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October 12-14, 2011--The annual Closing the Gap conference on special education and technology will be held at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel near the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. For more information, visit www.closingthegap.com or call 507-248-3294.
November 1 to March 31, 2012--The National Federation of the Blind is offering 30 scholarships worth up to $12,000 to blind college students in the United States, recognizing achievement by blind scholars. Membership in the NFB is not required to apply. See www.nfb.org/scholarships for the rules on eligibility, requirements for documentation, and an online application form. The program begins November 1, 2011, and the application deadline is March 31, 2012.
January 26-28, 2012--ATIA 2012 Orlando will be held at the Caribe Royale All-Suites Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Contact www.atia.org.
February 5-12, 2012--The 2012 Ski for Light International Week will take in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Lodging is at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in downtown Provo, and skiing at the Soldier Hollow cross-country ski area in nearby Midway, Utah, the cross-country skiing venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as the Ski for Light events in 2009 and 2010. For more information, phone 612-827-3232, email info@sfl.org, or visit the website at www.sfl.org.
February 17-19, 2012--Abilities Expo will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Admission is free. For more information, email info@abilitiesexpo.com or visit the website at www.abilitiesexpo.com.
February 27-March 3, 2012--The 27th Annual CSUN International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California. For more information, visit the conference website www.csunconference.org.
March 15-18, 2012--The California Transcribers and Educators of the Blind and Visually Impaired 2012 Conference will be held at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel. For more information, phone 323-217-5039 or visit the website at www.ctevh.org.
March 26- 27, 2012--The Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity will be held in Honolulu at the Hawaii Convention Center. For more information, phone 808-956-8816 or visit www.pacrim.hawaii.edu.
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