<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">FYI </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:initial">Stacie </div><div style="color:initial"><br style="color:initial"></div><div style="color:initial">Stacie Leap</div><div style="color:initial"><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><span style="color:initial">President, Greater Philadelphia Chapter &</span></div><div><span style="color:initial">President, Pennsylvania Organization of Blind Parents (POBP), </span></div></div><div style="color:initial"><span style="color:initial">National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania </span></div><div style="color:initial"><span style="color:initial"><br style="color:initial"></span></div><div style="color:initial"><span style="color:initial"> </span><a href="mailto:stacie.leap@gmail.com" target="_blank">stacie.leap@gmail.com</a><span style="color:initial"> | 215-776-6741</span></div><div style="color:initial"><br style="color:initial"></div><div style="color:initial"><br style="color:initial"></div><div style="color:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;text-align:justify;color:initial">The National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">David Goldfield via <a href="http://groups.io">groups.io</a></strong> <span dir="auto"><david.goldfield=<a href="mailto:outlook.com@groups.io">outlook.com@groups.io</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 12:50\u202fPM<br>Subject: [Tech-VI] Community Town Hall: 50th Anniversary of IDEA & the Future of Education for Learners with Visual Impairment and DeafBlindness: Monday, December 1, 7:00 PM Eastern Time<br>To: Tech-VI Announcement List <<a href="mailto:tech-vi@groups.io">tech-vi@groups.io</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-1835546435453328238">
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2a2b2d">Community Town Hall: 50th Anniversary of IDEA & the Future of Education for Learners with Visual Impairment and DeafBlindness<u></u><u></u></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#232333">Let\u2019s celebrate, learn, and take action! The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was enacted November 29, 1975. This
year, we come together to celebrate 50 years of progress and to discuss current and proposed changes at the U.S. Department of Education that may impact essential rights, protections, and services for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with visual impairments,
deafblindness, and other disabilities. Everyone is welcome! We invite families, teachers, teachers in training, self-advocates, administrators, friends, and members of the media! When you register, you\u2019ll have the chance to submit questions for the panel.
After the Town Hall, you\u2019ll receive a link to the recording along with resources and easy action steps to spread the word about access to education for learners with visual impairment and deafblindness. Sponsoring Organizations Association for Education and
Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visual Impaired (AER), Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP), Portland State University Visually Impaired Learner & Orientation & Mobility Programs, Success Beyond Sight, Vision
Serve Alliance, and MORE!* Contributors Joshua Miele is a blind scientist, designer, author, and disability scholar whose pioneering contributions were recognized in 2021 when he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Sarah Chatfield is the CEO of Sonja Biggs Educational
Services Inc. and a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments; she is joined for this panel discussion by her son, Jack, a high school sophomore who reads both print and Braille. Larry Wexler served as the Director of the Research to Practice Division within
the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) of the U.S. Department of Education from 2010 to 2024. Please reach out to
<a href="mailto:eLearning@aerbvi.org" target="_blank">eLearning@aerbvi.org</a> with any questions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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