[ND-Talk] Accessible online 2020 Sensus form

[Sherry Shirek]

It's Time to be Counted: How to Take the 2020 U.S. Census Now


J.J. Meddaugh <https://www.blindbargains.com/aboutauthor.php?u=1>  Mar 25,
2020 02:12 AM ET

 

The 2020 Census is happening now in the United States, and the forms can be
filled out online with a screen reader or other tools. Here's what you need
to do.
If you are a United States resident, you hopefully received a piece of mail
inviting you to 

visit my2020census.gov <https://my2020census.gov/>  

to start the sensus process. When visiting this website, you will be asked
for a 12-digit code which appears on the piece of paper. But if you are
unable to read this code, you can type in your address manually and you will
still be counted. you will see a link that says don't have a number? There
you can fill in your address. 

First, you can safely ignore the message about needing to use Internet
Explorer and JAWS. Perhaps that message was leftover from 2010, or the
website was written a long time ago. At any rate, I did mine using NVDA and
Chrome and did not have any trouble.

It may be best to fill out your census when everyone is at home, which may
be a pretty simple thing at the moment. For each person living at your
residence on April 1, 2020, you will need to include their full name, date
of birth, race, gender, and their relationship to you. It shouldn't take
more than a few minutes to complete the process.

The census is vital to determining lots of things including funding for
local programs, mass transit, and other government operations. Assistance is
available if you lack the skills or resources to fill it out, and census
workers will come knocking on your door if you ignore the notices.

If you need further guidance, the San Francisco Lighthouse is offering

 a virtual webinar
<https://lighthouse-sf.org/mc-events/accessible-census-reading-mail-and-keep
ing-your-info-safe/?mc_id=6096>  on April 10 

to help you with taing the census, reading mail, and keeping your
information safe. 

Select the link above to register for this opportunity.

 

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