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ACB Advocacy Update

American Council of the Blind

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00:59:31

Transportation Forum

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/07/30

This week, ACB staff members Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal speak with three ACB leaders who helped develop and present the Transportation Forum at this year's convention. The podcast covers the content, speakers, and take-aways from the forum.

01:17:36

Audio Description Legislative Panel

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/07/23

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, please enjoy this Audio Description Project (ADP) panel presentation from the 2020 ACB virtual conference and convention. Clark Rachfal and Claire Stanley were joined by Suzy Rosen Singleton and Will Schell from the Federal Communications Commission’s Disability Rights Office, and Carl Richardson, ADP Steering Committee co-Chair, to discuss the ten years of progress made by the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility (CVAA) Act, what the CVAA

01:37:41

Advocacy Bootcamp!

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/07/16

This week's episode features ACB's Advocacy Bootcamp hosted by staff members Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal during the 2020 ACB virtual convention. During this bootcamp, Claire and Clark discuss how to effectively self-advocate and the panel of advocates share their own advocacy journeys.

00:30:00

2020 Virtual Convention Sneak Peak

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/07/02

This week on the ACB Advocacy Update, ACB staff members Eric Bridges, Claire Stanley, and Tony Stephens provide a sneak peak of the 59th ACB Conference and Convention. They discuss what the convention will look like, what has gone into planning for the event, and how members can participate.

00:40:46

Teaching Blind Students at Home - Part 2

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/06/25

This week on the ACB Advocacy Update, we air the second part of an important webinar developed and produced by the ACB Special Education Committee. This podcast will teach parents and guardians about how to effectively work with their blind and visually impaired students, now that as a result of COVID, parents are playing a much larger part in their children’s educations.

01:00:26

A Conversation about Racism and Disability with ACB...

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/06/19

On June 19, 1865, the Union Army reached Galveston, Texas, and read a federal order proclaiming that all enslaved persons in the U.S. state of Texas were now free, nearly two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. On June 19, 2020, and subsequent to nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd, ACB members Verlencia Somuah and Kenneth Semien Sr. share their personal experiences and thoughts about racism and disability in America.

00:29:31

Teaching Blind Students at Home

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/06/18

Join some of our own ACB members and outside educators as they talk about best practices for parents to work with their blind and visually impaired students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents now play a bigger role in their children’s education, and this podcast will provide invaluable tools to equip such parents. This is Part 1 of a two-part episode.

00:26:28

ACB Welcomes Anthony Corona

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/06/11

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Clark speaks with Anthony Corona, ACB’s new Marketing, Communications and Strategy Intern. During this conversation, we get to know Anthony personally and professionally, as well as hear his thoughts on advocacy and the ACB Virtual Conference and Convention. To learn more about Anthony’s communications and advocacy work with ACB affiliate Blind LGBTQ Pride International, please visit: www.blindlgbtpride.org. To become involved with the 2020 ACB Virtual

00:26:22

Accessible Voting and Filing an ADA Complaint

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/06/04

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire speaks with Courtney Holthus, Advocacy Director for Disability Rights Idaho, about the importance of accessible voting and the process to file an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice Disability Rights Section. Both Disability Rights Idaho and ACB have filed ADA complaints requesting the DOJ to investigate the accessibility of Idaho’s voting process. Anyone may file an ADA complaint by phone, mail, fax,

00:28:41

ACB Transportation Forum: To Mobility and Beyond

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/05/28

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire Stanley speaks with Ron Brooks, Chair of ACB’s Advocacy Steering Committee, and Sheila Styron, Chair of ACB’s Transportation Committee, about the inaugural ACB Transportation Forum to be held during the 2020 ACB Virtual Conference and Convention. Claire, Ron and Sheila discuss the genesis of the transportation forum, what it will look like during the Virtual Conference and Convention, and what it is intended to accomplish. To register or learn more

00:26:48

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day!

