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"We have the same anxieties everyone else has about the coronavirus, but they can be amplified in times like this." </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'>What to know about Coronavirus:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'> How it started and how to protect yourself:<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/coronavirus-explained-69509720"><strong><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:blue;text-decoration:none'> Coronavirus explained </span></strong></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'> What to do if you have symptoms:<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-symptoms/story?id=69334337"><strong><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:blue;text-decoration:none'> Coronavirus symptoms</span></strong></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'> Tracking the spread in the US and Worldwide: <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-map-tracking-spread-us-world/story?id=69415591"><strong><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:blue;text-decoration:none'>Coronavirus map</span></strong></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Nearly 7.6 million Americans over 16 years old have a visual impairment, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-restrictions-put-extra-burden-blind-community-experts/nfb.org/resources/blindness-statistics" target="_blank">according to the NFB</a>, which used census data from 2016. The majority of them, about 4 million, are under 65, according to the data.</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'><img border=0 width=624 height=415 style='width:6.5in;height:4.3229in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D5FFC8.F97B3100" alt="PHOTO: A blind person reads braille."></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:black'><!--[if gte vml 1]><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]><img width=32 height=32 style='width:.3333in;height:.3333in' src="cid:image009.png@01D5FFC8.F97B3100" alt="STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images" v:shapes="Rectangle_x0020_7"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%;background:white'><span class=inlineimage--source-title3><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'>STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Experts said the biggest challenge for the blind community is transportation. Many cities have cut back on their bus and train lines. Taxis and rideshare options, like Lyft and Uber, are limiting pickups, according to Danielsen. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Stacy Cervenka, who is blind and the director of public policy for the American Foundation for the Blind, a non-profit that pushes for greater accessibility, said this is most problematic for blind persons who live by themselves. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>"Without Uber or Lyft, we’re in a bind, especially in suburban and rural communities where everything is far away," she told ABC News. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Cervenka said the lack of transportation would hinder any blind person who seeks to get tested for the coronavirus, as many states have opted for drive-thru testing.</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/companies-protect-vulnerable-hourly-workers-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/story?id=69555759"><span style='color:#002D6C'>MORE: What companies are doing to protect vulnerable hourly workers amid coronavirus outbreak</span></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Cervenka added that while it is easier for companies and schools to switch over to video learning and working, and there are apps like Zoom that have good accessibility options for visually impaired users, not every remote working option is feasible. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Some schools may not have the ability to provide homework sheets and other reading materials for their blind students, she said. Cervenka added that classes tailored for the blind community, such as learning to walk with a cane and independent living training, have been suspended in schools across the nation. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>"This is not something that students can learn remotely," she said.</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'><img border=0 width=624 height=351 style='width:6.5in;height:3.6562in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D5FFC8.F97B3100" alt="PHOTO: A blind man uses a white cane at home."></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:black'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Rectangle_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images" style='width:24pt;height:24pt;visibility:visible;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:char;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=32 height=32 style='width:.3333in;height:.3333in' src="cid:image009.png@01D5FFC8.F97B3100" alt="STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images" v:shapes="Rectangle_x0020_6"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%;background:white'><span class=inlineimage--source-title3><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'>STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>The health recommendations to practice social distancing and touching haven’t had too much of an effect on the community so far, according to Cervenka. Canes, guide dogs and other vision aids are already effective with keeping space between people and avoiding any obstacles. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>When it comes to touching, Cervenka said latex surgical gloves protect surfaces that need touching, such as braille signs on doors and elevators, without sacrificing tactility. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>"There are ways that one can take precaution," she said.</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'><img border=0 width=624 height=416 style='width:6.5in;height:4.3333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D5FFC8.F97B3100" alt="PHOTO: Blind man walks with white stick."></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:black'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Rectangle_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images" style='width:24pt;height:24pt;visibility:visible;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:char;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=32 height=32 style='width:.3333in;height:.3333in' src="cid:image009.png@01D5FFC8.F97B3100" alt="STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images" v:shapes="Rectangle_x0020_5"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%;background:white'><span class=inlineimage--source-title3><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'>STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Danielsen said shopping in a store is more complicated for blind customers. Normally, store workers would be available to assist finding and taking an item off a shelf, but those employees may be too overwhelmed with the extra crowds to help. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>"There may be a struggle to get any assistance there," he said.</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/grocery-stores-measures-69636866"><span style='color:#002D6C'>MORE: Grocery stores take new measures</span></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Clark Rachfal, director of advocacy and governmental affairs for the American Council for the Blind, said one of the biggest risks for the blind community during the outbreak is COVID-19 itself. The biggest causes of blindness are complications from ailments such as diabetes and cancer, and those people are at high risk for contracting the disease, according to Rachfal, who is visually impaired. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>"Blindness also affects more elderly people as well, and they too are more susceptible," he told ABC News. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Rachfal said he is concerned that some medical offices and health care systems aren’t equipped well to handle blind patients who may have flu-like symptoms. Some offices may not have patient portals with accessibility options, he said.</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/therapists-face-challenges-coronavirus-limits-person/story?id=69625069"><span style='color:#002D6C'>MORE: Therapists face challenges as coronavirus limits in-person help</span></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Rachfal added that the outbreak would have detrimental mental health consequences for blind persons who are elderly and live alone. Some of them don’t have access to new technologies, like delivery apps, and have limited in-person contact with their friends and family, according to Rachfal. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>He said the best thing that people can do to help those vulnerable blind persons is to reach out and ask if they need any assistance. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>"People can help with a phone call or even help deliver goods to their homes," he said. "You can leave it at their doorstep. You don’t need to be in close contact with them."</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#656565'><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><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio (NFBO)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Suzanne Turner, Ohio Affiliate Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Cleveland Chapter, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> (216) 990-6199<o:p></o:p></span></p><p 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Mark Riccobono<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14085768'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14090147'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18941617'><a name="_Hlk18067489"></a></span></span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DesLNDBpYVE&feature=share"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14085768'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14090147'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18941617'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18067489'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DesLNDBpYVE&feature=share</span></span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14085768'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14090147'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18941617'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18067489'></span></span></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14085768'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14090147'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18941617'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18067489'><span 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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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18067489'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk18941617'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14090147'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk14085768'></span><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>