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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> David Kingsbury <<a href="mailto:davidkingsbury77@gmail.com">davidkingsbury77@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Date:</span></b> December 4, 2022 at 9:26:28 PM GMT+1<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:BSCB-Announce@acblists.org">BSCB-Announce@acblists.org</a><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>[BSCB-Announce] FW: CDC research project</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Fyi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:120.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The CDC is looking for adults with disabilities (who DO NOT have expertise with emergencies and disasters) to review their Disability and Health Emergency Preparedness website and participate in a focus group discussion about website content and layout. The CDC is looking for a broadly diverse group. Note that everyone who applies to participate may not be selected. Would you please forward this email to your stakeholders, constituencies or other contacts? Thank you. Sue Wolf-Fordham</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>On behalf of CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD),<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Banyan Communications invites you to participate in a voluntary focus group</span></b><span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>to help us improve CDC’s existing Disability and Health Emergency Preparedness Website. This website will have updated information and resources for people with disabilities, caregivers and family members, emergency managers, first responders, and community-based organizations on preparing and responding to emergencies. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><b><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The focus group will be a 60-minute discussion</span></font></b><span class=xapple-converted-space><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>which can accommodate<span class=xapple-converted-space><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>no more than 6 total participants</span></b>. We want you to be comfortable, and share with us your opinions and suggestions on how to improve CDC’s online emergency preparedness and response content and website layout. The session will be observed by one or two people from the NCBDDD. However, they will have their cameras and microphones off, and your views will remain confidential. We also ask that you please review CDC’s existing Disability and Health Emergency Preparedness website prior to the focus group, available here: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/emergencypreparedness.html__;!!CUhgQOZqV7M!inbps2XXivQ7PYFJlhPYdCd31COPAPD2gGa3qb2YRvlhEr2x-gSWx4NVOHHCb09E9ACfNu_1XMSkal6Z96pTe2Opgn4IJp4$" title="https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/emergencypreparedness.html"><font size=3 color="#1155cc"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC'>https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/emergencypreparedness.html</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>We plan to hold the focus groups between<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>December 6 and December 9</span></b>. If you would like to participate, please open the poll by<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>clicking on the link below</span></b>, enter your name and email address, then select all of the times you are available to participate. We will schedule the session at a time when everyone can attend. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;font-variant-caps:normal;word-spacing:0px'><b><u><font size=3 color="#1155cc" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC;font-weight:bold'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/ep8DW52e__;!!CUhgQOZqV7M!inbps2XXivQ7PYFJlhPYdCd31COPAPD2gGa3qb2YRvlhEr2x-gSWx4NVOHHCb09E9ACfNu_1XMSkal6Z96pTe2OpeBJL7Kk$" title="https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/ep8DW52e"><font color="#0563c1"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/ep8DW52e</span></font></a></span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;font-variant-caps:normal;word-spacing:0px'><b><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>You will receive a $50 gift card</span></font></b><span class=xapple-converted-space><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>for your participation in the focus groups. If you have any questions or need special accommodations to facilitate your participation, please reach out to<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jana Scoville via email at<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span></b></span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:jscoville@banyancom.com" title="mailto:jscoville@banyancom.com"><b><font size=7 color="#1155cc"><span style='font-size:120.0pt;color:#1155CC;font-weight:bold'>jscoville@banyancom.com</span></font></b></a></span></font><b><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>, or by phone on 404-388-4200</span></font></b><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><b><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Thank you in advance for your support!</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=white face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:white'>_._,_._,_._,_</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AER EAC" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:aer-eac+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">aer-eac+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To view this discussion on the web visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/aer-eac/D2C764E4-D2A0-4589-8301-AF3FEC38B123%40aol.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer">https://groups.googlecom/d/msgid/aer-eac/D2C764E4-D2A0-4589-8301-AF3FEC38B123%40aol.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br>Commonwealth of Virginia<br>Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired <br>Established 1922<br>“Celebrating our past and empowering our future”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.vdbvi.org/" target="_blank">www.vdbvi.org </a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><b><u><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Notice:</span></font></u></b> This email is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain privileged and confidential information. 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