[blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind

[Chwalow, Judith]

The ACS also tracks blind. For the first time a government sponsored
project defines sensory deprivation with two separate questions; deaf
and blind. The census does not. It has never separated deaf from blind.
When trying to find this information I was directed by the census, to
try this survey, which I did and found the information I was looking
for. It is in the set of questions under number 17.

A. Judith Chwalow, DrPH
Director of Research, Jernigan Institute
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
410 659 9314 x2404
jchwalow at NFB.org




-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Ford, Tim (CDPH-OLS)
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:56 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind

This line of e-mails seems to me to be well outside of a blind lawyer
list, not every political or governmental action is something this list
should be discussing, especially since there have been dozens of notes
amongst what seems to be a small group of contributors.  So this is just
one person's vote that perhaps we can move on to more list-appropriate
topics?  

Sincerely,
Tim Ford
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind

and its pretty pathetic that with all this so-called or investment the
blind have an unemployment rate of over 70%. Due to the lack of planning
for employment and effective support if this were a business proposal
the rate of return would be pretty poor based on the way the government
has handled support and enforcement of laws affecting the blind.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Pepper" <b75205 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind


> The American Community Survey only tracks the senosry impaired.   That
> incluides the deaf.  We need to know about the blind, the deaf blind, 
> the visually impaired and the color blind.  We need to know the status

> of the blind in society, where we need to change things and we cannot 
> do that when the government does not track this specific minority.
> Including us in a general class is not going to do it.
>
> There is no reason to ignore the blind and we need this done NOW, not 
> 10 years from now, NOW.  All of this should have been done 36 years 
> ago with the passing of the Rehabilitation Act.
>
> Our economy spends 50 billion dollars a year on the blind, most of 
> that is in government payouts to support the blind. The US Government 
> pays out $266,000 to each blind person over their lifetime on average 
> in public assistance.  If you mutliply the 50 billion figure over the 
> past 36 years of the Rehabilitation Act, the US economy has spent 1.8 
> Trillion dollars on the blind.  The US government should be tracking 
> the results of that expenditure but it is not doing it, because the 
> results are terrible.
>
> So who cares if the census is going to have to be redone, do we have 
> to spend another 500 billion dollars to wait for a real census just so

> the government policies can maintain us at a 70% unemployement rate?
>
> James Pepper
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