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

Sat Dec 16 05:59:58 UTC 2023

Thank you Don. That is quite a substantial negative impact.

Best,
Kevin

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 9:34 PM allan schneider via NFB-Idaho <
nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thanks, Don.  I submitted the form.  I would want to send this to ICBVI
> staff around the state; however, I am a bit leery of doing that as a member
> of the board—it is a government agency after all.  There is an ICBVI Board
> meeting on Monday, and I am going to outline the proposal and seek
> consensus for me or someone else to forward your message to our folks.
>
> Al
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> Subject: [NFB-Idaho] Proposed changes to US Census that could negatively
> impact people with disabilities
>
>
>
> 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.
>
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> _don
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