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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Ashley,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You have been a wonderful addition to the federation. You are one of the reasons we exist. I am personally thrilled to have had you in our chapter and as a board member. Please keep us informed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Susie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Home-on-the-Range <home-on-the-range-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ashley N via Home-on-the-Range<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 24, 2022 1:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List' <home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Ashley N <crazy4chemistry@att.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Home-on-the-Range] Thank you NFB KS!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>I wanted to 1st thank you all for all your help in the matters below as without you I wouldn't be able to say any of this.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Thank you to everyone who helped me through the Kansas VR system. My case is now officially closed with a pass and I have 2 paid National Science Foundation grants I'm working on including one for a multi line Braille display with tactile graphics capabilities another on helping students learn through making their own podcasts which will be a more inclusive learning experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Many of you helped me through my issues with University of Northern Colorado and I'm happy to announce I got accepted to start my PhD in science education at Oregon State this fall. Instead of seeing my blindness as a barrier they actually awarded me a prestigious diversity and inclusion scholarship that only one student gets per year. They are giving me a salary, a full ride scholarship, heath care coverage, and even a moving stipend! I have had 3 professors asking me to join their laboratories and it's so exciting to have differences celebrated rather than sneered at.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>The NFB Linn-Benton chapter has already reached out to me and have been lifesavers in finding housing and introducing me to folks via zoom before my move.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>I know this is long but I had to share a thank you to you all for leading me through the dark times of losing vision, VR, and school terror. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>You all are the best and I am so happy to share the light at the end of the tunnel.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Couldn't have done it without your support,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Ashley Neybert<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>