[nabs-l] Announcing NABSLink.org

[Joe Orozco]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT: 
Terri Rupp, President

National Association of Blind Students (NABS),

A Division of the National Federation of the Blind

(707) 567-3019

 <mailto:president at nabslink.org/> president at nabslink.org/

 


Online Portal Opens New Frontiers for Blind Students:


 

Las Vegas, Nevada (January 12, 2009)-The National Association of Blind
Students announced today the first phase launch of its official web site,
NABSLink.org.  The site comes at the commencement of a new campaign to reach
blind and visually impaired students across the country and is a direct
response to the need for centralized information for high school and
post-secondary students.  Terri Rupp, president of NABS, said: "Students
play a crucial role in the movement of the organized blind.  We rely on the
up and coming generation to keep the momentum fresh, and it was time we did
something to gather all the tools for their success in a single convenient
location to keep that momentum strong."

 

The site styles itself after a virtual university.  Among other features,
NABSLink hosts a Career Center and Bluebook to connect students with a
number of informative tools and resources to facilitate their independence
inside and outside of the classroom.  To facilitate communication between
the organization's leadership, membership and the public at large there is
also an official blog and wiki project.  The web development team believes
these individual features will help cultivate a thriving repository of
up-to-date information to aid students at various levels in their
educational and professional development.

 

The NABS Board of Directors is pleased to finally release the first phase of
a project it hopes to continue growing with the contributions and support of
its members and the general public.  Anyone is welcomed to help build upon
this foundation.  Ultimately the site will foster self-sufficiency and
independence and be one more vehicle to expand opportunities for all blind
students pursuing a myriad of professional paths.

 

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About the National Association of Blind Students

The mission of the National Association of Blind Students is to promote
equal access to opportunities for all blind students inside and outside of
the classroom. Through conferences, professional networks, mentoring and
advocacy we are changing what it means to be blind in the 21st century, and
we achieve this by adhering to and supporting the goals of the National
Federation of the Blind.

 

 

About the National Federation of the Blind

 

With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the
largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the
United States.   The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy,
education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and
self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the blindness field today and
the voice of the nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and
training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.