No one knows the importance of audio description (AD) better than students who rely on it to make filmed media accessible. The Benefits of Audio Description in Education (BADIE) blog and essay contest is an exciting chance for students on the blindness spectrum to share their thoughts about AD.

The Audio Description Project (ADP) and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) encourage students who are blind or have low vision to engage with audio description. We’ve expanded our essay contest into the BADIE Blog, with multiple opportunities to be published and win great prizes…

When something is good, we tell our friends. When something is great, we tell the world. It’s time to nominate the best audio description you’ve encountered for an ADP Award so we can tell the world what great AD sounds like.

The ADP Awards are sponsored by the ACB’s Audio Description Project to recognize achievement in audio description in seven categories, including media, performing arts, museums, the public sector, and research and development. Nominations will be accepted from January 6 to April 7, 2025, and the winners will be announced in July at the ACB National Conference…

Alexandria, Virginia -- El Consejo Americano de Ciegos (ACB, por sus siglas en inglés-American Council of the Blind) anuncia que la Gala de Premios de Audiodescripción ACB 2024 se transmitirá el 14 de noviembre a las 7:30 pm ET. Creada en el año 2021 para reconocer los logros sobresalientes en audiodescripción en medios de entretenimiento y educativos, la Gala cuenta con personalidades destacadas, clips de películas y doce premios. La transmisión del evento incluirá subtítulos, audiodescripción, interpretación en lengua de señas…

Alexandria, Virginia – The American Council of the Blind (ACB) announces that the 2024 ACB Audio Description Awards Gala will air on November 14 at 7:30pm ET. Created in 2021 to recognize outstanding achievement in audio description in entertainment and educational media, the Awards Gala features celebrity guests, film clips, and a dozen awards. The broadcast of the show will include captions, audio description, ASL interpretation, and Spanish dubbing.

Join hosts Marilee Talkington and Alie B. Gorrie as they welcome guests from…

Exercise Your Creativity and Help Make National Park Brochures Accessible

Join the 2025 Descriptathon and help make national parks more accessible! ACB, the National Park Service, and UniDescription (UniD) are recruiting volunteers to create audio descriptions for selected national park brochures. Teams are composed of people who are sighted and people on the blindness spectrum, all of whom will collaborate to describe maps, paintings, and visual images within park brochures. All meetings are held remotely, so you might find yourself learning about a park in your…

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is proud to be sending a representative to speak at the Rideshare Rally in San Francisco being organized by the National Federation of the Blind on October 15th. (Rideshare Rally link: https://tinyurl.com/2s3kc6su)

The Rideshare Rally will draw attention to Uber’s and Lyft’s failures to stop discrimination against blind individuals, particularly those accompanied by guide dogs, which violates state and federal laws and the companies’ own stated policies. The rally, which is drawing blind people from…

Alexandria, Va., October 1, 2024 – During National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), the American Council of the Blind (ACB) celebrates the value and talent employees with disabilities, including people who are blind or have low vision, add to America’s workplaces and economy.

Observed each October, NDEAM’s purpose is to reinforce our commitment to ensuring that people with disabilities have access to rewarding, upwardly mobile career opportunities. That’s the spirit behind this year’s theme from the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP): “Access to Good Jobs for…