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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please see the message below, and if you have some useful pieces of information and advice you’d like to share please reply to Deja directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>...Gabe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Gabriel M. Cazares, 1st Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Texas Association of Blind Students - TABS (A Division of the National Federation of the Blind of Texas)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>www.nfbtx.org/tabs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Phone: 713-581-0619<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Deja M. Powell [mailto:dpowell@latech.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:14 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Needing Your Input...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I need your help. As asked by a local university Office of Disability’s, I am working on a document/brochure for college professors about working with blind/visually impaired students in their classes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please share with me your best advice for professors who work with students who are blind/visually impaired. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What is the most important thing you would share with them? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What were your biggest challenges and how were they resolved? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What is a blind/visually impaired students responsibilities and what are the professors?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How can the Disability Office be helpful?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please share any of your thoughts or suggestions with me by emailing Deja Powell at <a href="mailto:dpowell@latech.edu">dpowell@latech.edu</a>. Thanks for your thoughts and considerations on this matter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"'>Deja M. Powell, MA, NOMC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Program’s Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Professional Development & Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Institute on Blindness at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Phone: 318.257.2029<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:dpowell@latech.edu">dpowell@latech.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="http://www.pdrib.com">www.pdrib.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>REGISTER TODAY FOR THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN LITERARY BRAILLE, GO TO <a href="http://WWW.NBPCB.ORG/NCLB">WWW.NBPCB.ORG/NCLB</a>!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"'>“<span style='color:#003399'>Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” –Dr. Seuss</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:gray' align=center></span></div><p class=avgcert>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4882 - Release Date: 03/20/12<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>