The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 BADIE Awards (Benefits of Audio Description In Education), a “Listening Is Learning” initiative of the Council’s Audio Description Project (ADP) and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
The winners of this year’s honors (all young people who are blind) are:
Bennett Lehman – Home schooled, Jefferson, Wisconsin – Review of Science Nation: Virtual Reality Fires…
ACB’s 2021 Conference and Convention registration is now open! This year’s virtual convention will be held from July 16 through July 23, 2021. For details on how to register, visit: https://acb.org/2021-convention-registration. To make sure you receive the most up to date convention information, subscribe to our convention announce list by sending a blank email to acbconvention+subscribe@acblists.org.
Acompañanos el Miércoles, 26 de Mayo. Patrocinado por el Comité de Asuntos Multiculturales y el Comité de Membresía del Consejo Americano de Invidentes. Esta es una llamada que no debes de faltar. La llamada se llevará acabo el cuarto Miércoles del mes, facilitado por Guillermo Robles. Este grupo será conducido totalmente en Español. Ven e infórmate sobre el Consejo Americano de Invidentes, donde siempre hay algo para todos. No tienes computodora no hay ningun problema! Llamanos por…
The American Council of the Blind’s (ACB) Scholarship Program was established in 1982. The American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) have partnered together to offer educational scholarships ranging from $2,000 to $7,500 for legally blind students attending a technical college or who are an entering freshman, undergraduate or a graduate student. This program awards students with scholarships to help with post-secondary education financial needs such as tuition, fees, room and board and other additional costs associated with adaptive…
ACB’s 2021 Conference and Convention registration is now open! You must create your new ACB account before registering for convention. Learn more by visiting www.acb.org/create-member-account-2021-convention.
To register, go to www.acbconvention.org and open the registration link. On the registration form you can choose to become an individual sponsor, purchase an ACB Braille Forum raffle ticket, subscribe to the convention newspaper, and purchase your 2021…
On behalf of ACB, I would like to thank both Jennison and Mike for sharing their time, experience, and wisdom with us.
Jennison Asuncion is not only the co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) he is also currently the head of accessibility for LinkedIn.…
Members of the American Council of the Blind 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…
The information below outlines the voting process for all ACB members for our 2021 convention. If you have any questions, please email Koni Sims at koni.l.sims@gmail.com.
Attention ACB Candidates and 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…
This year’s DKM First Timer award winners are Kaila Allen from Mesa, Arizona and Belinda Collins from St. Pauls, North Carolina. Learn more about Kaila and Belinda by visiting: https://acb.org/2021-dkm-first-timers-announcement.
For the past year, the American Council of the Blind (ACB) has proudly been a part of the Specialized Help on the Be My Eyes platform. We receive calls from folks in search of…