[nfbwatlk] {Disarmed} FW: Join and share the campaign to #ReformAbilityOne, and more stories from Rooted in Rights

Nightingale, Noel Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov
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Momentum is growing to #ReformAbilityOne - There is still time to sign and share the petition

In this original video, Tia Nelis, President of Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE), shares her thoughts on the alleged AbilityOne scandal. There is still time to sign and share the petition at ReformAbilityOne.org<http://www.disabilityrightswa.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2274&qid=200802>.


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