WHEREAS, Delegate Virginia Thomas and Senator Dennis Rasmussen introduced bills into the 1984 session of the Maryland General Assembly providing for a tax deduction to cover the cost of reader services used by the blind in direct connection with employment; and
WHEREAS, the legislature passed this bill; and
WHEREAS, there are devices such as the Optacon, Visualtech, Braille and talking computers, etcetera, which can enable the blind employee to handle print material encountered on the job independently, thereby increasing the employee's versatility;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland in Convention assembled in Hagerstown this 13th day of October, 1984, that we commend Delegate Thomas and Senator Rasmussen for their work in establishing the existing tax deduction bill; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this organization will with members of the Maryland General Assembly to expand existing tax deduction to cover the cost of reading devices by the blind in direct connection with employment.