Below are the links to the meeting minutes of the American Council of the Blind's Board of Directors for the year 2019.
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Below are the links to the meeting minutes of the American Council of the Blind's Board of Directors for the year 2018.
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- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022 (no meeting)
- June 2022
- May 2022
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- Summary of 2022 Resolutions
- Resolution 2022-06 - Product Labeling in Braille
- Resolution 2022-07 - Twelve Issues of the Braille Forum
- Resolution 2022-08 - Convention Contract Changes
- Resolution 2022-09 - Equal Access to Digital Accessible Information Systems (DAISY) Audio Books by the National Library Service for the Blind…
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- Summary of 2021 Resolutions
- Resolution 2021-01 - Mandatory Disability Awareness Training for Health Care Workers
- Resolution 2021-04 - Resolution Addressing Allegations of Sexual Assault, Harassment and Abuse at Blindness Training Centers and Other Rehabilitation Programs
- Resolution 2021-06 - Web Site Access
- Resolution 2021-07…
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- Summary of 2020 Resolutions
- Resolution 2020-01 - Compliance with Digital Accessibility Requirements
- Resolution 2020-02 - Non-Vocational Services for Persons with Vision Loss
- Resolution 2020-03 - Thanking NLS
- Resolution 2020-04 - Urging NLS to Produce a Braille Version of ‘Reader’s Digest’
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Held Virtually
Monday, August 8 to Friday, August 12, 2022
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern each day
Audio Description (AD) makes visual images accessible for people who are blind or have low vision. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, media describers convey the visual image from television and film that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population (more than 32 million Americans experience significant vision loss).
The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act has…
ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 13, 2022) —The American Council of the Blind (ACB) proudly announces the 2022 Achievement Awards in Audio Description, an initiative of the Council’s Audio Description Project (ADP).
The awards will be presented on July 4 during ACB’s 61st annual conference and convention, held as a hybrid event from June 23 through July 8, 2022.
The Achievement Awards are given to individuals and/or organizations for outstanding contributions to the establishment and/or continued development of significant audio description programs.…
Saturday, June 18 at 7:00pm ET
Broadcast on ACB Radio Mainstream - ACB Media One
Thanks to the Bay State Council of the Blind ($250), Merrilee Hill-Kennedy ($100), Council of Citizens with Low Vision International ($100), Illinois Council of the Blind ($50) and ACB Students ($50) for their generous donations for shipping.
Segment One: Cindy Hollis and Kolby Garrison
100 Two HomePod Minis
Donated by ACB Board Director Chris Bell
These are little Bluetooth speakers connected to the Apple home network. You can access…