[nabs-l] Please read: equal access to education update

[Chris Nusbaum]

Fellow NABSters:

To add to and perhaps clarify what Kathryn stated below, we are still very
much engaged in fighting for the principles which the TEACH Act embodied.
However, these guidelines have been transferred to a slightly different
piece of legislation. The bill formerly known as the TEACH Act is now called
the Stimulating the Market to Make Accessibility a Reality Today (SMART)
Act. I would encourage those of you who have not yet written your
testimonies, then, to mention the SMART Act so that members of Congress will
have a bill to reference. More information on this new bill and our policy
on it can be found in Resolution 2015-07, which can be read at:
https://nfb.org/2015%20Resolution. I hope this helps to clear up any
confusion which may have been caused. Please feel free to reach out to any
of us on the NABS Board with any questions or concerns.

Chris Nusbaum, NABS Board Member

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kathryn Webster
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Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 10:16 AM
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Subject: [nabs-l] Please read: equal access to education update

Good morning NABS!

                Since the TEACH Act is no longer a bill we are fighting for,
the personal testimonies that were sent in last January are in need of some
alteration. Though content will not be changed, I want everyone to be aware
that if you sent in a TEACH Act testimony, the verbiage of TEACH Act will be
changed to say equal access to education or voluntary guidelines.

Please, if this change bothers you in the slightest, feel free to send me an
email at kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com <mailto:kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com> 

I am so glad that we have received some so far, but we need more! Please
take ten minutes this weekend to tell your story. This personal testminoy
mustn't be long. We just need at least a paragraph of you expressing support
and need for equal access to education. Anecdotes are helpful!

Email me off-list if you would like a sample letter and I will happily send
you one.

It is up to us as print-disabled students to make a difference in the lives
of all blind students now and in the future. Thank you so much in advance
for stepping up to the plate for all of us because equal access to education
is not a privilege, it is an expectation!

 

Best,

Kathryn Webster

 

Secretary | National Association of Blind Students

President | North Carolina Association of Blind Students

Board Member | National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut 

(203) 273-8463

Kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com

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