Advocacy

TO BE ADDED TO THIS PAGE WILL BE:

  • National advocacy campaigns and actions
  • Virginia state-level advocacy updates and priorities
  • Links to legislation, partner orgs, and advocacy toolkits
  • Calls to action and how to get involved

See below:

Current Advocacy Initiatives

We are staunch advocates for our rights and for the services that make us productive citizens. Currently, we are working on the following:

  • Creation of a national framework for website and software accessibility;
  • Full access to video content from the video service provider of our choosing;
  • Changes in the voting process to allow us to cast an independent, private, verifiable and secure ballot;
  • Installation of accessible pedestrian signals to allow us to travel safely and independently;
  • Advocacy for more audio description on TV, in movies, at theaters, museums, and parks;
  • Tactile paper currency;
  • Accessible medical equipment, including tests, that we use in our homes so that we can independently manage our medical needs; and
  • Acceptance of our service animals on all appropriate modes of transportation.