<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Greetings all,<br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><br></font></span></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span class="gmail_default">To help you advocate with confidence and knowledge please review the </span></span>2022 <span class="gmail_default">National Federation of the Blind </span>Washington Seminar <span class="gmail_default">Priorities Fact Sheets </span>in HTML, Word and Audio<span class="gmail_default"> formats; </span><span class="gmail_default">links provided by National are listed after my signature block. I have also attached a word file for each issue.</span></font></div><div><span class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">You do not need to be a member to contact your congressional representatives and senators. Also encourage your family, friends, co-workers, churches and neighbors to contact their representatives across the country.  Learn the issues, advocate and make a difference in the lives of blind Americans. </font></span></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Warmly, <br>Linda Melendez, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>732-421-7063<br></span><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">president@nfbnj.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Facebook: </i><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></i><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></i><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i>The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Everyday we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</i></span><br></font></div><div><i style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span class="gmail_default"></span></i><br></div><h1><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Access Technology Affordability Act<span></span></font></h1>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">The cost of critically
needed access technology is out of reach for most blind Americans. The Access
Technology Affordability Act will improve affordability of critically needed
access technology necessary for employment and independent living.<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><ul><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-priorities/access-technology" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Access Technology Affordability Act
(H.R. 431/S. 212) HTML</span></a></font></span></li><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/files-word/2022%20ATAA%20-%20Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Final.docx" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Access Technology Affordability Act
(H.R. 431/S. 212) Word</span></a></font></span></li><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/audio/washington-seminar/2022/02_access_technology_affordability_act.mp3" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Access Technology Affordability Act
(H.R. 431/S.212) Audio</span></a></font></span></li></ul><p></p>





<h1><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act<span></span></font></h1>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Advanced digital
interfaces create barriers that prevent blind individuals from independently
and safely operating home-use medical devices that are essential to their daily
healthcare needs. The Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act will end
unequal access to home-use medical devices for blind Americans.<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><ul><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-priorities/medical-device" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,62,112)">Medical Device Nonvisual
Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853) HTML</span></a></font></span></li><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/files-word/2022%20MDNA%20-%20Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Final.docx" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Medical Device Nonvisual
Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853) Word</span></a></font></span></li><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/audio/washington-seminar/2022/03_medical_device_nonvisual_accessibility_act.mp3" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Medical Device Nonvisual
Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853) Audio</span></a></font></span></li></ul><p></p>





<h1><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Twenty-First Century Website and Applications Accessibility
Act<span></span></font></h1>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Websites are required by law to be accessible,
but without implementing regulations most businesses and retailers have little
understanding of what accessible means. The Twenty-First Century Mobile
Apps and Website Accessibility Act will end website and mobile application
inaccessibility for blind Americans.<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><ul><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-priorities/twenty-first-century" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Twenty-First Century Websites &
Applications Accessibility Act (HTML)</span></a></font></span></li><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/files-word/2022%20Twenty-first%20Century%20Websites%20and%20Applications%20Accessibility%20Act%20-%20Fact%20Sheet-Final_0.docx" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Twenty-First Century Websites &
Applications Accessibility Act (Word</span></a>)</font></span></li><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/audio/washington-seminar/2022/04_21st_century_websites_and_applications_accessibility_act.mp3" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Twenty-First Century Websites &
Applications Accessibility Act (Audio)</span></a></font></span></li></ul><p></p>





<h1><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
(H.R. 2373/S. 3238)<span></span></font></h1>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Section 14(c) of the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 permits employers to pay people with
disabilities at a rate less than the federal minimum wage and, in many cases,
be separated from their coworkers without disabilities. The Transformation
to Competitive Integrated Employment Act will end this antiquated and
discriminatory practice for all Americans with disabilities.<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><ul><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-priorities/transformation" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Transformation to Competitive
Integrated Employment Act (H.R. 2373/S. 3238) HTML</span></a></font></span></li><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/files-word/2022%20TCIEA%20-%20Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Final.docx" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Transformation to Competitive
Integrated Employment Act (H.R. 2373/S. 3238) Word</span></a></font></span></li><li><span style="color:black"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/audio/washington-seminar/2022/05_transformation_to_competitive_integrated_employment_act.mp3" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,90,163)">Transformation to Competitive
Integrated Employment Act (H.R. 2373/S. 3238) Audio</span></a></font></span></li></ul><p></p>





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