[Cabs] Fwd: [nabs-l] Write About Your Experiences of Inaccessibility in College for Washington Seminar by Weds, Jan. 22!

[Cody Bair]

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> From: Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com>
> Date: January 20, 2014 at 6:19:43 PM MST
> To: National Asociation of Blind Students <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Write About Your Experiences of Inaccessibility in College for Washington Seminar by Weds, Jan. 22!
> Reply-To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Dear Members,
> 
> My name is Cindy Bennett. I am an NFB member and the secretary of the
> National Association of Blind Students (NABS).
> 
> NABS is excited to help with the recently introduced Technology,
> Education, and Accessibility in College and Higher Education (TEACH)
> act. I am currently working with Lauren McLarney, a Government Affairs
> Specialist for the National Federation of the Blind, to collect
> stories about blind student’s experiences with higher education. We
> are contacting you because we want stories from constituents living in
> every congressional district in the U.S., and we can only do this with
> your help! Along with the ways you can help listed below, submitting
> your story by Wednesday, January 22 will insure that your story will
> make an appearance at the Washington Seminar appointment with your
> district!
> 
> In summary, the TEACH Act will create accessibility guidelines for
> electronic instructional materials and related information
> technologies used by institutions of higher education. The TEACH Act
> will provide guidelines for manufacturers of educational technology
> and clarity for institutions of higher education to ensure that
> materials are usable by all students. Earlier this year, Congressman
> Tom Petri (R-WI) introduced the TEACH Act (H.R. 3505). Click here to
> learn more about the TEACH Act.
> https://nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/word/2013%20teach%20fact%20sheet.doc.
> 
> Now that the bill has been introduced, we need to get it passed! And
> that’s where you come in!
> 
> We need stories from current and recent students who are and have been
> affected by the lack of accessibility in the classroom, whether it be
> through inaccessible software, lack of materials, or late or
> inadequate accessible materials. Be sure to include a sentence of how
> accessibility guidelines would/would have helped you.
> 
> Compose your paragraph-long story and send it to me at
> clb5590 at gmail.com. Please include the school you attend/attended, and
> any congressional districts that you live in. for example, if your
> permanent address is in a different congressional district from the
> district in which you go to school, list both. If you do not know this
> information, you can look it up here.
> http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
> There is a simple edit field where you can enter your zip code. On the
> next page, your zip code and the number district in which you reside
> are listed like this.
> 
> Zip code: 98121
> is located in the 7th Congressional district of Washington.
> 
> The second way you can help is by reinforcing the appointments Lauren
> and other NFB members have with congress. If someone has an
> appointment with your congressperson, I will contact you with the date
> of the appointment, and you can call your congressperson’s office and
> tell your story. This will show your congressperson that one of their
> constituents is directly affected by inadequate accessibility and
> needs the TEACH Act. This part is very important as members of
> congress work for their constituents!
> 
> Of course, you do not have to wait for someone to have an appointment
> with your representative or senators; we encourage you to go ahead and
> contact them on your own!
> 
> Please pass this announcement on to all of the blind current and
> recent students that you know!
> 
> Finally, please feel free to contact me or Lauren McLarney with any
> questions. you can reach me at clb5590 at gmail.com, and Lauren at
> LMcLarney at nfb.org.
> 
> We look forward to receiving your stories!
> 
> Cindy Bennett and Lauren McLarney
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cindy Bennett
> Secretary: National Association of Blind Students
> 
> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
> clb5590 at gmail.com
> 
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