<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good evening federation family, please take the time to complete the survey discussed below in this email. Also, I know that there are still some members that are not receiving emails from this list, so feel free to share it as far as wide as you would like with other blind people. Thank you.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Edward Bell <ebell@pdrib.com><br><b>Date:</b> April 6, 2020 at 3:50:33 PM CDT<br><b>To:</b> NOMC Mailing list <nomc@lists.nbpcb.org>, ncueb@lists.nbpcb.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NCUEB] Survey: Flattening the Inaccessibility Curve</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The major organizations across the country who work with blind and visually impaired adults are collaborating on a survey of the needs, concerns, and access to information for individuals who are blind. Please take this survey if you fit this criteria. Please share with your students, consumers, or family members who fit this criteria. This information will be used to help improve access to information and direct policy decisions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Participate in a study investigating experiences of adults who are blind or have low vision during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey covers areas of healthcare; transportation; employment; education; social experiences; access to meals, food, and supplies; and voting. Thank you for helping flatten the inaccessibility curve. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Take the Survey here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://flatteninaccessibility.com/">https://flatteninaccessibility.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">PO Box 3158<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ruston LA 71272<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">ebell@latech.edu</span></a> www.pdrib.com<o:p></o:p></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;border-right:none;padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in">*************<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> -- Stephen Jay Gould<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NCUEB-nbpcb.org mailing list</span><br><span>NCUEB-nbpcb.org@lists.nbpcb.org</span><br><span>http://lists.nbpcb.org/listinfo.cgi/ncueb-nbpcb.org</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>