<div>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Katherine Gabry</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:katherinegabry@gmail.com">katherinegabry@gmail.com</a>></span><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 2:48 PM<br>Subject: New Publication - SSP White Paper<br></div><span style="font-size:large;font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:large;font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div>I'm pleased to share
</span><i style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Deafblind People and Support Service Providers in the 21st Century</i><span style="font-size:large;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, an update of the original 2006 SSP White Paper. </span><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4">Although the writing team included just six of us - three deafblind and three hearing/sighted SSPs - 28 additional people shared their experiences, thoughts and opinions. Their contributions gave the paper its heart, strength and power. The paper is published online by the National Center on Deaf-Blindness and can be found at:</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaldb.org%2Finfo-center%2FSupport-Service-Provider-White-Paper%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cfe44fa5194eb4f9345fb08d925da9c4a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637582443114108975%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Iapde8k%2Bvi4whQ%2F4xeu1hXVkel1EgpHkSlCggiYlOTQ%3D&reserved=0" style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://www.nationaldb.org/info-center/Support-Service-Provider-White-Paper/</span></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4">
I encourage you to read and share the paper far and wide. Our hope is that it'll provide a solid, documented basis for any organization or state to pursue the provision of SSP services.
</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4">Sincerely,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4">Kathy</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Katherine Gabry</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">201.978.5827 V/T</font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">"Love will conquer hate. Hope will conquer fear. We must never give up or give in or give out." ~ John Lewis</font></div></div></div></div>
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