[NFB-Idaho] Proposed changes to US Census that could negatively impact people with disabilities

[Treasurer NFB of Idaho]

Fellow Federationists,

I have just learned from sociologist colleagues that the American 
Community Survey (contributor to the US Census) is considering changes 
in how it collects disability data. This change will negatively impact 
people with disabilities. It could reduce the count of people with 
disabilities from 14% to 8% which would mean about 20 million disabled 
people would not be counted. This could affect decisions about Federal 
and State level disaster preparedness and response, Medicaid, housing, 
education, and more.

There is a small window to provide input to ask the US Census not to do 
this. The deadline to put in comments is December 19, 2023.

The following URL goes to more information at the website of the 
National Disability Rights Network, along with a form that you can use 
to send a letter to the American Community Survey regarding the proposed 
changes.
https://ndrn.salsalabs.org/censusdisability/index.html [1]

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DON WINIECKI he, him, his [2]
Treasurer, National Federation of the Blind of Idaho
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