[Iabs-talk] FW: [il-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Help Continue Funding for AccessibleMaterials!

[David Meyer]

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From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Gardner
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:23 AM
To: iltalk; Annette Grove
Subject: [il-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Help Continue Funding for
AccessibleMaterials!

It's time for legislative action again!  Please consider contacting our
senators as described below.  Note that there is a sample E-mail which you
can tailor to suit yourself.  If we don't act on this and similar actions,
I'm afraid in the future us in the blind community are going to be put into
the category of those "not worth worrying about."  

Bob



From: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:40 AM
To: rgardner4 at gmail.com
Subject: Help Continue Funding for Accessible Materials!


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                        Urgent Message to RFB&DR Members, Parents and
Supporters



                        Students with print disabilities need your help!


                        The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) guarantees students with visual and learning disabilities access to
educational materials in a format they can use.  Because of this, for more
than 30 years, Congress has supported services, including RFB&D, for
students who are blind, visually impaired or who have learning disabilities
that prevent them from reading standard print books.  

                        Unfortunately, the future of that support is
uncertain.  Congress is currently deciding on education funding levels for
FY 2011, and significant cuts are being considered.  We need your help to
ensure that Congress continues to support the current funding for accessible
textbooks, including RFB&D. 

                        We need you to act today to protect your access
tomorrow!

                        In the next few days, Congress will be making
critical decisions on funding programs like RFB&D. Your United States
Senators, Richard Durbin and Mark Kirk, are key leaders in education
funding.  We need you to add your voice of support to the debate!

                        Please e-mail Senators Durbin and Kirk today and
tell them to continue funding for accessible materials!

                        Use the sample below to write a personal e-mail to
your Senators.  Take a moment to add your personal experience with RFB&D.
Your personal perspective makes any e-mail more powerful and much more
likely to gain the attention of your Senators. 

                        Time is critical and your support and immediate
action is necessary. Please e-mail your Senators today!

                        Click on these links to go to your Members' contact
page and send your message now: durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm and
kirk.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm

                        Thank you for your support.

                        Sincerely,



                        Brad Thomas

                        Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Advocacy






                             RE: Urgent Support Needed For Students with
Print Disabilities



                        Dear Senator Durbin or Kirk,

                        I am writing to share with you my support for
Recording for the Blind & DyslexicR (RFB&DR).  As a _____________, I use the
accessible textbooks and materials from RFB&D to < please describe here how
you use RFB&D and some of your personal experience>.


                        RFB&D has a long-established relationship with the
Department of Education and has had broad, bi-partisan support in Congress
for its programs.  I urge you to continue that support with stable funding
in the Technology and Media Services line of the Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education appropriations bill, and to direct the Department of
Education to direct those funds to a competition for the production and
distribution of accessible content.


                        RFB&D has been a critical partner in the success
I/my students/my child has/have achieved, and federal support for their
efforts, leveraged with private philanthropy, has made much of their work
possible.  Without RFB&D's services I/he/she/ they would not be where they
are/ I am today.

                        Sincerely,

                        Your name

                         City, Illinois







                         www.rfbd.org

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