Today, July 26th, is the 31st Anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). We are incredibly thankful to Vispero, for providing the first corporate contributions of this year long, ACB 60 for 60 campaign, and for launching a matching challenge to our ACB Members and our partners.

Vispero will double every contribution made to the 60 for 60 campaign up to $10,000 over the month. Their matching challenge will start today, July 26th in honor of the ADA's 31st Anniversary until August 31st 2021.

This motion will be discussed during general session on Friday 23, 2021.

I move that, upon the conclusion of regular convention business, this convention be adjourned until Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 8:00 PM EDT, for a special order of business for the consideration of such amendments to the ACB Constitution and Bylaws as may be necessary to align its meeting and voting practices with the provisions of District of Columbia “Nonprofit Corporation Act of 2010.”

July 21, 2021

Sarah Hirshland, Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909

Dear Mrs. Hirshland:

ALEXANDRIA, VA (JULY 21, 2021) —The American Council of the Blind (ACB) proudly announces the 2021 Achievement Awards in Audio Description, an initiative of the Council’s Audio Description Project (ADP).  

The awards will be presented on ACB Media 1 during ACB’s 60th annual conference and convention General Session on July 22, 2021. Help us celebrate those who are making an impact in 2021 in Audio Description.

The ACB 2021 60th Conference and Convention starts Friday, July 16! 

Celebrating our anniversary with a development drive goal to raise $60,000 for 60 years of success!

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is celebrating our 60th anniversary today July 7^th 2021. To help us celebrate this milestone, we are launching a development drive to raise $60,000 for 60 years of success: what we are calling our $60k for 60 Campaign.

60 Years of ACB

Attention All ACB Members: 

Join the World Blind Union for a presentation on Audio Description Around the Globe on Tuesday, June 29 at 10:30am ET.

In November 2018, the World Blind Union and the American Council of the Blind released its “Survey of Worldwide Audio Description Activity” revealing for the first time the extent of audio description activity in various genres around the world. Access the report by visiting: https://tinyurl.com/7uh8azvw.

The new ACB Media Alexa Skill has now launched. If you are having issues launching the new ACB Media skill on your Alexa device, please follow the steps listed below to correct the error.

Before we outline these steps let’s address what this command does exactly.

These steps will simply remove the history and recordings of your voice that you have made while talking to your Alexa device.

Here is a note directly from the Amazon site: