[Ct-nfb] American Foundation for the Blind Applauds Bipartisan Action to Transform Special Education for Students with Sensory Disabilities - American Foundation for the Blind

[Hamit Campos]

What's wrong with AFB? Why's that a bad sign? Who's AER?


On 2/28/2017 1:19 AM, Justin Salisbury via CT-NFB wrote:
>
> HI everybody,
>
> I remember this bill coming up in the past, so I want to just offer 
> some things I learned about it last time.
>
> As we might all have noticed, the National Federation of the Blind is 
> not actively supporting the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act. 
> This legislation is quite broad, and in some instances, rather than 
> strengthening statutory support for critical skills of blindness, such 
> as Braille instruction, it weakens them by including a host of 
> alternatives under the Braille presumption.
>
> As soon as I saw the names “AFB” and “AER” as supporters, especially 
> AER, I knew this bill was bad news for blind people.
>
> This is why I love having such a strong and vibrant governmental 
> affairs team in Baltimore to keep watch over all of these things for 
> us. Generally speaking, if I don’t hear about it from Federation 
> leadership first, I am very careful with a bill.
>
> Aloha,
>
> Justin
>
> Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB
>
> Pre-Authorized Contribution Plan Coordinator
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii
>
> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu <mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu>
>
> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury
>
> “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
>
> William Butler Yeats
>
> *From:*CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] *On Behalf Of *Gary 
> Allen via CT-NFB
> *Sent:* Monday, February 27, 2017 1:18 PM
> *To:* Ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
> *Cc:* Gary Allen <garyallenct at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [Ct-nfb] American Foundation for the Blind Applauds 
> Bipartisan Action to Transform Special Education for Students with 
> Sensory Disabilities - American Foundation for the Blind
>
> American Foundation for the Blind Applauds Bipartisan Action to 
> Transform Special Education for Students with Sensory Disabilities - 
> American Foundation for the Blind
>
>
> http://www.afb.org/info/about-us/press-room/press-release-archive/cogswell-macy-act-hr-1120-introduced-in-the-house/1245
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