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/05/21

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Clark celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day by speaking with Jeff Bishop, ACB Board Member, ACB Information Access Committee Chair, and all around nice guy. Clark and Jeff discuss how the landscape of accessible technology has changed over the past ten years with the passage of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA). Not only the law that re-instated audio description requirements, the CVAA fostered accessibility

00:30:01

VisionServe Alliance

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/05/14

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, ACB Executive Director Eric Bridges speaks with Lee Nasehi, President & CEO of VisionServe Alliance. Learn about who composes the membership of VisionServe Alliance and what role they are playing within the blind and visually impaired community. For more information about VisionServe Alliance, visit www.visionservealliance.org. To access a transcript of this podcast, visit: https://acb.org/acb-advocacy-update-transcript-5-14-20.

00:29:19

Department of Education COVID-19 Waiver Report

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/05/07

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal speak with ACB First Vice President Mark Richert about the COVID-19 waiver report submitted to Congress by the Department of Education. Mark, who is serving as Interim Executive Director for the Association of Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) shares his thoughts on what is included in the waiver report, the impact of previous advocacy efforts to ensure these waivers do not weaken the

00:20:12

How Remote Learning is Impacting Blind and Visually...

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/04/30

This week, Claire speaks with Penny Rosenblum from the American Foundation for the Blind about a collaborative research project being conducted to assess the impact remote learning during the COVID-19 crisis is having on blind and visually impaired students. We will all be excited to learn what findings are gleaned from the survey. To learn more and consider completing the survey, please visit: www.accessengagement.com. More information about ACB is available at www.acb.org, and if you like this

00:35:29

What’s a Blind Paralympian to Do?

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/04/28

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Clark speaks with Lex Gillette, Paralympian, World Champion, and World Record Long Jumper, and Cat Bouwkamp, Membership and Safe Sport Coordinator, U.S. Association of Blind Athletes. Lex shares how he is coping physically and mentally with the delay of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, and Cat shares the work that USABA is doing to make fitness and exercise more accessible for everyone who is blind. To learn more about Lex Gillette, check out:

00:23:12

ACB & Be My Eyes

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/04/23

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update Claire Stanley speaks with Will Butler from Be My Eyes. The two discuss what users can do with the smartphone application, and the exciting new relationship ACB and Be My Eyes launched on April 22, 2020. Listen to find out how you can take advantage of the new service! To read the press release about the partnership, visit: https://acb.org/acb-announces-partnership-be-my-eyes

00:28:19

Accessible Voting and COVID-19

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/04/16

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire and Clark discuss how the pandemic and social distancing requirements are impacting the planning by states for the 2020 primary and general elections. As many states move to conduct entire elections using paper ballots and vote by mail, ACB and our members are working hard to ensure election officials offer an accessible voting alternative to vote by mail for voters with disabilities. To read the press release and letter that ACB and more than 75

01:31:29

Conversation with Comcast

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/04/14

On this special edition of the Advocacy Update, take a break from binge watching to join a conversation hosted by ACB with Comcast. Join ACB’s Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, Clark Rachfal, as he speaks with Tom Wlodkowski, Vice President of Accessibility for Comcast Communications, to learn how they are ensuring their products and services are available and accessible to as many people as possible. To learn more about ACB, please visit: https://acb.org/.

00:35:28

ACB & Blind Love

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/04/09

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire and Clark fall head over heels for the PBS Independent Lens series, Blind Love. We discuss what is so attractive to Producer Patty Zagarella about dating while blind, and we speak with Blind Lover Joni Martinez about her quest to find Mr. Right. Blind Love is available with audio description on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/eC7ZLLMHVvY. To learn more about ACB, please visit: www.acb.org.

01:29:09

ACB Advocacy Services Committee Open Call

ACB Advocacy Update ·

2020/04/06

On this special edition of the Advocacy Update, Clark and Claire present on an open call of the ACB Advocacy Services Committee chaired by ACB Board Member, Jeff Thom. Clark and Claire discuss the provisions that may impact ACB members in the third COVID-19 stimulus package passed by Congress and signed into law by the President on Friday, March 27, as well as the other legislative and regulatory priorities on which ACB is actively engaged. To conclude the webinar, Clark and Claire listen to member

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