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<p>What's wrong with AFB? Why's that a bad sign? Who's AER?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/28/2017 1:19 AM, Justin Salisbury
via CT-NFB wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">HI
everybody,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I
remember this bill coming up in the past, so I want to just
offer some things I learned about it last time.
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As
soon as I saw the names “AFB” and “AER” as supporters,
especially AER, I knew this bill was bad news for blind
people.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Aloha,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin
M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pre-Authorized
Contribution Plan Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">National
Federation of the Blind of Hawaii<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Email: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu"><span
style="color:#0563C1">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LinkedIn: </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
lang="EN"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury">https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</a>
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lang="EN"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Education
is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">William
Butler Yeats</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
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CT-NFB [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary Allen via CT-NFB<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 27, 2017 1:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gary Allen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:garyallenct@gmail.com"><garyallenct@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] American Foundation for the Blind
Applauds Bipartisan Action to Transform Special Education
for Students with Sensory Disabilities - American Foundation
for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">American Foundation for the Blind
Applauds Bipartisan Action to Transform Special Education
for Students with Sensory Disabilities - American Foundation
for the Blind<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.afb.org/info/about-us/press-room/press-release-archive/cogswell-macy-act-hr-1120-introduced-in-the-house/1245">http://www.afb.org/info/about-us/press-room/press-release-archive/cogswell-macy-act-hr-1120-introduced-in-the-house/1245</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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