ACB Advocacy Update

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update Podcast, Clark Rachfal is joined by Matt Ater to answer the question everyone is asking: “Who is Vispero?” Matt explains that ACB members most certainly know Vispero through their products and services offered by: Enhanced Vision, Freedom Scientific, Optelec, and the Paciello Group. Clark and Matt conclude the conversation by teasing some, but not all, of...

On this installment of the ACB Advocacy Update Podcast, Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal discuss how the inaccessibility of exercise and fitness equipment may prevent some ACB members from getting their beach body prior to the 2019 ACB annual convention in Rochester, NY. Claire and Clark are joined by Richard Thesing, Mobility Fitness, to discuss the higher obesity rates of Americans with disabili...

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update Podcast, Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal speak with Chris Gray, an ACB member and the Executive Director of the Missouri Council of the Blind, about his experience being blind and living with diabetes. The inaccessibility of diabetes durable medical equipment is a public policy imperative for ACB and our members. More information about this issue is avai...

For this installment of the ACB Advocacy Update Podcast, Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal are joined by Steve Tyler to discuss the 2019 M-Enabling Summit. Steve is the Director of Assistive Technology for Leonard Cheshire and is an active participant in the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ICT). The M-Enabling Summit is dedicated to promoting accessible...

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update Podcast, ACB staff members Clark Rachfal and Claire Stanley talk everything Amtrak. Topics covered include: the accessibility of the Amtrak website, app and phone system, staffed and unstaffed Amtrak stations, as well as accessibility planning for new Amtrak trains. More information about the American Council of the Blind, visit: www.acb.org .

On this week’s episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, ACB staff members Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal interview Carol Tyson, an advocate from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund. The three discuss numerous advocacy issues surrounding transportation and the work many different advocacy organizations are doing to fight for greater access to transportation.

Join Claire and Clark on this edition of the ACB Advocacy Update as they discuss the importance of audio description. They are also joined by Sheila Young, president of the Florida Council of the Blind, who talks about her experience submitting comments regarding audio description with the Federal Communications Commission.

This week on the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal speak with Kelly Egan from Sprint about her experiences as a blind individual and also discuss the exciting accessibility endeavors that Sprint is currently working on.

Special guest Cory Kadlik joins Claire Stanley and Clark Rachfal on this week’s episode of the ACB Advocacy Update. Cory was a JPMorgan fellow scholarship recipient for our 2019 Leadership Meetings and is a member of the Next Generation committee. The three discuss Cory’s experience attending the President’s Meeting and Legislative Seminar in February.

This week on the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire Stanley, Clark Rachfal, and guest board member Katie Frederick recap the three imperatives ACB will be focusing on this coming year. The podcast also features Matt Handley’s phenomenal presentation from the Legislative Seminar.

This week on the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire Stanley speaks with ACB’s new Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, Clark Rachfal, to learn more about him and what he will be doing at the national office.

On this week’s episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire Stanley and Eric Bridges discuss this year’s leadership conference and legislative seminar. They also review the three imperatives that will be discussed at the seminar and brought to Congress by our ACB members.

This week on the ACB Advocacy Update, Claire Stanley and Margaux Joffe from Verizon Media will discuss the Disability Collection - a growing collection of stock photos that authentically portray people with disabilities in everyday life. To view the Disability Collection, visit www.thedisabilitycollection.com .

This is the ACB Advocacy Update for January 19, 2019

This episode covers the week from Monday January 7, 2019 through Sunday January 13, 2019.

This is the ACB Advocacy Update for January 4, 2019.

This episode covers the week from December 17, 2018 through December 23, 2018.

This episode covers the week from December 3, 2018 through Sunday December 9, 2018.

This episode covers the week from Monday November 26, 2018 through Sunday December 2, 2018.

This episode covers the week from Monday November 19, 2018 through Sunday November 25, 2018.

This episode covers the week from November 12, 2018 through November 18, 2018.

This episode covers the week from November 5, 2018 through November 11, 2018.

This episode covers the week of Monday October 29, 2018 through Sunday November 4, 2018.

This episode covers the week of October 22, 2018.

This episode covers the week from October 15, 2018 through Sunday October 21, 2018.