[blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind

Fri Jun 12 19:00:30 UTC 2009

Thank you.  Can I get to it online?
Steve
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From: "Chwalow, Judith" <JChwalow at nfb.org>
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind


> Yes, go to appendix Cfa and you will find the details. Here is the
> reference: Matthew Brault, Sharon Stern, Housing and Household
> Economic Statistics Division, David Raglin, Decennial Statistical
> Studies
> Division, 2006 American Community Survey Content Test Report January 3,
> 2007, Evaluation Report Covering Disability
>
> The large report has incidence and prevalence data, employment is
> discussed.
>
> 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 Steve P. Deeley
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:30 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind
>
> Is the data broken out?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chwalow, Judith" <JChwalow at nfb.org>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind
>
>
>> 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
>> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>> 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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