EAST LANSING, Mich. — For the second year, Financial Health Credit Union is spearheading an effort to help credit unions better serve members with disabilities.
It's a big job. U.S. Census figures show there are more than 1.8 million people over the age of five with a disability just in Michigan. Some of those disabilities are obvious, many are not.
The education initiative, funded by the National Credit Union Foundation, is aimed at making credit unions more knowledgeable about communicating with people with handicaps, more familiar with technology that can help people with handicaps handle tasks such as completing loan applications, and more aware of the importance of accessible meetings.
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