ACB Tuesday Topics Podcast
Tuesday Topics will once more tackle an issue that we think deserves atffention. We live in polarizing times! Politically our nation is perhaps more divided than it has ever been. Within our very own organization it sometimes seems that civil discourse is replaced by uncivil recourse to inappropriate messaging. Are there ways to defuse this … Read more
From 7 to 9 PM on November 11 Tuesday Topics will join in the celebration of Assistive Technology Awareness Month. I am not sure that this is its actual title but there have been a number of posts announcing it exists! What is assistive technology? Is it different from access technology? Where does adaptive technology … Read more
From 7 to 9 PM on November 4 Tuesday Topics will consider fund raising as it applies to ACB and other blindness groups. ACB has a range of ways to raise money. Members contribute a lot; sponsors represent a viable option; fees for services is a new potential approach. Every nonprofit in the world is … Read more
Tuesday Topics will explore halloween experiences. Did you trick or treat as a child who was blind? Did you like it or not? Did you take your children trick or treating? How was that? How do you handle halloween these days? Have you ever either tricked or been tricked at halloween? How aware are you … Read more
We are now on the two hudred and twenty-ninth show in the current series of Tuesday Topics. That is quite a number and I need to thank everybody involved for enabling us to be around as long as we have. It is difficult to come up with topics that are new and exciting and your … Read more
Tuesday Topics concentrates on employment once more. October is Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM), and during this Tuesday Topics program, we consider some of the advantages and disadvantages of having a designated month to focus on this issue! We spend much of our time, however, on the connections between artificial intelligence and the employment of … Read more
In the past Tuesday Topics has explored the White Cane Laws! It is once more October and White Cane Safety Day is October 15. We would like to explore how the law has operated; what value does White Cane Safety Day have and for whom; and how we might make things better for pedestrians who … Read more
We have unfinished business! We spent time identifying many of the myths that people who can see have about those of us with visual impairments! We promised to explore what we should do about these myths! Do public service announcements work? Should we do training ourselves at the local level? Has the Americans with Disabilities … Read more
THIS week we want to explore what you think is the most egregious myth that is out there about people who are blind! There are lots of them but we thought it would be fun to put together a list of our top candidates for the myths that people who are not blind have about … Read more
It is generally recognized, though it isn’t said often enough, that many people who are blind are overweight and sedentary. Recent research and statistics suggest that people with vision loss also experience a range of mental issues which limit their ability to function well in a complex society! We want to explore some of the … Read more