<div dir="ltr">Information for you. Please share.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Blake, Lou Ann via NFBNet-Members-List</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 12:13 PM<br>Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Blind and low-vision adults needed for national survey on health and disability<br>To: <a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a> <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PARTICIPANTS NEEDED<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Take the 2022 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Share how access to health care and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected your life.</span><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The University of Kansas Institute for Health & Disability Policy Studies (KU-IHDPS) is looking for adults with disabilities, including those who are blind and low-vision,
to complete the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD). The NSHD is an annual, online survey about your health, quality of life, access to health care services, and the COVID-19 pandemic, as a person with a disability or health condition.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Adults aged 18-64 with any type of disability, chronic illness/disease, mental or physical health condition are encouraged to complete the survey
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The survey should take about 20 minutes to complete<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_7835423640961956048MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in;layout-grid-mode:char">
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To complete the survey, go to:
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<a href="https://rockcha.lk/2022NSHD" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://rockcha.lk/2022NSHD</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This online survey is fully accessible to those who use screen readers or if you prefer to take the survey over the telephone, please call toll-free 1-855-556-6328
(Voice/TTY) or email </span><a href="mailto:healthsurvey@ku.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">healthsurvey@ku.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. Questions about
the survey and study can also be directed to this phone number or email address. Whether or not you complete the survey, you can choose to enter a drawing to win one of ten $100 gift cards.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">T</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">his survey may seem familiar to you. This is the 4th time the NSHD has been done. It was first
posted in 2018 and each year since. We welcome participation from those who completed it before and those who have never done it before. Thank you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The NSHD is funded by the National Institute for Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR, #</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">90IFRE0050-01-01).
The survey and study have been approved by the University of Kansas (Lawrence) Institutional Review Board (IRB), Study #00147878). Ift you would like more information about the survey or this study please go to:
</span><a href="https://ihdps.ku.edu/nshd" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://ihdps.ku.edu/nshd</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lou Ann Blake, J.D.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dorothy Griffin - President <div>National Federation of the Blind of Georgia</div><div><a href="mailto:dgriffin@nfbga.org" target="_blank">dgriffin@nfbga.org</a></div><div>770-374-4832</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span></p></div><div><span><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>