[nfbwatlk] FW: NCD's Janice Lehrer-Stein Blogs for Disability.gov Blog on Accessible Rx Labels

[Nightingale, Noel]

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From: Lawrence Carter-Long for the National Council on Disability [mailto:LCarterLong at NCD.GOV] 
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:22 PM
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Subject: NCD's Janice Lehrer-Stein Blogs for Disability.gov Blog on Accessible Rx Labels

Nearly 14 million Americans – and as many as 135 million people worldwide – most of whom are 65 years of age or older, experience low vision or blindness. Low vision can influence quality of life in both obvious and not so obvious ways. 

NCD member Janice Lehrer-Stein recently blogged about the problems -- and the promise -- of accessible drug labels over at Disability.gov.  

"As someone who is blind, I make every effort to maximize independence in terms of my own safety and health care, yet the inaccessibility of most drug labels makes it impossible for me to have the same degree of certainty that I have in other areas of my life, such as my work and my leisure time. The bottom line is despite my desire and determination to be independent, when it comes to taking prescription medication, I’m not.

Thankfully... new guidance is now available from the U.S. Access Board on work that is being done to make prescription drug container labels more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision – including seniors and other persons with visual disabilities. Many questions remain for both industry representatives and consumers, such as, “How large does large print need to be?” “What is the best method of communicating recorded label audio information to users?” “What format is preferred when creating Braille labels?”

Find out the answers to these questions and more at: 
http://usodep.blogs.govdelivery.com/2014/03/20/for-14-million-americans-accessible-rx-labels-equal-independence/

Thank you!

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