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         February 2010  (back) (contents) (next)  Participation
in Extracurricular and Nonacademic Activities The Blind Student
Perspective  by Larry E. Streeter  Larry StreeterFrom the
Editor: Larry Streeter, a longtime Federationist, earned his PhD
in education leadership from the University of Idaho in May
2007. He presently serves as an administrator at the Indiana
School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Prior to assuming his current post, Dr. Streeter was
assistant principal at the Governor Morehead School for the
Blind in North Carolina. Before leaving Idaho, Dr. Streeter was
the dispute resolution coordinator for the Idaho Department of
Education, and he served as president of our Idaho affiliate
from 2000 to 2005.  The following article is a revised and
abbreviated version of Dr. Streeter's doctoral dissertation on
the correlation between the involvement of blind students in
extracurricular and nonacademic activities