Held Virtually

Monday, August 8 to Friday, August 12, 2022

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern each day

Audio Description (AD) makes visual images accessible for people who are blind or have low vision. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, media describers convey the visual image from television and film that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population (more than 32 million Americans experience significant vision loss).

The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act has…

ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 13, 2022) —The American Council of the Blind (ACB) proudly announces the 2022 Achievement Awards in Audio Description, an initiative of the Council’s Audio Description Project (ADP).  

The awards will be presented on July 4 during ACB’s 61st annual conference and convention, held as a hybrid event from June 23 through July 8, 2022.

The Achievement Awards are given to individuals and/or organizations for outstanding contributions to the establishment and/or continued development of significant audio description programs.…

Saturday, June 18 at 7:00pm ET

Broadcast on ACB Radio Mainstream - ACB Media One

Thanks to the Bay State Council of the Blind ($250), Merrilee Hill-Kennedy ($100), Council of Citizens with Low Vision International ($100), Illinois Council of the Blind ($50) and ACB Students ($50) for their generous donations for shipping.

Segment One: Cindy Hollis and Kolby Garrison

100 Two HomePod Minis

Donated by ACB Board Director Chris Bell

These are little Bluetooth speakers connected to the Apple home network. You can access…

Opens Friday, June 17 at 12:00 noon ET

Closes Saturday, June 18 at 12:00 noon ET

Opening Bids Included

Appetizer Auction Rules and Information:

Contact Leslie Spoone at 407 678-4163 or email at lesliespoone@cfl.rr.com with your bid. Please provide your name, phone number, email, item number and bid amount.

Bids must be in $5.00 increments.

Leslie will send out Appetizer Auction information communicating the high bid on each item at 5:00pm ET, 8:00pm ET and 9:00am ET each day.

Billing…

Opens Thursday, June 16 at 12:00 noon ET

Closes Friday, June 17 at 12:00 noon ET

Opening Bids Included

Appetizer Auction Rules and Information:

• Contact Leslie Spoone at 407 678-4163 or email at lesliespoone@cfl.rr.com with your bid. Please provide your name, phone number, email, item number and bid amount.
• Bids must be in $5.00 increments.
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Recognizing the critical role that public transportation can play in promoting the physical, emotional and economic wellbeing of people who are blind or have low-vision, having a basic understanding of what public transportation includes, how it is funded, how it is evolving, and how blind and low-vision people can incorporate its use into their own lives is of critical importance for anyone who either lives as a person who is blind or has low-vision or who provides programs or services for blind/low-vision consumers.

A three-part workshop hosted by VisionServe Alliance will take a…

The application on smart phones will usher in a new chapter of accessibility for public transportation that will benefit all riders of varying abilities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Reuters reported on the debut of Waymap’s groundbreaking app that will strengthen and make…

New system to be available for June primary election

Springfield, Illinois (May 31, 2022): The Illinois State Board of Elections (SBE) announces the launch of a remote accessible vote-by-mail system for the June 2022 primary election. This secure system will allow blind, deafblind, and some other voters with disabilities to vote-by-mail – privately and independently – just as all other Illinois voters can.  It allows them to securely receive and mark their ballots electronically at home, instead of forcing them to rely on help from others or travel to vote at polling places,…

Introduce Yourself!

The ACB Candidates’ Page is a place where you can introduce yourself, post links to your social media pages, and where you can provide responses to the questions posed by the Board of Publications.

At this year’s hybrid convention, we will be electing two members of the Board of Directors and three members of the Board of Publications. Questions for candidates are below. Please note: Your response to each question will be cut off at 300 words, and the BOP will not edit your responses for spelling or grammar mistakes.

To get to the individual…

Welcome!

Below you will find the links to the pages of each of the candidates for the board of directors and the board of publications. The candidates answered the questions posed by the Board of Publications, below.

1. Introduce yourself, indicate which position you seek, and explain why you wish to serve in this position.
2. What do you consider to be your strongest contribution to ACB at either the national, state, special-interest affiliate, or local chapter level and why?
3. What do you consider to be the most important challenge…