Here’s a way to celebrate all we’ve done in 2021 as part of our community. This twelve hour event will include: a focus on different events each hour, entertainment, opportunity to give back to ACB, prizes, fun, fun, and more fun. This is an event you won’t want to miss. Ring in 2022 with your friends in our ACB community!

Make your donation here: https://tinyurl.com/2021-community-athon or call 888-444-8320 and a volunteer will assist you (please do not leave credit card information on a voicemail). For every $25 donated, your…

The Elf on the Shelf® and Elf Pets® have fast become holiday mainstays, appearing in a wide variety of popular books, toys, and videos, and loved by children of all ages all around the world. Audio description is an added soundtrack that describes visual images for the benefit of people who are blind or have low vision.

Once again, the American Council of the Blind (ACB), VITAC, and The Lumistella Company are proud to offer a special radio broadcast of the animated holiday special, “Elf Pets: A Fox Cub’s Christmas Tale,” on ACB Media to make holiday cheer more widely available to all…

The American Council of the Blind and our affiliate Guide Dog Users Inc. have received multiple complaints from members that rideshare drivers are refusing service to blind and low vision passengers and claiming that they were not wearing a mask to avoid disciplinary action. If you believe this has happened to you, please share your experience with ACB by answering this short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBSM6WC…

The American Council of the Blind has defeated a summary judgment motion in federal court in California that sought to dismiss ACB’s claims that the self-service kiosks at Quest Diagnostics’ Patient Service Centers are inaccessible to blind patients in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case will now be able to proceed to trial, and has been certified as a nationwide class action on behalf of all legally blind individuals who visited Quest in…

Paramount is seeking actors who are blind or visually impaired to play the supporting role of Suzy for the film Need My Eyes.

The character Suzy is female, 11-14 years old to play 12 years old, open ethnicity. Suzy has a close friendship to her older sister Ash, who babysits her and orchestrates fun games of hide-and-seek while their parents are out of town. Having been blind since she was born, she inspires her sister Ash to sign up for an app called See For Me that helps blind individuals complete tasks.

Filming takes place March-April 2022 in…

Spoken Rx is the first in-app prescription reader to be developed by a national retail pharmacy

WOONSOCKET, RI, November 30, 2021 – CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) is now offering Spoken Rx™, its proprietary audio prescription label solution, in all its nearly 10,000 pharmacy locations nationwide, including more than 1,700 CVS Pharmacy locations within Target. Developed in collaboration with the American Council of the Blind, Spoken Rx is a technology that allows patients to have their prescription information read aloud, designed…

Day One - Friday, November 26

201 Silver and Gold Toned 3 Necklace Set

Donated by Leslie Charlson

Necklace 1:

This 10-inch silver ball and bead chain features a clear glass ball filled with delicate white blossoms and capped with a silver tone topper.

Necklace 2:

This 9-inch gold serpentine chain features a silver and gold toned ball of lacy flower filigree with a silver clasp. Inside the ball is a lovely purple chime.

Necklace 3:

This…

Sunday, November 28 at 7:00pm EST

Streamed on ACB Media 6

Thanks to the Bay State Council of the Blind ($250) and Terry Pacheco VISAbilities Show ($100) for their generous donations for shipping.

Segment One - Cindy Hollis and Meka White

101 My Little Ballerina, Ashton-Drake Galleries with Certificate of Authenticity

Donated by Melissa Dubose

This handcrafted porcelain doll is certified as number 5138-B in the edition of My Little Ballerina. She is the star of the My Little Ballerina collection by…

Nov. 18, 2021 — The American Council of the Blind would like to thank all those who participated in the 2021 Audio Description Awards Gala that premiered on November 18^th  on www.AdAwardsGala.org and on NBC’s Peacock TV, and will be available until December 31, 2021.

“We are thrilled with the level of commitment and support that the industry has shown for this event and for the continued expansion of accessible media for our community,” said ACB’s Executive Director, Eric Bridges.

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2021 Audio Description Awards Gala

Event Details Update: The 2021 Audio Description Awards Gala is only three days away! The Gala, which celebrates audio description through recognition of achievements in the industry and by expanding awareness of the benefits of audio description, takes place on Thursday, November 18^th at 7:30pm ET. The Audio Description Awards Gala will be totally accessible for people who are blind and people who are deaf: open audio description (an “always on” secondary audio channel) will provide…