[Cabs-talk] National Federation of the Blind President to Deliver Keynote Address at Notre Dame's Blindness Symposium

[Kevin Chao]

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> bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Freeh, Jessica (by way of David
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> Subject: [Cabs-talk] National Federation of the Blind President to
> Deliver Keynote Address at Notre Dame's Blindness Symposium
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> CONTACT:
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> Chris Danielsen
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> Director of Public Relations
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> National Federation of the Blind
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> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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> National Federation of the Blind President to
> Deliver Keynote Address at Notre Dame's Blindness Symposium
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> Speech will Address Education and Civil Rights for All Americans
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> Baltimore, Maryland (March 3, 2009): Dr. Marc Maurer, President of
> the National Federation of the Blind, the oldest and largest
> organization of blind people in the United States, will give the
> keynote address at the Notre Dame Disability Studies Forum's
> blindness symposium.  The symposium will be held at the University of
> Notre Dame on March 6, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.  The Notre
> Dame Disability Studies Forum is hosting speakers from arts-based and
> technology-based disciplines to discuss the culture and technology
> surrounding blindness and low vision.  The symposium will also
> feature a technology fair running concurrently with the conference
> and highlighting products that blind people can use.
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> "I am honored to give the keynote address at this influential
> symposium conducted by my alma mater.  With the increasing use of
> electronic textbooks, Web-based instruction, and other technology in
> the classroom, it is critical that educators consider how all aspects
> of the educational system can be made accessible to all students
> including the blind.  Only 10 percent of all blind children are
> currently learning to read and write using Braille.  Our educational
> system is failing these students and this issue must be addressed
> immediately.  I appreciate the opportunity to speak on these crucial
> subjects to this prestigious gathering."
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> Attendees of the symposium will get to see firsthand a brand-new,
> highly affordable navigational aid called AdapTap that blind swimmers
> can use to keep their bearings in a swimming pool.  The National
> Federation of the Blind awarded the project a 2008 Dr. Jacob Bolotin
> Award for outstanding and innovative achievements in the blindness
> field.
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> Both the academic conference and the technology fair will be open at
> no charge to the general public. For more information about the
> symposium, please e-mail
> <mailto:BlindnessSymposium at gmail.com>BlindnessSymposium at gmail.com.
> For more information on the National Federation of the Blind, please
> visit <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
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> About the National Federation of the Blind
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> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind
> is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind
> people in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives
> through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs
> encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading
> force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's
> blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the
> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in
> the United States for the blind led by the blind.
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