Please follow the link below to reach out to Congress to tell them to fund Bookshare services for students. Current budget proposals will cut Bookshare coverage for students. It is a vital resource to provide blind and low vision students with educational materials.
All times are listed in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, "ask ACB Media to play 5."
All times are listed in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, "ask ACB Media to play 5."
All times are listed in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, "ask ACB Media to play 5."
All times are listed in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, "ask ACB Media to play 5."
All times are listed in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, "ask ACB Media to play 5."
All times are listed in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, "ask ACB Media to play 5."
TUCSON, AZ, September 05, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Blind Information Technology Specialists (BITS), an affiliate of the American Council of the Blind (ACB), is proud to announce a landmark nine-month partnership with Microsoft Corporation. This initiative will empower BITS members to directly influence the future of accessibility across Microsoft Narrator and M365 apps such as Word and Outlook — ensuring technology continues to break down barriers and open doors for people who are blind or have low vision.
Please follow the link below to tell Congress to ensure the rights of jurors with disabilities. Blind and low vision persons who are called to jury duty are constantly discriminated against. Federal law currently prohibits such discrimination on the basis of characteristics such as race and gender but does not include disability. This new law would do so. It would also ensure the court would provide necessary accommodations such as documents in braille. Please follow the link below and reach out to Congress.
It was brought to ACB’s attention that the Department of Defense shared a letter with the Department of Education regarding Randolph-Sheppard venders on defense properties. Based on different resources, it is our understanding that the Department of Defense believes that blind venders cannot provide appropriate services and that the Secretary of Defense is seeking to replace current contracts held by blind vendors. ACB is reaching out to our sources to learn more about such rumors.