THE BRAILLE FORUM Volume LI December 2012 No. 4
THE BRAILLE FORUM Volume LI December 2012 No. 4
THE
BRAILLE FORUM
Volume LI December 2012 No. 4
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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TABLE OF CONTENTS
In Memoriam: LeRoy Franklin Saunders, by Nolan Crabb
Readers' Memories of LeRoy Saunders
National Conference/Convention Report, Part III, by Mitch Pomerantz
World Intellectual Property Organization Inches Toward Agreement on Reading
Rights
for People with Visual Impairments, by Melanie Brunson
Build an Even Better IDEA: Promote the Anne Sullivan Macy Act, by Mark
Richert
ACB Convention 2013: Discovering the Hyatt, by Janet Dickelman
Comments from the Credentials Committee Chair, by Jean Mann
'Tis the Season, by Kathy Brockman
Learning Ally Offers Fee Relief for ACB Members
Membership Committee Announcement
Affiliate News
Here and There
High Tech Swap Shop
** CORRECTIONS
Due to an editing error, "economics" was misspelled, and the name "Burson"
left out of the name of the scholarship in the article "And the Winner Is
"
(October-November 2012).
Due to an editing error, the third "W" was left out of National Braille
Press' web site address, and the word "a" was left out of a sentence in
"Here and There," October-November 2012.
We regret these errors.
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