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Committee hears reappointment testimony from nominee to Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard testimony from Bridal Raukenheimer of Sandpoint, who is seeking reappointment to the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Committee members asked about her vision loss and experience; the committee will vote on the reappointment the following day.
At a meeting of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, Bridal Raukenheimer of Sandpoint testified in support of her gubernatorial reappointment to the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Raukenheimer told the committee she lost vision beginning Jan. 29, 2003, and that training from the commission enabled her to keep working and remain independent. She described receiving in-home training to use assistive technologies — a talking computer and smartphone, GPS audible cues — and…
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