[Pibe-division] Fwd:New Website for Blind Students

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----- Original Message ----- *From:* Eric Guillory<eguillory at lcb-ruston.com>
*To:* eguillory at lcb-ruston.com
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2009 06:47
*Subject:* New Website for Blind Students

*Online Portal Opens New Frontiers for Blind Students:*

Las Vegas, Nevada (January 12, 2009)-

The National Association of Blind Students announced today the first phase
launch of its official web site, NABSLink.org.  The site comes at the
commencement of a new campaign to reach blind and visually impaired students
across the country and is a direct response to the need for centralized
information for high school and post-secondary students.  Terri Rupp,
president of NABS, said: "Students play a crucial role in the movement of
the organized blind.  We rely on the up and coming generation to keep the
momentum fresh, and it was time we did something to gather all the tools for
their success in a single convenient location to keep that momentum strong."







The site styles itself after a virtual university.  Among other features,

NABSLink hosts a Career Center and Bluebook to connect students with a

number of informative tools and resources to facilitate their independence

inside and outside of the classroom.  To facilitate communication between

the organization's leadership, membership and the public at large there is

also an official blog and wiki project.  The web development team believes

these individual features will help cultivate a thriving repository of

up-to-date information to aid students at various levels in their

educational and professional development.







The NABS Board of Directors is pleased to finally release the first phase of

a project it hopes to continue growing with the contributions and support of

its members and the general public.  Anyone is welcomed to help build upon

this foundation.  Ultimately the site will foster self-sufficiency and

independence and be one more vehicle to expand opportunities for all blind

students pursuing a myriad of professional paths.







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About the National Association of Blind Students



The mission of the National Association of Blind Students is to promote

equal access to opportunities for all blind students inside and outside of

the classroom. Through conferences, professional networks, mentoring and

advocacy we are changing what it means to be blind in the 21st century, and

we achieve this by adhering to and supporting the goals of the National

Federation of the Blind.





Eric Guillory, Director of Youth Services

Louisiana Center for the Blind

101 South Trenton Street

Ruston, LA 71270

Phone: 800-234-4166

Fax: 318-251-0109
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