Volume XLVIII August 2009 No. 2
Published by the American Council of the Blind
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© 2009 American Council of the Blind
Mitch Pomerantz, President
Melanie Brunson, Executive Director
Sharon Lovering, Editor
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Table of Contents
- President's Message: Schools for the Blind at a Crossroads, by Mitch Pomerantz
- ACB Calls for Health Care Reform That Addresses the Needs of the Blind Community, by Melanie Brunson
- ACB Membership Committee Focus Call, by Ardis Bazyn
- Affiliate News
- A Cog in a Slightly Bent Wheel, by Donna Brown
- Must I Burn My Fingers to Prove My Independence?, by Rebecca Kragnes
- There May Be A Hidden Gift to Every Disability, by Olivier Giulieri
- New Student at the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, 1990, by John Lee Clark
- "I Love You, Dad," by Ann Byington
- There Was A Day, by Teddie-Joy Remhild
- Letter to the Editor
- Here and There, by Sue Lichtenfels
- My Understanding One Day of Foxgloves (for Douglass Bullard), by John Lee Clark
- High Tech Swap Shop
- For My Growing Twin Sons, by John Lee Clark
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