Sound Prints – May 26, 2019
New bags and totes at the ACB Mini Mall; Friends in Art in the spotlight; a new accessible cell phone for people who are blind, low vision, or hearing impaired; new video game for the blind coming soon
Building Better Tomorrows Today for Kentuckians with Vision Loss
Sound Prints podcast by KCB
New bags and totes at the ACB Mini Mall; Friends in Art in the spotlight; a new accessible cell phone for people who are blind, low vision, or hearing impaired; new video game for the blind coming soon
ACB supports new ABLE Act; meet Ron Brooks – the person, the transportation professional, and the chair of the ACB Board of Publications and the ACB Transportation Committee; Voices from Around the World with Sandra Sermons, ACB International Relations Committee chair
ADA Notification bill; Xbox braille controller; new job at the ballpark; Kentucky School for the Blind Founder’s Day
The 2019 ACB conference and Convention in Rochester – the latest updates, sponsored discounts, and details about all things convention with Janet Dickelman, ACB Convention Co-ordinator
50th anniversary of the Kentucky Talking Book Library – speakers include Barbara Penigor, Director of the library; Michael Martys from NLS; Derrick Ramsey, former NFL quarterback and Secretary of the KY Education Cabinet; Kentucky’s Lieutenant Governor; author Virginia Smith; and others.
Building membership in your affiliate or chapter; 2018 NLS braille and talking book library statistics; new Nintendo gaming accessibility; sounds increase safety in electric vehicles; healthier menu options at fast-food restaurants
ACB Board member Dan Dillon talks membership recruitment and fundraising at the 2019 KCB Crossroads conference; profile of ACB Board member, Jeff Bishop, and his work with Microsoft
Hulu adds audio-described content; source for low-cost, high-quality hearing aids; gene therapy research for retinitis pigmentosa
Meet Nancy Christine Feela from the ACB Minneapolis office and learn about her family’s maple syrup-making operation; learn membership recruitment and retention techniques to help you grow your chapter or organization at the 2019 Kentucky Council of the Blind Crossroads Conference – all the details are here
From the Sound Prints archive: Dan Spoone – growing up visually impaired,, working at Cinderella’s Castle in Disneyworld, running a pizza parlor, joining the corporate world, to ACB First Vice President