[NABS-L] Publication Announcement

[Louis Maher]

From: Alfred D'Agostino <alfred.t.dagostinophd at gmail.com<mailto:alfred.t.dagostinophd at gmail.com>>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2026 8:10 PM
To: Louis Maher <ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>>
Subject: Publication Announcement

Hello Louis.
I enjoyed the Sci/Eng Division event this evening - excellent work and presentation.
It would be helpful to get the word out about a publication I have recently completed. It would be of great use to those BLV interested in Studying Stem at the university level. Would you please consider sending the below text to the speakers, and to the Zoom registrants? Thank you.
Alfred

A little over a year ago, I was invited by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) to write a
chapter in a book in their Advances in Education Series. I am pleased to say that the book  entitled Inclusive and Accessible Chemistry for Further and Higher Education: Developments and Opportunities for Students With Disabilities has been released. My chapter, titled New Vision for the Blind in Chemistry ,describes the challenges faced by BLV to studying chemistry at the university level, gives the origins, illustrates practical solutions, and proposes ways of removing the barriers and obstacles. I freely discuss my experience as a blind professor. It mentioned the National Federation of the Blind Training Centers and cites the website in the list of references.
Alfred T. D’Agostino, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Notre Dame of MD University, retired
Secretary, Board of Trustees, Blind Industries and Services of Maryland