July 21, 2021

Sarah Hirshland, Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909

Dear Mrs. Hirshland:

My name is Eric Bridges, and I am contacting you in my capacity as the Executive Director of the American Council of the Blind (ACB). Founded in 1961, ACB is a member-driven national 501(c)(3) organization that strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and quality of life for all people who are blind and experiencing vision loss, including people who are deaf-blind. ACB and our…

ALEXANDRIA, VA (JULY 21, 2021) —The American Council of the Blind (ACB) proudly announces the 2021 Achievement Awards in Audio Description, an initiative of the Council’s Audio Description Project (ADP).  

The awards will be presented on ACB Media 1 during ACB’s 60th annual conference and convention General Session on July 22, 2021. Help us celebrate those who are making an impact in 2021 in Audio Description.

The Achievement Awards are given to…

The ACB 2021 60th Conference and Convention starts Friday, July 16! 

The 2021 Conference and Convention is virtual and most of the conference and convention will be live-streamed on ACB Media Network from July 16-23rd. There are two options to access the full calendar of events you can go to www.acbconvention.org and select the ACB Media Network Calendar tab at the top or go to www.acbmedia.org/calendar listed by…

June 16, 2021 – WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the undersigned disability organizations express deep concerns over the paper ballot mandate included in the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1). Additionally, organizations offer proposed changes to reduce the harm of the mandate to voters…

Celebrating our anniversary with a development drive goal to raise $60,000 for 60 years of success!

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is celebrating our 60th anniversary today July 7^th 2021. To help us celebrate this milestone, we are launching a development drive to raise $60,000 for 60 years of success: what we are calling our $60k for 60 Campaign.

Founded on July 7…

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. To donate to our 60 for 60 campaign, visit:…

Attention All ACB Members: 

As members of the American Council of the Blind, we are responsible for electing a slate of individuals who will provide leadership in our organization as officers, members of the ACB Board of Directors, and members of the ACB Board of Publications, in coming months and years. Because ACB was unable to conduct elections at our virtual convention in 2020, we will be electing all five ACB officers, five members of the ACB Board of Directors and all three elected members of the Board of Publications at this year’s ACB convention. With so many elections…

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.

This session brings together leaders in audio description from nine countries to discuss the extent to which audio…

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:

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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. For instructions on how to register, visit:…