Volume LIX September 2020 No. 3
Published by the American Council of the Blind
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Eric Bridges, Executive Director
Sharon Lovering, Editor
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Table of Contents
Editor’s Note: If you sent in an article about the ADA at 30, sports/health/fitness, or rehabilitation, look for it in the October E-Forum, space permitting.
- President’s Message: Summer Breezes, Independence and Finally Baseball!, by Dan Spoone
- ACB 2020 Convention Thank-Yous, by Janet Dickelman
- ACB 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention: That’s a Wrap!, by Deb Cook Lewis, Paul Edwards and Zelda Gebhard
- And the 2020 Awards Winners Are …, by Debbie Rozear and Deb Trevino
- To Mobility and Beyond, by Ron Brooks
- We Walked the Virtual Path to the Future, by Donna Brown
- In Memoriam: Berl Lynn Colley, Sept. 1, 1942-June 28, 2020, by Crystal Colley Dull
- Start Looking Ahead to the Holiday Auction!, by Leslie Spoone
- Letter to the Editor
- Ski for Light, Inc. Sets Tracks for Virtual Event in 2021
- Here and There, edited by Cynthia G. Hawkins
- ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications
- Accessing Your ACB Braille and E-Forums
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