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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see attached the Access Technology Affordability Act fact sheet in Microsoft Word format.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For your convenience, I’ve also pasted the text of the fact sheet to the bottom of this email.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please take the time to review the fact sheet as it will provide you with valuable information about this bill.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks so much for all you are doing to help move forward our mission and our legislative efforts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russ Davis,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Legislative Director, National Federaton of the Blind of Florida<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ph. 904-993-8433<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:Russell@radiorusty.com">Russell@radiorusty.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText> <o:p></o:p></p><h1><span style='letter-spacing:0pt'>ACCESS TECHNOLOGY AFFORDABILITY ACT <br>(H.R. 431/S. 212)<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoBodyText><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>Issue—The cost of critically needed access technology is out of reach <br>for most blind Americans.<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.4pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:6.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:97%'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#ED1C24'>The<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>high<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>cost<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>access<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>technology<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>creates<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>difficult<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>economic<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>reality.<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Most<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>access<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>technology ranges from $1,000 to $6,000. For example, a leading screen reader is $900, a popular Braille notetaker is $5,495, one model of a refreshable Braille display is $2,795, and a moderately priced Braille embosser is $3,695. According to the United States Census Bureau 69.1 percent of blind Americans are either unemployed or underemployed.<a name="_bookmark0"></a><a href="#_bookmark7"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:97%;color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt;text-decoration:none'>1 </span></a>Consequently, most blind Americans do not have sufficient financial resources needed to purchase these items.<a name="_bookmark1"></a><a href="#_bookmark8"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:97%;color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt;text-decoration:none'>2 </span></a>These financial barriers can ultimately lead to a loss of employment, insufficient education, or even isolation from community<span style='letter-spacing:-1.4pt'> </span>activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.45pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:.05pt;margin-right:5.05pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:97%'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#ED1C24'>Medical insurance will not cover the cost of access technology. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Current definitions of "medical care," "medical necessity," and "durable medical equipment" within common insurance policies do not include access technology. These definitions were adopted in the 1960s “when medical care was viewed primarily as curative <a name="_bookmark2"></a>and palliative, with little or no consideration given to increasing an individual's functional status.”</span><a href="#_bookmark10"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:97%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt;text-decoration:none'>3 </span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Many states’ Medicaid programs and individual health insurance plans have adopted similar definitions and likewise will not cover the cost of access technology<a name="_bookmark3"></a>.</span><a href="#_bookmark13"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:97%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt;text-decoration:none'>4</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:97%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.2pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#ED1C24'>Access technology enables blind Americans to participate in today’s workforce. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blindness <a name="_bookmark4"></a>is well-defined and measurable,</span><a href="#_bookmark14"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt;text-decoration:none'>5 </span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>but affects each person differently and at different ages. Since individuals’ needs differ, manufacturers have designed various tools that enable each blind American to perform tasks that they were once unable to accomplish themselves due to their blindness. Braille notetakers are frequently used in schools, screen-reading software allows workers to check their email at home, and screen-magnification software can help seniors losing vision learn about community activities. Access technology equips blind Americans to seek employment and stay employed. For the 69.1 percent of blind Americans who are either unemployed or underemployed, it is a vehicle that facilitates the job seeking process. Despite this critical need, public and private entities struggle to meet consumer demand</span><a href="#_bookmark12"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>.</span></a><a name="_bookmark5"></a><a href="#_bookmark15"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt;text-decoration:none'>6 </span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This leads to untimely delays in the delivery of necessary technology and ultimately harms the blind<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>consumer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2>Solution—Access Technology Affordability Act (H.R. 431/S. 212):<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.65pt;margin-right:9.05pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#005F95'>Makes access technology more affordable so that blind Americans can procure these items for themselves. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It establishes a refundable tax credit for blind Americans in the amount of $2,000 to be used over a three-year period to offset the cost of access technology. The credit created by the Access Technology Affordability Act will sunset after five years and will be indexed for inflation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.05pt;margin-right:7.05pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#005F95'>Provides flexibility for individuals to obtain access technology based upon their specific needs. