[OSSSA218] Fwd: American Council of the Blind Lawsuit

[Karen PARK]

FYI 

>>> On 11/14/2008 at 12:24 PM, in message <fd4c15b740774278b76f8f142ab8f23d at ssa.gov>, "Social Security Administration, Office of External Affairs" <oea.net.post at ssa.gov> wrote:


SOCIAL SECURITY

Dear Colleague:  


The American Council of the Blind filed a class action suit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) asking for additional notice options for individuals with a visual impairment.  A federal court has certified a class composed of applicants, beneficiaries and representative payees with visual impairments that substantially limit their ability to see so that they require communications from SSA to be in an accessible format in order to participate in the Social Security or SSI programs. The class action does not include any claims for money damages. A copy of the notice of class certification is attached for your information. 

SSA will display a poster of the class action notice in large print in our field offices across the country from November 14, 2008 through January 16, 2009.  At the same time, there will also be links to the notice on our website at www.socialsecurity.gov and at www.segurosocial.gov/espanol  and a toll-free number will be available for people to call to hear a recording of the notice in English or Spanish.  The toll-free number is 1-866-940-0765.  

Please direct any questions about the class action to plaintiff’s counsel at 1-800-348-4232 or by e-mail to ssaclassaction at dredf.org. SSA employees are not able to answer any questions concerning it.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely, 

Cheri Arnott 
Associate Commissioner
  for External Affairs




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