<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span id="gmail-m_-7785793204011282609gmail-m_-4085969450087737276gmail-docs-internal-guid-f5d7d442-7fff-a992-dd0f-205a3fd495e0"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Those of us who live with some sort of visual impairment are in good company.  </b></span><br></p><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Harriet Tubman</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (c<span class="gmail_default">irca </span>1820 – March 10, 1913)<span class="gmail_default"> </span>was <span class="gmail_default">an </span>American abolitionist<span class="gmail_default">, </span>political activist<span class="gmail_default">, <span id="gmail-m_-7785793204011282609gmail-m_-4085969450087737276gmail-docs-internal-guid-f5d7d442-7fff-a992-dd0f-205a3fd495e0"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. </span></span>Born in Maryland and a</span> slave throughout her youth, <span class="gmail_default">she </span><span class="gmail_default">was</span> treated as an animal until she eventually escaped captivity. When she reached Canada she did not stay to enjoy her freedom. She <span class="gmail_default">instead </span>returned and brought hundreds of black slaves back to safety, saving them from slavery by escaping in what was then called <a href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/what-is-the-underground-railroad.htm" target="_blank">The Underground Railroad</a>.  After a severe wound to the head, which was inflicted by a slave owner before her escape, she <span class="gmail_default">suffered </span>vision impairment and seizures. <span class="gmail_default">Her</span> <span class="gmail_default">injury </span>did not keep her from tossing fears aside and <span class="gmail_default">fighting </span>for the freedom of her people.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marla Runyan</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (January 4, 1969 – Present) <span class="gmail_default">is an </span>American track<span class="gmail_default">-</span>and<span class="gmail_default">-f</span>ield athlete, road runner<span class="gmail_default">,</span> and marathon runner who at the age of nine developed Stargardt’s Disease, a form of macular degeneration that left her legally blind. Despite the effect Stargardt’s had on Runyan’s vision, she did retain her peripheral vision.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Andrea Angel Bocelli</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (September 22, 1958 – Present)<span class="gmail_default"> </span>is an Italian tenor <span class="gmail_default">who </span>has recorded <span class="gmail_default">more than </span>20 pop and classical albums, as well as seven complete operas. He has sold <span class="gmail_default">more than</span> 65 million albums worldwide. It was evident at birth that he had problems with his sight<span class="gmail_default">. A</span>fter visits to many doctors<span class="gmail_default">,</span> Bocelli was diagnosed with glaucoma. <span class="gmail_default">He </span>completely lost his sight <span id="gmail-m_-7785793204011282609gmail-m_-4085969450087737276gmail-docs-internal-guid-f5d7d442-7fff-a992-dd0f-205a3fd495e0"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default">a</span>t age 12, </span></span>after an accident during a soccer game. As a boy, Bocelli showed great passion for music. At the age of six he started piano lessons before <span class="gmail_default">moving on </span>to play flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, harp, guitar<span class="gmail_default">,</span> and drums.  Bocelli once said<span class="gmail_default">,</span> “I don’t think a singer decides to sing<span class="gmail_default">;</span> it is the others who choose that you sing by their reactions.”  Bocelli has sung with other great singers such as Pavarotti<span class="gmail_default">,</span> and has only been further admired due to his blindness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default">Learn more about</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span><span class="gmail_default">"</span><a href="https://brailleworks.com/braille-resources/famous-people-with-visual-impairments/" target="_blank">Famous People with Visual Impairments</a>.<span class="gmail_default">"</span></span></p></span><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span id="gmail-m_-7785793204011282609gmail-m_-4085969450087737276gmail-docs-internal-guid-f5d7d442-7fff-a992-dd0f-205a3fd495e0"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7785793204011282609gmail-m_-4085969450087737276gmail-docs-internal-guid-f5d7d442-7fff-a992-dd0f-205a3fd495e0"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7785793204011282609gmail-m_-4085969450087737276gmail-docs-internal-guid-f5d7d442-7fff-a992-dd0f-205a3fd495e0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">Support for accessibility and attention to i</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">nclusivity across the SUNY Plattsburgh campus </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">assures that we all have the opportunity to unlock our potential.</span></b></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trivia Question:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="color:rgb(50,51,56);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>What is the generic term for software used by people who are blind to access a computer or tablet?</i></span></p></span></span></font></span><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span id="gmail-m_-7785793204011282609gmail-m_-4085969450087737276gmail-docs-internal-guid-f5d7d442-7fff-a992-dd0f-205a3fd495e0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="color:rgb(50,51,56);background-color:rgb(255,255,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a. Screen reader (Correct Answer)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="color:rgb(50,51,56);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">b. braille</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="color:rgb(50,51,56);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">c. Text</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="color:rgb(50,51,56);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">d. Voiceover</span></p></span></font></span></div></span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span id="gmail-m_-7785793204011282609gmail-m_-4085969450087737276gmail-docs-internal-guid-f5d7d442-7fff-a992-dd0f-205a3fd495e0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">Watch for our next "Accessibility: Unlocking Our Potential" post, including a new trivia question<span class="gmail_default">,</span> <span class="gmail_default">i</span>in the Friday, April 1 Student Digest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bailey Dell'Erba</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TEL Intern</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Majors in TV Video Production and Digital Media</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Minor in Public Relations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">John Locke, Ph.D.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">EIT Accessibility Officer</span></p></span></font></span><div><br></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 dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><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 dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>