<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">You can use this language if you put in your name and city and your member of Congress\u2019s name<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Hello, my name is Barbara Pierce, and I am Mr. Latta\u2019s constituent. I live in Oberlin. I urge Mr. Latta to cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act, H.R. 1529. This bill will institute a refundable tax credit for blind people to purchase qualified access technology like Braille notetakers and speech programs to read computer screens. A recent report created by Mathematica indicates that the passage of the Access Technology Affordability Act will actually save the government money, approximately $315 million over five years, by increasing employment for blind Americans, thereby decreasing the need for us to receive government benefits while at the same time we contribute more in taxes. Please cosponsor this bill<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Thanks,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><br></p><div>
<div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Barbara Pierce (she, her, hers)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">President Emerita<br>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<br>Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com<br>440-774-8077<br> <br><br>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.</div></div>
</div>
<br></div></body></html>