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Dots and Dashes: January 15, 2021
Registration Open for the 2021 ACB Leadership Conference Registration is now open for the annual DC Leadership Conference taking place from February 21-23. This year’s event...
Aira Plans for ACB Members
Aira is a service that connects blind and low vision people to highly trained, remotely-located agents. Through an app on your smartphone, Aira delivers instant access to visual...
Foster, Voice, Choice and Community at the 2021 ACB Leadership Conference
Registration is now open for the annual DC Leadership Conference. The event will be held virtually from February 21st-23rd. We have learned so much during the past year...
Dots and Dashes: January 8, 2020
Last Chance to Take the ACB Consumer Survey and Be Entered Into a Drawing for an Amazon Gift Card ACB has put together a brief survey to gain a better...
Benefits of Audio Description in Education Contest (BADIE)
Young People Who Are Blind Write Reviews of Film and Video The American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project (ACB-ADP) and the Described and Captioned Media Program...
ACB 2021 Scholarship Program
The American Council of the Blind (ACB), in partnership with the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is now accepting applications for educational scholarships for the 2021-...
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