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ACB Advocacy Update

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This feed provides updates from the American Council of the Blind on its advocacy efforts.

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ACB Advocacy Update for May 27, 2019

May 27, 2019 14:57 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

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 available on the ACB website: http://acb.org. If there are other advocacy related issues that you...

ACB Advocacy Update for May 21, 2019

May 21, 2019 14:01 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

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 and assistive technology for users of all abilities. With its theme of “Accessibility: Trans...

ACB Advocacy Update for May 3, 2019

May 03, 2019 16:13 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy Update for April 19, 2019

April 19, 2019 17:17 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy Update for April 19, 2019

April 19, 2019 17:17 - 24.9 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy Update for April 8, 2019

April 08, 2019 18:32 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy Update for March 22, 2019

March 22, 2019 18:18 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy Update for March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019 14:27 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy Update for March 6, 2019

March 06, 2019 20:13 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy Update for February 19, 2019

February 19, 2019 19:47 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy for February 11, 2019

February 11, 2019 19:48 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy for January 23, 2019

January 30, 2019 19:31 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

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.

ACB Advocacy Update for January 19, 2019

January 23, 2019 13:04 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

This is the ACB Advocacy Update for January 19, 2019

ACB Advocacy Update for January 11, 2019

January 12, 2019 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for January 4, 2019

January 07, 2019 15:19 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for December 21, 2018

December 21, 2018 15:57 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for December 5, 2018

December 05, 2018 17:06 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for November 29, 2018

November 29, 2018 15:21 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for November 20, 2018

November 20, 2018 18:14 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for November 13, 2018

November 13, 2018 14:57 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for November 7, 2018

November 07, 2018 13:05 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for October 31, 2018

October 31, 2018 21:09 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for October 24, 2018

October 24, 2018 17:43 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

This episode covers the week of October 22, 2018.

ACB Advocacy Update for October 16, 2018

October 16, 2018 19:14 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

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

ACB Advocacy Update for October 9, 2018

October 09, 2018 20:36 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

This is the ACB Advocacy Update for the week of October 8, 2018.

ACB Advocacy Update for October 2, 2018

October 02, 2018 19:06 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

Update on the Marrakesh Treaty and more on this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update.

ACB Advocacy Update Pilot Episode

September 25, 2018 15:57 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

This is the first episode of the ACB Advocacy Update brought to you by the American Council of the Blind.

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