60 Years of ACB

Join us tomorrow July 7th at 2pm ET for a live event to celebrate ACB’s 60th Anniversary! Help us kick-off our 60th year as an  organization and community with a special donation drive to reach $60k in celebration of our 60th anniversary that we are calling “60 for 60”. Listen live on Facebook, YouTube, Clubhouse, or on ACB Media 1. To access ACB Media 1 online, visit: https://www.acbmedia.org/home/streams/media1.

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:

ACB 2021 Virtual Convention

Building on the success of the ACB virtual 2020 Conference & Convention, ACB will be hosting its 60th annual convention virtually, from July 16 through July 23, 2021, providing the opportunity to feature an exciting series of speakers, networking events and learning opportunities with ACB members and conference participants. For more details, visit: https://acb.org/ACB-2021-Convention-PR.

Contacts:

Disability Rights North Carolina: Holly Stiles, holly.stiles@disabilityrightsnc.org, 919-856-2195
Disability Rights Advocates: Rosie Bichell, rbichell@dralegal.org, 510-529-3432

June 21, 2021 - Building on the success of the ACB virtual 2020 Conference & Convention, ACB will be hosting its 60th annual convention virtually, providing the opportunity to feature an exciting series of speakers, networking events and learning opportunities with ACB members and conference participants.

We are pleased to announce the newest member of our team: Debbie Brown! On June 21st, Debbie will join us as Administrative Assistant. She will provide the Alexandria Office with administrative support, including fielding incoming calls and processing mail.  

There’s a lot on the horizon for followers of ACB Radio. On July 1st, we are excited to announce the launch of the ACB Media Network, which will be the go to place for all of ACB’s digital media video and audio channels. More to come on that announcement, but for now we also wanted to share a very important update launching on June 27th for those who listen to ACB Radio using an Alexa-enabled device.

June 16, 2021 – Providence, RI – The American Council of the Blind strongly encourages passage of H-6004 by the Rhode Island State Assembly. For the first time in the State’s history, H-6004 will enable equal access for voters with disabilities to vote independently and privately from home. All other eligible absentee voters have the ability to vote at home. Yet voters who cannot see, hold, or mark a paper ballot, are currently forced to give up their right to vote independently and privately, or vote at a polling location.