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

[Colleen McFadden]

Thanks, Don.  The form worked well with Jaws.

Colleen

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 8:59 AM Treasurer NFB of Idaho via NFB-Idaho <
nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org> wrote:

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