[nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Access Board Working Group on Accessible Drug Labels to Hold First Meeting

Tue Dec 18 17:03:58 UTC 2012

The machine is free, and I support what the federation is doing.
Wanting access to getting our medicine.
My medicine is delivered and I like that.
Saves cab fare

Original message:
> Why not put differing tape or numbers of pieces of tape or rubber bands 
> on the bottles and do this at the pharmacy so yu know what you've got 
> and don't need a machine. Been doing that for over fifty years and 
> never took the wrong pill yet.

> Mike

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> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
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> Accessible Drug Labels to Hold First Meeting

> Hello,
> I think my husband shared that I have the machine that reads the labels
> for the bottles.
> I love it.
> I am not on the board though, where I would encourage anyone to get
> this machine, it is a brake for us.
> Now I don't have to have anyone read my bottle lables so I can make
> sure I am taking the correct medicine.
> I check allot because the bottles can look the same.
> And from the drug store I use, the pills can almost feel the same as well.
> I am sure they are different colors, loll but for a total that just
> doesn't do it rite?
> What is it you would like the board member to do?

> Original message:
>> Access Board Working Group on Accessible Drug Labels to Hold First
>> MeetingInteresting! I wonder if anyone is on here from NFB?

>> Sherri
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net
>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 4:55 PM
>> Subject: FW: Access Board Working Group on Accessible Drug Labels to Hold
>> First Meeting

>> From: United States Access Board
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>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 4:43 PM
>> To: Ripley, Samme
>> Subject: Access Board Working Group on Accessible Drug Labels to Hold First
>> Meeting

>> Access Board Working Group on Accessible Drug Labels to Hold First Meeting

>> A stakeholder working group organized by the Access Board to develop best
>> practices for making drug labels accessible will hold its first meeting
>> January 10 and 11 in Washington, D.C. The working group, which includes
>> representatives from advocacy organizations and industry, will explore
>> alternatives for making information on prescription drug container labels
>> accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired or who are elderly.
>> The meeting, which will be held at the Board’s Conference Center, will be
>> open to the public.

>> Further details, including the meeting agenda, are posted on the Board's
>> website. For more information, contact Susan Crawford at
>> crawford at access-board.gov, (202) 272-0029 (v), or (202) 272-0082 (TTY).

>> Meeting of the Access Board Working Group on Accessible Prescription Drug
>> Labels

>> January 10 and 11, 2013

>> Board Conference Center

>> 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 800

>> Washington, D.C.

>> Note: For the comfort of all participants and to promote a fragrance-free
>> environment, attendees are requested not to use perfume, cologne, or other
>> fragrances.

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