ACB Tuesday Topics Podcast
One of Tuesday Topics’s frequent contributors is DeAnna Quietwater Noriega. I have had the privilege of knowing this fine lady for over thirty years and am proud to call her a friend. DeAnna has just released her second book which is about growing up as a Native American. Here is a little of the blurb … Read more
There are lots of laws that are passed that have created accessible traffic signals, accessible voting machines, the availability of braille materials from counties or the state and announcements on buses. These are just some of the accessibility elements that we have "demanded" or, at the very least, come to expect. More and more municipalities … Read more
Our first topic will explore how people who are blind feel about the patronizing attitudes of other people. We have all had it happen! Who helps you dress? Isn’t your daughter lovely to take care of you! You actually work????? Clearly we don’t love these situations but how should we handle them! Are those with … Read more
Our topic will explore how people who are blind feel about the patronizing attitudes of other people. We have all had it happen! Who helps you dress? Isn’t your daughter lovely to take care of you! You actually work????? Clearly we don’t love these situations but how should we handle them! Are those with us … Read more
Tuesday Topics will once more consider questions raised by the Voter Task Force. There will be representatives from Resolutions, the Constitution and Bylaws group and the Voter Task Force. At the beginning of our first meeting with this group on October 24 we read a document that the Task Force is using for a number … Read more
Tuesday Topics will consider fear on ACB Media One. It isn’t often that Tuesday Topics actually occurs on Halloween. As a result we thought it might be fun to explore some questions we think operate around Halloween for people who are blind. Have you had Halloween experiences that were cool? Have you had experiences that … Read more
We will be joined by the voting task force to explore where ACB needs to go from here. For the last few years ACB has had a system where every member in good standing, whether at a convention or not, can cast his or, her or their vote when ACB is trying to make decisions. … Read more
Tuesday Topics invites folks from our Audio Description Project to tell us about what is happening with ADP and our upcoming festivities! We will be live on ACB Media One and there is information below on joining us via Zoom or from Clubhouse. We will once more have the privilege of welcoming back the co-chairs … Read more
We have been threatening for the last couple of programs to spend a program discussing White Cane Safety Day and its related laws. It now appears that the time for that has come! All over the country agencies and organizations of people who are blind cooperate to create awareness of folks who are blind on … Read more
Tuesday Topics has welcomed ACB’S Employment Committee in the past and are happy to welcome some of them again this week. Peter Altschul, Melanie Sonohui and Carrie Muth will be our guests. The committee has been very busy since we last had them on. They have been creating podcasts, collecting and spreading job announcements and, … Read more