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Accessibility requires an individualized assessment of one’s own skills and needs. Therefore, blind Americans should be given the opportunity to procure access technology on their own to ensure that they are receiving the tools that are most useful for them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.45pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:23.15pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#005F95'>Will increase federal income tax revenue. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>More blind Americans working means more people paying taxes. It also means that those blind Americans who obtain gainful employment through this tax credit will no longer need to draw from federal programs such as Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance and will instead be paying into the Social Security Program. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.35pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.3pt'>GOAL—IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY OF CRITICALLY NEEDED ACCESS TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY FOR EMPLOYMENT AND INDEPENDENT LIVING.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.3pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h2>Cosponsor the<span style='font-size:16.0pt'> </span>Access Technology Affordability Act (ATAA)<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To cosponsor the ATAA in the House of Representatives (H.R. 431), contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Crozer Connor, Senior Legislative Assistant for Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) <br>Phone: 202-225-3311, Email: <span class=MsoHyperlink>crozer.connor@mail.house.gov</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To cosponsor the ATAA in the Senate (S. 212), contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ron Storhaug, Legislative Aide for Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: 202-224-4524, Email: </span><a href="mailto:Ryan_Losak@boozman.senate.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>R</span></a><a href="mailto:Ryan_Losak@boozman.senate.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>on_Storhaug</span></a><a href="mailto:Ryan_Losak@boozman.senate.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>@</span></a><a href="mailto:Ryan_Losak@boozman.senate.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>sbc</span></a><a href="mailto:Ryan_Losak@boozman.senate.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>.senate.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For more information, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jeff Kaloc, Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: 410-659-9314, extension 2206, Email: </span><a href="mailto:jkaloc@nfb.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>jkaloc@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>, or visit </span><a href="http://www.nfb.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.25pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-top:.25pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><o:wrapblock><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout'><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align=left><tr><td width=48 height=0></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><img width=193 height=1 src="cid:image002.png@01D8062D.A15EF700" v:shapes="Straight_x0020_Connector_x0020_6"></td></tr></table></span><![endif]><!--[if gte vml 1]></o:wrapblock><![endif]--><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.15pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:10.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><a name="_bookmark6"></a><a name="_bookmark7"></a><a href="#_bookmark0"><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;text-decoration:none'>1</span></a><span style='font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey. “The percentage of non-institutionalized persons aged 21-64 years with a visual disability in the United States who were employed full-time/full-year in 2018.” Compiled by Cornell University. </span><a href="https://www.disabilitystatistics.org/reports/acs.cfm?statistic=4"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>https://www.disabilitystatistics.org/reports/acs.cfm?statistic=4</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:14.45pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.05pt'><a name="_bookmark8"></a><a href="#_bookmark1"><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;text-decoration:none'>2</span></a><span style='font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Erickson, W., Lee, C., von Schrader, S. (2016). "Disability Statistics from the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS)." Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute (EDI). Retrieved November 11, 2016, from </span><a href="http://www.disabilitystatistics.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>www.disabilitystatistics.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:6.0pt;text-indent:-.05pt'><a name="_bookmark9"></a><a name="_bookmark10"></a><a href="#_bookmark2"><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;text-decoration:none'>3</span></a><span style='font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>National Council on Disability, “Federal Policy Barriers to Assistive Technology,” (May 31, 2000) 8, </span><a href="http://www.ncd.gov/rawmedia_repository/c9e48e89_261b_4dda_bc74_203d5915519f.pdf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>http://www.ncd.gov/rawmedia_repository/c9e48e89_261b_4dda_bc74_203d5915519f.pdf</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:21.2pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.05pt'><a name="_bookmark11"></a><a name="_bookmark13"></a><a href="#_bookmark3"><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;text-decoration:none'>4</span></a><span style='font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Assistive Technology Industry Associates, “AT Resources Funding Guide,” </span><a href="https://www.atia.org/at-resources/what-is-at/resources-funding-guide/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>https://www.atia.org/at-resources/what-is-at/resources-funding-guide/</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> (last accessed December 10, 2018).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:6.0pt;line-height:10.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><a name="_bookmark14"></a><a href="#_bookmark4"><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;text-decoration:none'>5</span></a><span style='font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt'> </span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>See </span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>26 U.S.C § 63(f)(4).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:61.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.05pt'><a name="_bookmark15"></a><a href="#_bookmark5"><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;text-decoration:none'>6</span></a><span style='font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt'> </span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>See e.g</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research, “Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request,” </span><a href="https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget20/justifications/i-rehab.pdf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget20/justifications/i-rehab.pdf</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>, p. I-50.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>