Volume XXXIX June 2001 No. 12
Published By The American Council of the Blind
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© 2001 American Council of the Blind
Paul Edwards, President
Charles H. Crawford, Executive Director
Penny Reeder, Editor
Sharon Lovering, Editorial Assistant
Table of Contents
- President's Message: Thanks for the Memories, by Paul Edwards
- A Journey of 40 Years: Next Stop -- the Promised Land?, by Charles H. Crawford
- Affiliate News
- Deaf-Blind Concerns Committee Gets New Sassy Name, Looks Forward to Increased Participation at ACB Convention, by Patty Sarchi
- Court Rejects NISH Appeal, by Charles S.P. Hodge
- ACB Mid-Year Board of Directors Meeting Highlights, by Kim Charlson
- Happy Birthday, Randolph-Sheppard!, by Terry Camardelle
- Opponents of Commission for the Blind Play Hardball in Kansas, by Michael Byington
- Advocates Have Cause for Concern about Supreme Court Decision in Another Civil Rights Discrimination Case, by Charles S.P. Hodge
- Trials Set for Implants on People with Retinal Blindness, by Todd Ackerman
- Gene Therapy Trials Show Promise, by Jamie Talan
- FDA OKs Watch-Like Diabetes Monitor, by Lauran Neergaard
- Blind Women at Lower Breast Cancer Risk
- In Memoriam: Mack Riley, by Bernice Kandarian
- Musician, Teacher Touched Many Lives, by Greg Jerret
- Ruth Haglund Craig Remembered, by Evelyn Larson
- Blind Physician Is a Visionary: He Feels Pain, Plays Chopin to Cure Ills, by Helen O'Neill
- Here and There, by Sharon Lovering
- High Tech Swap Shop
- Acknowledgements
The American Council of the Blind strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and to improve quality of life for all blind and visually impaired people.
