THE BRAILLE FORUM Volume XLIX December 2010 No. 6
THE BRAILLE FORUM Volume XLIX December 2010 No. 6
THE
BRAILLE FORUM
Volume XLIX December 2010 No. 6
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
National Office:
2200 Wilson Blvd.
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(202) 467-5081
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THE BRAILLE FORUM (TM) is available in braille, large print, half-speed four-track cassette tape, data CD, and via e-mail. Subscription requests, address changes, and items intended for publication should be sent to Sharon Lovering at the address above, or via e-mail to [email protected].
The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at the number listed above.
Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Mike Godino at the above mailing address. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If you wishes are complex, call the national office.
To make a contribution to ACB via the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155.
For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the "Washington Connection" toll-free at (800) 424-8666, 5 p.m. to midnight Eastern time, or read it online.
Copyright 2010
American Council of the Blind
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
President's Message: ACB and Rehabilitation: What We Stand For, by Mitch Pomerantz
SSA Says Sorry, No Increases in 2011, by Melanie Brunson
Convention Comfort Zone, by Teddie-Joy Remhild
Riding the Rails in 2010, by Donna Rose
'Doug Powell, You Are an Ironman!', by Doug Powell
All That Glitters, by Billie Jean Keith
Follow ACB on Twitter
In Memoriam: Milly Stokes, by Charles S.P. Hodge
Passings
Affiliate News
Letters to the Editor
Here and There, edited by Sue Lichtenfels
High Tech Swap Shop
FORUM SUBSCRIPTION NOTES
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