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Amateur radio is a hobby that's growing among the blind
Amateur radio is a hobby that's growing among the blind

Amateur radio is a hobby that's growing among the blind

Date1/31/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Amateur radio is a hobby that's growing among the blind. In the free course at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind; sighted Jack Foxall (left) is instructor; aided by blind radio operator Gordon Offord (right); who has had his license for 15 years or more. Of the 14;000 radio hams in Canada; 170 are blind.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020732F
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Blind: David and Marjorie Inglis, who are legally blind and living in a Metro Housing Authority development in Scarborough, say people with disabilities can live well in subsidized housing
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Totally blind, Lorraine Jackson leaves a bus on her way alone to an appointment, thanks to the mobility course at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Totally blind, Lorraine Jackson leaves a bus on her way alone to an appointment, thanks to the mobility course at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
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