<div>Hello, please take this survey if it applies.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">National Federation of the Blind</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:webmaster@nfb.org">webmaster@nfb.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:44 PM<br>Subject: Feedback needed regarding COVID-19 at-home test<br>To: Dorothy Griffin <<a href="mailto:dgriffin@nfbga.org">dgriffin@nfbga.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<h1 style="margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:26pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold">The National Institutes of Health Needs Your Feedback about COVID-19 Tests </span></span></span></span></h1>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The National Federation of the Blind is working directly with the National Institutes of Health, The White House, and other research partners on the accessibility of at-home COVID-19 tests. We recognize that you receive many surveys. This one about your experiences using at-home COVID-19 test kits is especially critical. Please take the time today to complete the following survey. It takes approximate five to ten minutes. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27506&qid=7748070" rel="nofollow" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Take the survey now.</span></span></a></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Thank you for your time and participation.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:3px"><span style="font-size:22pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold">About Our Efforts</span></span></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom:20px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The National Federation of the Blind closely monitors the COVID-19 pandemic, which is changing everyone’s lives but has </span></span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27507&qid=7748070" rel="nofollow" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:#005aa3">unique effects on blind people</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">. In January, President Riccobono sent </span></span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27508&qid=7748070" rel="nofollow" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a letter to Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock</span></span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> expressing our dismay that the government began distributing test kits that could not be used by those who are blind or have low vision. President Riccobono also
</span></span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27509&qid=7748070" rel="nofollow" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">wrote a follow-up letter on February 4</span></span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:20px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The administration heard us and took action. For the past several months, the National Federation of the Blind has engaged in regular communication with the National Institutes of Health to monitor their progress advising companies how to modify existing and new test kits to be more usable by everyone with disabilities. Some of our members are now directly working with these companies and the NIH as subject-matter experts in nonvisual and low-vision accessibility. This
survey presents an opportunity to bolster our work in demonstrating that the blind will accept nothing less than full, independent, and private access to our healthcare.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:20px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">We are committed to providing solutions and holding the government accountable. The health and safety of all our members, colleagues, and friends is always our top priority.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27506&qid=7748070" rel="nofollow" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Take the survey now.</span></span></a> </span></span></span></p>
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