<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Please forward to your parents <br class=""><div class="">
<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Nena Chadwick, President</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">National Federation of the Blind of Arkansas</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Phone: 479-435-8348</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:nchadwick@nfbar.org" class="">Email: nchadwick@nfbar.org</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Website: <a href="http://www.nfbar.org" class="">www.nfbar.org</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Live the life you want.</div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Janelle Commins <<a href="mailto:jcommins@thehennegroup.com" class="">jcommins@thehennegroup.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">New focus group and interviews with parents</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">October 3, 2022 at 8:35:22 PM CDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<a href="mailto:nchadwick@nfbar.org" class="">nchadwick@nfbar.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:nchadwick@nfbar.org" class="">nchadwick@nfbar.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">National Organization of Parents of Blind Children</span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;" class="">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">We would appreciate if you could forward this letter to your members. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The
CDC and RTI International are interested in speaking with parents of children living with a disability. The purpose is to receive your input on materials about COVID-19 that meet your child’s needs.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">
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<span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Anyone interested may follow the link below to fill out a questionnaire. We will
use this information to determine who is eligible to participate in one of our different studies. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> All information is confidential.
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</span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">90-minute virtual Focus group in English with parents who have a child with an intellectual or developmental disability. Compensation $100
electronic gift card. The session will be held on 10/5.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;">
<span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.75in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;">
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</span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">45-minute virtual interviews in English with parents who have a child with visual, hearing or mobility-related disability. Compensation is
a $75 electronic gift card. Starting in October</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;">
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">To help us see if you qualify, please fill out a short questionnaire at</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="">: </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.covid19educationalmaterials.thehennegroup.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: none;" class="">http://www.COVID19educationalmaterials.thehennegroup.com</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;" class="">
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you for your support!</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;">
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