[nabs-l] Petition for Equal Access in Higher Education

[justin williams]

I filled out the petition. What else can we do to help? Anything I can do?

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary Fernandez
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 3:21 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Petition for Equal Access in Higher Education

Helga,
If educational technology is made to be compatible with assistive software,
that will solve the issue of everything from having issues accessing
webpages with screenreading software, which will mean that a student can
also use a refreshable braille display to access materials. When writing the
petition, I made sure that the meaning of access was fairly well defined at
the opening of the petition. Thank you!
Mary F

On 1/25/14, helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mary, this is Helga. I just wanted to ask you, is this petition 
> only for
>
> unaccessible Softwareor could it also mean not having access to 
> Braille, or
>
> big print materials for students at their college or university? Just 
> curious! And when I say unaccesseble software, I mean websites that 
> are not
>
> accessible with JAWS. Hope to hear from yu soon. Thanks so much and 
> God bless!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Fernandez
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 12:09 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list ; GABS ; New 
> Jersey
>
> Association of Blind Students ; Colorado Center ; Presidents
> Subject: [nabs-l] Petition for Equal Access in Higher Education
>
> Dear all,
> It is your chance as students to shine!It is an unfortunate, and all 
> too common occurrence, that blind students pursuing a college degree, 
> are faced by countless accessibility barriers. It is time to change 
> that.
> About a month ago I thought that one of the ways that we could educate 
> the general public, the academic world, students and parents, was to 
> use a petition which would outline the issue, and offer a solution.
> That petition is here today. Jamie Pricipado, a student who 
> experienced the effects that inaccessible software has on a student's 
> education, and who, as a result, is an extremely passionate advocate 
> for the issue, agreed to be our starter petitioner. Below you will 
> find the link to the petition we drafted, along with the help of the 
> amazing Lauren McClarney at the government affairs department at NFB.
> I ask you not to simply sign it, but to send it to every contact in 
> your address book, post it on Facebook Twitter, Stumble On, and all 
> the zillions of social media outlets out there. But most important, 
> write in the comment box why this is an important issue, it is our 
> chance to have our voices heard, so exploit it!
> In a mere six hours we are only 200 signatures away from reaching the 
> first 1000 signatures. If this is an important issue to you, and if 
> you believe in the right of equal access to education, do your part, 
> and let's get this done.
>
> https://www.change.org/petitions/pass-teach-act-equal-access-to-educat
> ional-materials-for-students-with-disabilities
>
> If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
> Sincerely
>
>
>
> --
> Mary Fernandez
> "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will 
> forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them 
> feel."
> -
> Maya Angelou
>
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--
Mary Fernandez
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what
you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
-
Maya Angelou

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