WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind has increasingly sought to include deaf-blind members in our organization’s activities; and
WHEREAS, seminars have been held by our Nebraska Affiliate to teach blind persons finger spelling and other techniques used for communicating with the deaf-blind; and
WHEREAS, these techniques, if used, are instrumental in enabling deaf-blind individuals to participate actively in our Affiliate: Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland in Convention assembled this seventh day of September, 1986, in the City of Columbia, Maryland, that this organization work in conjunction with our National Committee on the Deaf-Blind to hold seminars and workshops so that the successful efforts of our Nebraska Affiliate can be repeated here in Maryland.