On Wednesday, June 18, the Senate reintroduced the Older Americans Reauthorization Act. The OAA was last reauthorized in 2020. Congress had worked to reauthorize it in the last Congressional session, but was unsuccessful. ACB follows the bill closely because of the large number of aging Americans who are likely to lose vision. ACB has and continues to advocate for more provisions of the bill to include vision services for the aging community. ACB thanks our affiliate, AAVL, for there strong advocacy on this issue. ACB will continue to advocate for greater…
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As many know, Congress is in the process of passing a reconciliation bill that includes potential cuts to Medicaid services. ACB previously reported that the House had finished its version and passed it onto the Senate to discuss. This week, a draft of the Senate’s version of the bill was released. ACB is now reading through the text to better understand what the potential implications of the Senate version will be. Please stay tuned as we learn more about the new version of the bill. Also, we have reshared a link below that…
Hoy más que nunca, los usuarios buscan experiencias que se ajusten a sus hábitos digitales. Las nuevas generaciones valoran la rapidez, el diseño intuitivo y la personalización. En respuesta a esta demanda, han surgido operadores que integran estas características desde el primer momento. Los casinos recientes han aprendido de los errores del pasado y adoptan tecnologías como pagos con criptomonedas, verificación instantánea de identidad y catálogos de juegos con proveedores emergentes.…
On Thursday, June 12, 2025, the Supreme Court put out a unanimous opinion on an education-related case that the disability rights community is now excited about.
The case was brought by a teenage girl with epilepsy and her family from the state of Minnesota. She was fighting to receive as much instruction as her non-disabled peers. The legal question that was brought before the Supreme Court asked what standard of proof was necessary to demonstrate that the student was facing discrimination by the public school in education-related disability lawsuits.
The Supreme Court in its…
ACB is excited to share our inaugural action alert through our new subscription to Speak4. Through this new program, we are making it easy for you all to reach out to Congress to advocate for important legislation and needs of the blind and low vision community. Please follow the link below to reach out to Congress concerning the reconciliation bill that may impact Medicaid services for persons with disabilities. The instructions to participate are fairly straightforward, but please provide any feedback if you experience…
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The American Council of the Blind Announces 2025 Scholarship Recipients
The Department of Energy has put out what is called a Direct Final Rule through the federal register. The rule will go into effect on July 15. However, we do have the opportunity to offer our thoughts and opinions. The process explains that if enough discourse is brought about the new rule, the agency will have to postpone the rule.
The rule will allow entities to make their own decisions when making their buildings 504 compliant. For instance, the rule states that entities should have more flexibility in choosing how to make their buildings accessible for people with disabilities.…
ACB thanks legal counsel, Matt Handley, for this new and exciting update to the Labcorp case.
Today the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the appeal brought by Labcorp in the long running case brought by ACB against Labcorp challenging Labcorp’s use of inaccessible check-in kiosks at patient service centers across the country. The case alleges that Labcorp has in recent years eliminated receptionists and now expects patients to sign in on inaccessible tablets. After a federal trial and appellate court permitted the…
The American Council of the Blind’s (ACB) Scholarship Program was established in 1982. The American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) have partnered to offer educational scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $7,500 for legally blind students attending a technical college or who are an entering freshman, undergraduate or a graduate student. This program awards students with scholarships to help with post-secondary education financial needs such as tuition, fees, room and board and other additional costs associated with adaptive technology.…
On Monday, June 2, Claire Stanley, the Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs for ACB, attended a budget oversight hearing for the District of Columbia’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment. The City Council’s committee is discussing the 2026 budget. ACB and other blind advocacy groups previously spoke at a Council hearing to talk about the potential opportunities that can come from the introduction of autonomous vehicles in the District and other cities across the country. Claire attended this meeting to further emphasize this point;…