<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">WE DO IT BIGGER AND BETTER Challenge Accepted!đź“Ł</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Texas Style Service! Conswella Bates is from Beaumont,
Texas, member of the NFB Golden Triangle Chapter, and a humble volunteer who is
changing her community one service at a time. She embraces challenges with a
solution mindset that created opportunities for growth as an advocate in
addition to giving back to others. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Conswella’s reflection</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I volunteer in my community by way of testing new audio
software at Lamar University. I am a blind alumni of the university and I
continue to serve on campus for the advancement of students’ today. In my
educational journey, I faced road blocks due to the lack of knowledge of
blindness and low-expectations as well as limited campus resources for the
blind. I often felt defeated but I did not quit. I turned my negative
experience to an opportunity to educate the university of the importance of
accessible software so that blind students can receive the same quality of
education as our peers. Anytime I can provide my blind skills to help our blind
community to succeed by assuring that the software is running properly, count
me in! It is such a rewarding feeling to know that other blind students won’t experience
the same obstacles I faced as an undergraduate. Today, Lamar University has
provided more accessible computers on campus in addition to an increase of
admission of students with disabilities. Go Cardinals! The university that
embraces diversity. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Â </p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Jeanetta Price, BSW, M. Ed.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Independent Home Screening Assessor</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Phone: 409-344-1005</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Email:Â </span><a href="mailto:price.jeanetta@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">price.jeanetta@gmail.com</a><br></div></div></div>