<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The National Federation of the Blind strikes again. Read the press release below.</div><div>Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Wichmann, Jessica" <<a href="mailto:jwichmann@nfb.org">jwichmann@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> November 11, 2014, 2:18:45 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> "State President, New Mexico" <<a href="mailto:avigil74@gmail.com">avigil74@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Puerto Rico" <<a href="mailto:arguza@attglobal.net">arguza@attglobal.net</a>>, "State President, Nebraska" <<a href="mailto:amy.buresh74@gmail.com">amy.buresh74@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Massachusetts" <<a href="mailto:aruell@nfbma.org">aruell@nfbma.org</a>>, "State President, Connecticut" <<a href="mailto:erival@comcast.net">erival@comcast.net</a>>, "State President, Arizona" <<a href="mailto:krezguy@cox.net">krezguy@cox.net</a>>, "State President, Vermont" <<a href="mailto:ibretthess@aol.com">ibretthess@aol.com</a>>, "State President, New York" <<a href="mailto:office@nfbny.org">office@nfbny.org</a>>, "State President, Oregon" <<a href="mailto:president@nfb-oregon.org">president@nfb-oregon.org</a>>, "State President, New Hampshire" <<a href="mailto:cemcnabb21@yahoo.com">cemcnabb21@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Kentucky" <<a href="mailto:cathyj1949@gmail.com">cathyj1949@gmail.com</a>>, Charlene Smyth <<a href="mailto:cs.nfbwv@verizon.net">cs.nfbwv@verizon.net</a>>, "State President, Florida" <<a href="mailto:danjhicks@yahoo.com">danjhicks@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Delaware" <<a href="mailto:president88@nfbdelaware.org">president88@nfbdelaware.org</a>>, "State President, Illinois" <<a href="mailto:davant1958@gmail.com">davant1958@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Iowa" <<a href="mailto:dprime@mchsi.com">dprime@mchsi.com</a>>, "Duane Iverson" <<a href="mailto:diverson@midco.net">diverson@midco.net</a>>, "State President, Idaho" <<a href="mailto:elsiedickerson@ymail.com">elsiedickerson@ymail.com</a>>, "State President, Ohio" <<a href="mailto:peduffy63@gmail.com">peduffy63@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Utah" <<a href="mailto:baconev@yahoo.com">baconev@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Georgia" <<a href="mailto:gscott@nfbga.org">gscott@nfbga.org</a>>, "State President, Missouri" <<a href="mailto:gwunder@earthlink.net">gwunder@earthlink.net</a>>, "State President, Rhode Island" <<a href="mailto:silvara@cox.net">silvara@cox.net</a>>, "State President, Pennsylvania" <<a href="mailto:president@nfbp.org">president@nfbp.org</a>>, "State President, Tennessee" <<a href="mailto:nfb.tennessee@gmail.com">nfb.tennessee@gmail.com</a>>, Jeannie Massay <<a href="mailto:jeanniemassay@nfbok.org">jeanniemassay@nfbok.org</a>>, "State President, Minnesota" <<a href="mailto:jennifer.dunnam1829@gmail.com">jennifer.dunnam1829@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Alaska" <<a href="mailto:jnhburton@gci.net">jnhburton@gci.net</a>>, Joe Ruffalo <<a href="mailto:nfbnj@yahoo.com">nfbnj@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Wisconsin" <<a href="mailto:johnfritz66@gmail.com">johnfritz66@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Montana" <<a href="mailto:bjb5757@bresnan.net">bjb5757@bresnan.net</a>>, "State President, Alabama" <<a href="mailto:joy.harris@dwx.com">joy.harris@dwx.com</a>>, "State President, South Dakota" <<a href="mailto:gatorbumps@rushmore.com">gatorbumps@rushmore.com</a>>, "State President, Michigan" <<a href="mailto:president.nfb.mi@gmail.com">president.nfb.mi@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Maine" <<a href="mailto:leonproctorjr@yahoo.com">leonproctorjr@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Washington" <<a href="mailto:mjc59@comcast.net">mjc59@comcast.net</a>>, "State President, California" <<a href="mailto:mwillows@sbcglobal.net">mwillows@sbcglobal.net</a>>, "State President, Maryland" <<a href="mailto:melissa@riccobono.us">melissa@riccobono.us</a>>, "Kasey, Michael" <<a href="mailto:michaelgkasey@verizon.net">michaelgkasey@verizon.net</a>>, "State President, Hawaii" <<a href="mailto:nanifife@aol.com">nanifife@aol.com</a>>, "State President, Texas" <<a href="mailto:ncrosby@nfbtx.org">ncrosby@nfbtx.org</a>>, Pam Allen <<a href="mailto:pallen@lcb-ruston.com">pallen@lcb-ruston.com</a>>, "State President, South Carolina" <<a href="mailto:parnell@sccoast.net">parnell@sccoast.net</a>>, Rena Smith <<a href="mailto:realhappygirl1@gmail.com">realhappygirl1@gmail.com</a>>, "Brown, Ron" <<a href="mailto:RB15@iquest.net">RB15@iquest.net</a>>, "State President, Wyoming" <<a href="mailto:rreed@wyoassist.com">rreed@wyoassist.com</a>>, "State President, Mississippi" <<a href="mailto:sgleese@city.jackson.ms.us">sgleese@city.jackson.ms.us</a>>, "State President, Colorado" <<a href="mailto:slabarre@labarrelaw.com">slabarre@labarrelaw.com</a>>, "State President, North Carolina" <<a href="mailto:Weddington.sharon@gmail.com">Weddington.sharon@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, District of Columbia" <<a href="mailto:callaway.shawn@gmail.com">callaway.shawn@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Arkansas" <<a href="mailto:tosheeler@cox.net">tosheeler@cox.net</a>>, "State President, Kansas" <<a href="mailto:topage@swbell.net">topage@swbell.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>National Federation of the Blind Praises Social Security Class Action Settlement</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Chris Danielsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Director of Public Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(410) 659-9314, extension 2330<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org">cdanielsen@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>National Federation of the Blind Praises<br>
Social Security Class Action Settlement<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baltimore, Maryland (November 11, 2014):</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<a href="http://www.nfb.org/">The National Federation of the Blind</a> commented today on a settlement agreement resolving a class action on behalf of employees of the Social Security Administration (SSA) with targeted disabilities. Targeted disabilities include
blindness, deafness, partial or complete paralysis, and intellectual disability, among others. The National Federation of the Blind provided assistance to the class agents in this matter.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: “The National Federation of the Blind is pleased that a settlement has been reached that will provide meaningful opportunities for career
advancement within the Social Security Administration, one of the largest federal employers of people with disabilities. This agreement will compensate employees with disabilities who were denied positions for which they were qualified and will put in place
new reasonable accommodation, technology, and training policies that will help workers with disabilities advance within the SSA. We believe that this agreement rectifies serious inequities and has the potential to make the Social Security Administration a
model employer of Americans with disabilities.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information about the settlement agreement, including who is included in the class covered by the settlement and how eligible class members can make a claim for monetary compensation, visit
<a href="http://www.ssadisabilityclassaction.com">www.ssadisabilityclassaction.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">About the National Federation of the Blind</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">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><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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