[nabs-l] Fwd: RFB&D is Changing Its Name

Mon Apr 11 21:46:11 UTC 2011

Joshua,
what books can you get from APH?

Jorge

On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:

> I'm not going to!
> I'm canceling my membership, and getting my books from APH for the Blind.
> Blessings, Joshua
> 
> On 4/11/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I heard from another list that RFB is losing their funding, the 13.3 million
>> congressional earmarks.
>> Maybe the name change is also to generate more revenue from non disability
>> sources; saying Learning in the title may open them up to more donors.
>> 
>> If the funding cut is true, how does this affect us?
>> Will we have to pay a membership fee again? Anyone know?
>> Ashley
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jorge Paez
>> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 5:09 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fwd: RFB&D is Changing Its Name
>> 
>> Same here.
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 11, 2011, at 9:28 AM, <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Groan. It’s a politically correct language move.
>>> Everyone knows you have to be disabled to get their books.  I liked the
>>> word Blind in there.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Lester
>>> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 7:07 AM
>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: RFB&D is Changing Its Name
>>> 
>>> Just received this E-mail.
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>> 
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>>> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:08:26 -0400 (EDT)
>>> Subject: RFB&D is Changing Its Name
>>> To: jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
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>>> RFB&D® is Changing Its Name
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>>> TO LEARNING ALLY(TM)
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>>> April 2011
>>> Dear Member,
>>> I am personally reaching out to share with you the exciting news that
>>> Recording
>>> for the Blind & Dyslexic® has changed its name to Learning Ally.
>>> Changing the name of an institution such as Recording for the Blind &
>>> Dyslexic,
>>> with its rich history and tremendous network of 300,000 members, is
>>> not something
>>> we entered into lightly. Over the past year, we have worked closely with
>>> scores
>>> of students, parents, teachers, volunteers and others to explore the
>>> current state
>>> of the organization and chart its future.
>>> First and foremost, this transformation has been driven by our
>>> members. Our research
>>> and focus groups reveal that the most significant reasons for change
>>> come directly
>>> from individuals just like you:
>>> 
>>> * Our member community is more diverse than ever before, including
>>> individuals with
>>> many different kinds of learning disabilities where access and reading
>>> are barriers
>>> to their learning.
>>> 
>>> * The broad community of individuals in the U.S. who "learn
>>> differently" has grown
>>> significantly and a portion of these individuals are not blind or
>>> dyslexic. Our
>>> current name limits our ability to reach the wider base of individuals who
>>> 
>>> could
>>> benefit from our services.
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>>> * And most significant of all, a universal issue expressed by the vast
>>> majority
>>> of our members surveyed is that they don't want to be typecast.
>>> 
>>> When told about the news of our new name, a freshman in college who began
>>> using
>>> RFB&D in second grade said:
>>> 
>>> "Finally. . .I'm tired of typing out that long name - and I
>>> 
>>> don't like being labeled as Dyslexic!"
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>>> 
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>>> directly
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