Show Me the Money: Marching Together for Accessible and Inclusive Currency takes place on March 10, Harriet Tubman Day, at 1:30pm ET! The rally will be live streamed on ACB’s YouTube & Facebook channels.
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Take part in the American Council of the Blind Leadership Conference!
ACB’s 2023 Leadership Conference will feature both a virtual and an in-person component. ACB’s Presidents’ Meeting and Legislative Seminar will take place virtually from March 4-7, and will include a Fireside Chat on Sunday, March 5. The in-person portion of the Leadership Conference will take place at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town from March 9-12 in Alexandria Virginia. This event will take place in-person only.
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The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards will be streamed Sunday, February 26, at 8pm ET / 5pm PT, with live audio description provided by Descriptive Video Works. Access the show with audio description through this link.
The SAG Awards is the only show that exclusively honors actors. With a voting body of more than 122,600 members, the SAG Awards have the largest and most diverse group of voters in the awards circuit. Over the years, the SAG Awards have become a fan favorite,…
- On July 7, 1972, ACB adopted a resolution calling for accessible currency. Similar resolutions were adopted by ACB in 1977, 1978 and 1980.
- In 1983, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (“BEP”) conducted a study to evaluate possible changes in the design of currency which could be useful to the visually disabled.
- The issue of currency identification by the visually disabled was addressed in a…
Dear friends,
Nearly 5 decades of broken promises to the blind and low vision community has left the United States an outlier in the developed world – the only country whose paper currency is inaccessible to those with disabilities. But together we can push the Biden Administration and US Treasury to put us on a course to accessible and inclusive currency for all.
The US Treasury is currently…
ACB, along with legal counsel, has created a Dear Provider Letter for blind and low vision individuals to use in health care settings like doctor’s offices and hospitals. The letter was created in response to the challenges experienced by our members and the broader community that were brought to the fore-front during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The letter reminds health care professionals of their legal obligations to provide reasonable accommodations, including alternative formats for documents, and accessible patient communication devices like online patient portals and kiosks. Blind…
If you like to be entertained and informed, the ACB Audio Description Project (ADP) discussion list is for you! It’s a great way to keep up with everything in the world of audio description (also known as AD), which includes movies, live theatre, museums, educational videos, national parks, and much more. You’ll get updates on the latest films, tv and streaming series, events, and attractions that are providing AD; announcements of AD news; and invitations to share your AD experiences with the ADP advocacy team. You can choose whether to receive each message posted to the list individually…
Select the link from the list below for the BOP meeting minutes you would like to read.
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If you’re a movie fan, you probably can’t wait to watch the Oscars on ABC next month. To help you get ready, the Audio Description Project has compiled a list of nominated films and where to find the ones with AD. The 95th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and broadcast to more than 200 territories worldwide.
Until the big night, grab your popcorn and choose your own winners!
Best Picture
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; NETFLIX…
The Audio Description Project (ADP) is a wide-ranging audio description advocacy, promotion, and production initiative with goals that include:
- Building advocacy on behalf of audio description
- Offering a range of educational resources and working to establish nationally acknowledged user-focused guidelines for quality description in its various genres
- Encouraging growth of audio description with an emphasis on the involvement of AD users/consumers, especially youth
- Disseminating information on audio description and provide general support for…