ACB Advocacy Update
227 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis 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 MBOn 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 MBFor 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 MBOn 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 MBOn 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 MBOn 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 MBJoin 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 MBThis 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 MBSpecial 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBOn 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBThis episode covers the week of October 22, 2018.
ACB Advocacy Update for October 16, 2018
October 16, 2018 19:14 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBThis 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 MBThis 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 MBUpdate 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 MBThis is the first episode of the ACB Advocacy Update brought to you by the American Council of the Blind.