The American Council of the Blind (ACB) presented oral arguments on the morning of October 19th before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. To access the audio recording of this, please visit: http://acb.org/currency-case-audio

The ACB Link iPhone app assists ACB staff, members and friends to readily communicate news of relevance to the blind community. For more information about ACB Link, go to http://link.acb.org or read more at http://acb.org/ACB-Link

Audio Now has changed its name to Zeno Media. With this change, there is just one number to remember for all of ACB’s content — both ACB Radio and publications. Call anytime, 24/7, and listen to your heart’s content.  You can reach ACB Radio on the phone by dialing 518-906-1820. To reach the ACB Braille Forum, E Forum and ACB Reports, the number is also 518-906-1820.   This information was updated June 10, 2020.

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) commends Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Steve Cohen (D-TN) on reintroduction of the Medicare Demonstration of Coverage of Low-Vision Devices Act of 2017 (H.R. 2050). This legislation will establish a national demonstration/research project tasked with identifying the impact to Medicare and Medicare recipients who are prescribed low-vision devices over a certain threshold cost. To read more, visit: http://acb.org/PR-reintroduction-medicare-bill

The American Council of the Blind’s annual midyear meeting and legislative seminar will take place from Saturday, February 24, 2018 to Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 in Alexandria, Virginia. To find out more, visit: http://acb.org/2018-midyear

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) presented oral arguments on the morning of October 19th before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. To access the audio recording of this, please visit: http://acb.org/currency-case-audio

The American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project (ACB-ADP) and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) are co-sponsoring an exciting opportunity for blind and visually impaired young people, in four categories from ages 7 to 21: the Benefits of Audio Description in Education (BADIE) contest. To read more, visit: http://acb.org/BADIE-contest

Social security disability thresholds for the blind will go from $1,950/month in 2017 to $1,970/month in 2018. To learn more, visit: http://acb.org/2018-social-security-increase

As the only repository of all audio described titles on DVD and the three video streaming services (Amazon, iTunes, and Netflix), the Audio Description Project decided to create a new index of ALL the titles. This new "Master" index will allow you to look up any movie or TV series to see if it is available anywhere for purchase or with a subscription. At the moment, there are 1426 described videos available, 567 of which are duplicated in more than one service. Access the list by clicking on the following link: http://www.acb.org/adp/masterad.html

Over the course of the past weeks, ACB members from all across the country have asked how they could help our fellow blind individuals negatively affected by Hurricane Harvey. Now our concern also extends to those from our community living in the path of Hurricane Irma. To find out how you can help, please visit: http://acb.org/disaster-relief-fund.