Future Reflections

The National Federation of the Blind Magazine for Parents and Teachers of Blind Children

Vol. 12, No. 1 Winter 1993

Barbara Cheadle, Editor

ISSN-0883-3419

For more information about blindness and children contact:
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314, ext. 2360
www.nfb.org/nopbc • nfb@nfb.org • bcheadle@nfb.org

CONTENTS

Vol. 12, No. 1 Winter 1993

National Parents Seminar and 1993 Convention: Texas Beckons

*Braille Workshop Pre-Registration

*Pre-Registration: Children’s Day Trip

*Distinguished Educator of Blind Children Award: 1993 Application

Problems of Placement and Responsibility: Mainstreaming Revisitedby Fred Schroeder

The Pitfalls of Complacencyby Curtis Chong

Free Rides for the Blind Cost Us Too Muchby Zach Shore

Meeting the Needs of the Blind Child: What is the Parent’s Responsibility?

Parent Leads the Way in Organizing Local NFB Chapter

Why I Think Parents Should be Partners in the National Federation of the Blind by Sandra Jacobson

A Report on Homeschooling by Sunny Shain Emerson

Power—Or Empowerment? by James Omvig

1991-1992 Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest Winners

VBTI’s Storybook Project by Mary Ann Damm

The National Federation of the Blind 1993 Scholarship Program by Barbara Pierce

People Who Are Blind: 1993 Legislative Priorities

Pros and Cons of Preferential Treatment of Blind Persons

Address by Professor Jacobus tenBroek

*Kenneth Jernigan Library for Blind Children: Application for Library Services