[Home-on-the-range] An article from www.kansas.com

[Stanzel, Susan - Kansas City, MO]

Hi Everyone,

I read the entire article and it was wonderful.

Susie

From: home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Susan Tabor
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 11:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [Home-on-the-range] An article from www.kansas.com

My mom called me from Wichita about this story today. Has NFB had some contact with her? Just curious; I hope Virginia gets ahold of her.
Susan

From: home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Floyd
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 11:25 PM
To: home-on-the-range at nfbnet.org; eejomes4 at wichita.edu
Subject: [Home-on-the-range] An article from www.kansas.com

Floyd has sent you the following story:

Another sicess story from the NFB of Ks.

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Posted on Sunday, Aug. 07, 2011

Blind West High grad speaks at White House
By ANNIE CALOVICH

Sighted people may not think they understand Alysha Jeans, blind from birth, but she seems to understand them all right. Jeans, a 2006 West High School graduate, got to speak at the White House last month at a celebration marking the 21st anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act. She followed Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Tina Tchen, chief of staff for the first lady. And she told the audience of government officials and interns that there is a tremendous depth to people that doesn't always meet the eye.

"I'm totally blind. I was born blind. And I said that I think a lot of people have never even met a person with a disability or interacted with them, so they don't understand the capabilities," Jeans said in a phone call from her home in Vienna, Va., recalling her speech.

She is 23 years old and one year into a job with the FBI in Quantico, Va., working in forensic audio analysis.

Read More...<http://www.kansas.com/2011/08/07/1964906/blind-west-high-grad-speaks-at.html?story_link=email_msg>

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