[Diabetes-Talk] FW: AARP-backed Bill Would Make Medical Devices Accessible to Visually Impaired People

[Diana Cook]

Does AARP  have any transportation help to drs allpintments for  visually impaired diabetics?  Diana Cook- text 9197614217. Thank you!
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> On Mar 23, 2024, at 23:56, Joy Stigile via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Milton,
> Thanks for sharing such a wonderful letter of support and encouragement from
> AARP for those of us who are trying to use inaccessible medical equipment
> and for those of us that are visually impaired who are holding our breath
> for medical equipment that will be useable right out of the box!
> Warmly, Joy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Milton
> via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2024 3:32 PM
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> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] FW: AARP-backed Bill Would Make Medical Devices
> Accessible to Visually Impaired People
> 
> The following came to my Inbox.
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> AARP-backed Bill Would Make Medical Devices Accessible to Visually Impaired
> People
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> By Natalie Missakian, March 22, 2024 05:26 PM
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> Makers of medical devices such as insulin pumps and glucose monitors would
> need to make them accessible for people who are blind or visually impaired,
> under legislation endorsed by AARP.
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> We wrote to federal lawmakers March 15 in support of the Medical Device
> Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 2024. The bill, introduced in January by
> Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) and Mike Braun (R-Indiana), would
> require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop rules to ensure
> devices with digital readouts include accessibility features for the blind
> and visually impaired. A bipartisan companion bill was introduced in the
> House in 2023.
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> Roughly 6 in 10 people who are blind or visually impaired in the U.S. are 65
> or older, and more than a quarter of U.S. adults 71 and older are visually
> impaired, AARP Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Bill Sweeney
> wrote in an endorsement letter to the bill's sponsors.
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> "People with all types of disabilities, including blindness and low vision,
> should be able to benefit from technologies that help them improve their
> health and make their lives easier," Sweeney wrote. "Ensuring that nonvisual
> features are incorporated into new medical devices will promote the
> independence and control that older Americans need to successfully age in
> their homes and communities - where they want to be."
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> The legislation would bring medical devices in line with most smartphones
> and computers, which include these accessibility features, Hassan said in a
> news release. There would be exceptions if features would change the
> fundamental nature of the device.
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> Read our letters to House and Senate lawmakers and keep up with AARP's eye
> health coverage.
> 
> Letters to HousE:
> https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/politics/advocacy/2024/03/medical-devi
> ce-nonvisual-accessibility-act-house.pdf
> 
> Letters to Senate:
> https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/politics/advocacy/2024/03/medical-devi
> ce-nonvisual-accessibility-act-senate.pdf
> 
> AARP's eye health coverage:
> https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/eye-center/
> 
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> Natalie Missakian covers federal and state policy and writes AARP's Fighting
> for You Every Day blog. She previously worked as a reporter for the New
> Haven Register and daily newspapers in Ohio. She has also written for the
> AARP Bulletin, the Hartford Business Journal and other publications.
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> Original source:
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> https://blog.aarp.org/fighting-for-you/medical-device-visually-impaired-acce
> ssibilityRichard, USA
> 
> "At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you."
> 
> -- Wolfgang Von Goethe 
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