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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Medical Encounters:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>A Creating Options Discussion on Wednesday, April 16, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Persons who are blind or have low vision, and / or those who are otherwise disabled daily confront with a host of challenges. We can all relate to similar circumstances but there is one community that we will encounter on a random and often unexpected basis. That is the necessity of dealing with the medical profession. Whether confronted with a hospital stay or even receiving treatment and consultation at a clinic. We have an extraneous set of circumstances to deal with. From communicating our distinct needs whether receiving treatment, a routine medical exam or in understanding a doctor’s instructions, we have to educate all medical personnel. That blind people need special consideration in such an environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>We will address some of your questions and concerns in the next Creating Options meeting to be held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the New Mexico Commission for the Blind’s Albuquerque Field Office. Coffee and refreshments will be served. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Facilitators, Don and Nancy Burns<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>2200 Yale Blvd. SE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Albuquerque, NM 87106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Zoom info:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87300433435?pwd=MCp6CjrmMf21GbmjXWBZSE3CLc4HCX.1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Meeting ID: 873 0043 3435<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Passcode: 974415<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>+17193594580,,87300433435#,,,,*974415# US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Dial by your location<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>• +1 719 359 4580 US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>• 833 548 0282 US Toll-free<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Meeting ID: 873 0043 3435<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Passcode: 974415<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keikzJQ76l<a name=WinZmBookmarkEnd></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Tonia Trapp, secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>