Volume LII July 2013 No. 1
Published by the American Council of the Blind
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.
Mitch Pomerantz, President
Melanie Brunson, Executive Director
Sharon Lovering, Editor
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American Council of the Blind
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Table of Contents
- ACB E-Forum July 2013 downloads
- President's Message: A Turn of the Page by Mitch Pomerantz
- ACB Information Access Committee Chair Testifies Before Senate HELP Committee by Melanie Brunson, with Eric Bridges and Brian Charlson
- 2013 Conference and Convention: Discovering How to Stay in Touch by Janet Dickelman
- World News and Information Now Available on ACB Radio by Marlaina Liebert
- Remembering Janiece by Peter Altschul
- Readers' Memories of Janiece Petersen Kent
- In Memory of Patricia La France Wolf, A True Friend by Teddie-Joy Remhild
- Readers' Memories of Pat Wolf
- Update from GDUI on Guide Dog Schools
- Can Medicare Save Money for Beneficiaries & Taxpayers Alike? by Ron Pollack
- How to Encourage Newly Blind Individuals That It's OK to be Blind compiled by Ardis Bazyn, ACB Membership Chair
- Repeated Interaction Is the Best Way to Understand Disabled by Larry P. Johnson
- It's What You Do with What You Got by Carl Jarvis
- Paddling for a Cure by Sharon Lovering
- The If/Then Promise
- Affiliate News
- Letter to the Editor
- Here and There edited by Sharon Strzalkowski
- High Tech Swap Shop
- ACB Officers, Board of Directors and Board of Publications
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