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" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></td></tr></table></span><![endif]><!--[if gte vml 1]></o:wrapblock><![endif]--><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h2 style='margin-left:5.4pt;line-height:14.55pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'>Diane Smith,<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:.1pt;margin-right:5.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Moderator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:.05pt;margin-right:5.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:.05pt;margin-right:5.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:.05pt;margin-right:5.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:.05pt;margin-right:5.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>A New York Times bestselling author, Emmy award winning journalist, documentary producer and speaker, Diane Smith is a media veteran. Diane has been on the air in CT for over 25 years and teaches Communication at the University of New Haven.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:12.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><a name="Major_Sponsors:"></a><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Major Sponsors:</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='line-height:19.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CT Cross-Disability Lifespan<span style='letter-spacing:-1.0pt'> </span>Alliance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CT State Independent Living<span style='letter-spacing:-1.15pt'> </span>Council<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Disability Rights<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> </span>Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:.7pt;margin-right:115.75pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:67.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:90%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:90%'>University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.15pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:1.35in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:178.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-109.1pt'><a name="For_more_information_or_to_become_a_foru"></a>For more information or to become a forum sponsor, please contact:<a href="mailto:Melissa.Marshall@snet.net"><span style='mso-bookmark:"Melissa\.Marshall\@snet\.net"'></span> Melissa.Marshall@snet.net</a><a name="Melissa.Marshall@snet.net"></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Maryanne Melley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>President<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>860-212-5549<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>“Live the Life You Want”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>