[Ohio-talk] Access Technology Affordability Act

[Barbara Pierce]

Everyone has now seen that the ATAA has been introduced in the House of Representatives. We should all be writing or calling our reps to urge them to cosponsor this measure. Especially team leaders should contact the offices you met with and let the ATAA aide know about the bill number. For your convenience I am dropping in the message I sent to an office where an aide that I did not meet with has this issue. You can modify my message to fit your circumstances. 

Hope this helps.

When I was in Washington on January 30, I spoke with Sarah Nasta In the office about the Accessible Technology Affordability Act. I am writing to tell you that it has now been introduced as H.R. 2086 by Congressman Michael Thompson and Congressman Michael Kelly. If passed, this law will provide a refundable tax credit of $2,000 so that blind people can by the expensive technology often needed for them to go to work. We very much hope that you  will urge your boss to cosponsor this bill. Blind Ohioans need this assistance to go to work and continue to live independently. I look forward to hearing from you about what your boss decides to do. We left a fact sheet with Sarah about this measure, and she said she would pass it along to you. If you cannot find it, you can download it from nfb.org in the Washington Seminar fact sheets.

 

Thank you for your attention.

 

 

Barbara Pierce, President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
440-774-8077
 

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise expectations for blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.