<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Read below about the NFB's latest action against colleges and universities who deny blind students an accessible education.</div><div>Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Jones, Mya" <<a href="mailto:mjones@nfb.org">mjones@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> April 15, 2014, 11:04:46 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> State Presidents <<a href="mailto:StatePresidents@nfb.org">StatePresidents@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>National Federation of the Blind: Atlantic Cape Community College Discriminates Against Blind Student</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Chris Danielsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Director of Public Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(410) 659-9314, extension 2330<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org">cdanielsen@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Federation of the Blind: Atlantic Cape Community College Discriminates Against Blind Student,
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Bans Him from Freely Accessing Campus<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Federation Members to Protest College’s Actions<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mays Landing, New Jersey (April 15, 2014):</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Members of
<a href="http://www.nfb.org">the National Federation of the Blind (NFB),</a> the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind people, and its New Jersey affiliate, will hold a protest at the Mays Landing campus of Atlantic Cape Community College (ACCC)
on Thursday, April 17, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Blind people from New Jersey and surrounding areas are gathering to protest discrimination by ACCC against Anthony Lanzilotti, a blind student studying criminal justice and cyber-security there. Mr. Lanzilotti
has been denied even the most basic accommodations and at times has not been allowed on campus or to use campus facilities unless he is accompanied by a sighted person. He has also been prohibited from using campus laboratories because ACCC claims that this
violates the fire code. ACCC has also refused to procure or create accessible copies of Mr. Lanzilotti’s textbooks and course materials, a service routinely provided to blind students by other colleges and universities. If he wants his print textbooks to be
scanned and converted to electronic files that can be read aloud by text-to-speech software or on a Braille display, he must do the scanning himself, and he cannot use campus facilities to do so unless he meets the requirement of having a sighted person with
him. Mr. Lanzilotti is planning to file suit against the college.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: “Blind students sometimes face challenges in the college setting, including lack of access to textbooks and course materials, but the
vast majority of institutions of higher education make at least some effort to accommodate these students. Atlantic Cape Community College has not only refused to make the minimum effort to accommodate Mr. Lanzilotti, but has added insult to injury by segregating
him from his fellow students and restricting his access to the campus and its facilities. Mr. Lanzilotti is not a child and does not need a chaperone. The National Federation of the Blind intends to make ACCC’s outrageous discrimination against Mr. Lanzilotti
known to the public and to do everything else in our power to assist him in fighting this discrimination. The laws of the United States and the state of New Jersey are firmly on Mr. Lanzilotti’s side, and we will see that they are followed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About the National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span class="bumpedfont15">The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the oldest, largest, and most influential nationwide membership organization of blind people in the United States. Founded in 1940, the NFB advocates for the civil rights and equality
of blind Americans, and develops innovative education, technology, and training programs to provide the blind and those who are losing vision with the tools they need to become independent and successful.
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