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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>TABSters and Federation Family,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Student Division is doing our part to create awareness around H.R. 3505, the Technology, Education and Accessibility in College and Higher Education Act of 2013, which would create guidelines of accessibility that colleges and universities as well as manufacturers of instructional materials alike would have to follow to insure the accessibility of educational tools deployed in college classrooms across the country. Last Friday, one of our fellow NABSters along with the support of our national organization, launched a petition on change.org, and the response has been nothing short of remarkable. As of the time of the writing of this email, we have already garnered 17,053 signatures, which is just incredible, but I know Texas can add even more to that number. If you haven’t yet, please take about 5 minutes of your time to read the petition, sign your name, and share it with your Twitter, Facebook, Email, and any other social/communication networks you may have. H.R. 3505, along with all the other issues we have spent the last week advocating for on the Hill, will make a tremendous impact on the lives of the nations blind, and with all of our hard work and support, we will see them come to fruition.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions about TEACH or the student division in general, please feel free to email me off-list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>...Gabe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TEACH Petition: <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/pass-teach-act-equal-access-to-educational-materials-for-students-with-disabilities">http://www.change.org/petitions/pass-teach-act-equal-access-to-educational-materials-for-students-with-disabilities</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gabe Cazares<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 281-965-9583<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Twitter: @gmcazares<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>