your Pledge Yet?
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Creating
Our Own Future: Building the National Research and Training Institute for the
Blind
by Barbara Pierce
Changing
Patterns in the Rehabilitation System: Meeting the Needs of the Blind and
Otherwise Disabled
by Frederic K. Schroeder, Ph.D.
The Personality of Freedom, an Address
Delivered by Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, July,
2000
by Marc Maurer
2000
Convention Resolutions Report
by
Sharon Maneki
Resolutions
Adopted by the Annual Convention of the National Federation of the Blind,
July 8, 2000
Convention
Miniatures: A Salute to Georgia's Hospitality Suite Volunteers
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