ACB Tuesday Topics

Tuesday Topics: We will be discussing life after a year of the pandemic. What kinds of disadvantages have people who are blind experienced? What do we need to ask local, state and national entities to do to make the next major emergency easier to handle? As the pandemic eases, what can we expect as people … Read more

Tuesday Topics: Over the past several months the American Council of the Blind Has made a number of changes to its email system. This week we have invited many of the key players in the email changes to come and explain what was done and why. Deb Cook Lewis, Katie Frederick, and Jason Castonguay are … Read more

Tuesday Topics: On this week’s call, the roles are reversed, as Paul Edwards will put himself under the microscope to be interviewed by Deborah Kendrick. Among the topics that will be discussed will be Paul’s travels and work in advocacy for those with disabilities. Others will have an opportunity to ask questions as well. Find … Read more

Tuesday Topics: Join Paul this week as he speaks with Scott Marshall, a personal mentor and friend.  They will spend two hours talking about Scott’s experience in law school as a blind person, his work for ACB in the 80’s, and other jobs he has done over the years. Find out more at https://acb-tuesday-topics.pinecast.co

Tuesday Topics: This week Janet Dickelman, Chair of the Convention Committee for ACB, will stop by to give us an update on this summer’s convention and talk a bit about future conventions that have been scheduled. We will also have an opportunity to learn a bit more about Janet herself, maybe find out some of … Read more

As things stand, it is the intention of ACB to hold elections during our virtual ACB convention! How will it work! Who gets to vote! How will nominations from the floor be handled? How will votes be tallied? What if there are more than two candidates and nobody gets a majority? These are just a … Read more

Tuesday Topics: Paul’s guest this week is a former President of ACB, an expert on the ADA, Vice-President of the North American and Caribbean section of the World Blind Union and a former President of our California affiliate. Mitch Pomerantz did not grow up as an ACB member. We will explore how he came to … Read more

Tuesday Topics: Paul welcomes the Director of the Division of Blind Services of the state of Florida, Robert Doyle. How does an agency that is doing well adapt when the pandemic essentially shuts it down? How are counselors retrained to do jobs from home and on line? Florida has more than fifteen local programs that … Read more

Tuesday Topics: What has a person who has worked with people who are blind all over the world gleaned about their job readiness. What are some of the characteristics that make success at work likely? Our guest this week on Tuesday Topics is in a unique position to answer these questions. She has devoted much … Read more

We are overjoyed to welcome back ACB’S President, Dan Spoone. We will talk about 2020, 2021 and will end with a discussion of the Voting Task Force. Dan must leave us to go to a meeting of that group so I thought we might use his discussion of where the group is and what plans … Read more