To recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month (October), Aira is pleased to announce a special program available to ACB members to foster employment opportunities. Aira, the service that connects people who are blind or low vision with remote sighted assistance, supports employment by providing customers (also known as Explorers) free service for activities related to finding and securing employment. The Aira Employment program has been available to our Explorers since February 2018.

Welcome to “Dots and Dashes from Washington,” a short newsletter featuring a variety of topics and ACB success stories. Everybody loves a little good news, right? 

White Cane Day

For Immediate Release:

This audio recording and corresponding article from NPR news program "Here and Now" features Brian Charlson, President of ACB affiliate Bay State Council of the Blind.

­For Immediate Release

Contact:
Anthony Stephens, Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs
(202) 467-5081
astephens@acb.org

Comcast Newsmakers Video link: https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2018/10/4/Smart-Tech-Making-a-Difference

For Immediate Release

Contact:
Anthony Stephens, Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs
(202) 467-5081
astephens@acb.org

Link to Article: https://aira.io/wegmans
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/nBGp1qRz_AI

Rebecca Bridges, an ACB member and wife of ACB Executive Director Eric Bridges, is featured in this video.

The 2019 American Council of the Blind Conference and Convention will be held in Rochester, N.Y. from Friday July 5th through Friday, July 12th.

Opening general session will be Saturday evening, July 6^th. Daily general sessions will be held Sunday through Wednesday mornings, and our final general session, which will include officer elections, will be Thursday the 11^th.