Volume LIX February 2021 No. 8
Published by the American Council of the Blind
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© 2021 American Council of the Blind
Eric Bridges, Executive Director
Sharon Lovering, Editor
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Table of Contents
- President’s Message: Audio Description and ACB Celebrate Good Times, by Dan Spoone
- A Final Piece of Information from the 2020 Convention, by Janet Dickelman
- Join Us on a New Leadership Journey: Apply to Become a 2021 Recipient of the DKM First-Timers Award, by Kenneth Semien Sr.
- In Memoriam: James J. Megivern, July 2, 1931-December 16, 2020
- We’re Making a Place for Charlie Crawford on ACB’s Wall of Angels, by Penny Reeder
- ACB’s Audio Description Project: What We’ve Accomplished, by Joel Snyder
- All about the Audio Description Project Website, by Fred Brack
- Audio Description: What It Means to Me, by Erika Wolf
- Paradigm Shift: Audio Description Your Way, by Carl Richardson
- Audio Description Snobbery, by Roy Samuelson
- Commercials with Audio Description: It’s About Time People Who Are Blind Are Considered within the Advertising Dollar, by Kim Charlson
- Here and There, edited by Cynthia G. Hawkins
- Tune In to God’s Audio Description, by Chaplain Timothy Burdick
- High Tech Swap Shop
- ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications
- Accessing Your ACB Braille and E-Forums
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