Acb Braille Forum Podcast

Table of Contents President’s Message: Meet Charles Mossop, by Kim Charlson Teach Access Project a Major Topic at CSUN Conference, by Eric Bridges Get Ready for Fun in the Land of 10,000 Dreams!, by Janet Dickelman Minnesota, Land of Many Cultures, by Peggy R. Garrett Dear Candidates: We Want to Meet You!, by Ron Brooks 2016 Leadership Institute: Learning and Growing Together, by Cindy Van Winkle Mentors Sought for Audio Describers at ACB National Convention, by Susan Glass Mini Mall Minnesota Style: Land of 10,000 Dreams, by Carla Ruschival A Reminder from the Constitution & Bylaws Committee, by John Huffman Yah You Betcha It’s Time to Talk Resolutions Again!, by Mark Richert ACB Auction, the Perfect Ten Know Your Rights to Health Care, by Karen Hughes and Robert Goodman Wake Up and Walk, by Katie Frederick Leaders and Aspiring Leaders to Come Together in Omaha, by Ray Campbell Summary of the Winter Board Meetings, by Doug Powell Affiliate and Committee News Here and There, edited by Sha

Table of Contents President’s Message: What You Didn’t Know about Stevie Wonder’s ‘Braille Joke’ at the Grammys – The Motown Legend Is Also a Legendary Advocate for Literacy, by Kim Charlson 2015 Annual Giving Societies Report Card, by Tom Tobin How to Register for ACB: Land of 10,000 Dreams, by Janet Dickelman Let the Race Begin!, by Donna Brown Would You Like to Work at the 2016 Information Desk?, by Vicky Prahin Friends-in-Art Seeks Your Art for Its Annual Show, by Amy Monthei Making the Transition from English Braille to UEB, by Jamie Pauls The Things I Do Today, Part 2: Listening from On High, by Paul Edwards Sharing Tools for Affiliates/Chapter Leaders, compiled by Ardis Bazyn In Memoriam: Dorothy “Dot” Taylor, 1925-2015, by Carol Francisco Affiliate News American Foundation for the Blind Board Names Kirk Adams as Its Next President and CEO Here and There, edited by Sharon Strzalkowski High Tech Swap Shop

Table of Contents ACB National Office Gets Change of Venue Tony Stephens Appointed Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs of the American Council of the Blind, by Eric Bridges President’s Message: Transportation — Everyone Has to Deal with It!, by Kim Charlson Legislative Priorities for 2016, by Tony Stephens Helpful Hints for Attending the Convention, by Janet Dickelman Call for Nominees for 2016 ACB Awards!, by Chelle Hart and Chip Hailey A Q & A for DKM and Leadership Awards, by Allen Casey A Walk of 10,000 Steps, by Donna Brown We Miss You, Mr. Speicher, by James Kracht and Paul Edwards Remembering Ward Bond, Feb. 29, 1940-Nov. 29, 2015, by Penny Reeder Passings Affiliate News Developing a Plan for Recruitment, compiled by Ardis Bazyn Here and There, edited by Sharon Strzalkowski High Tech Swap Shop

Table of Contents President’s Message: Eating and Web Accessibility, by Kim Charlson Microsoft, American Council of the Blind Partner to Advance Accessibility Sneak Preview of Tours in Minneapolis, by Janet Dickelman Paths to Leadership: The Traditional and the New, by Allen Casey Holiday Auction Thank-You’s, by Carla Ruschival A Tribute to Ida Scotti, by Yvonne Michaud Schnitzler The Things I Do Today, Part 1: A Plethora of Possibilities, by Paul Edwards Passings Hero Dog Team Helps GDUI, by Annie Chiappetta Affiliate News Hearing in New York City Blind Hunting Report I Am Your Customer Campaign Launched in Canada, by John Rae ACB Gets Fresh with Tupperware! Here and There, edited by Sharon Strzalkowski High Tech Swap Shop

Table of Contents The Next Chapter for ACB’s Leadership: Eric Bridges Appointed Executive Director, by Kim Charlson Sutherland and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee Reach Landmark Settlement with General Services Administration ACB: Land of 10,000 Dreams, by Janet Dickelman ACB: Cultivating Leaders for the Future, by Allen Casey DKM at 20 Invites New First-Timers, by Allen Casey Board of Publications Awards Your Excellence in Media and Writing in 2016 Summary of the Fall Board of Directors Meeting, by Doug Powell Affiliates: Putting ACB into ACB Radio! Top-Notch Tool for Job Seekers Ed Walker, WAMU personality who burnished radio’s golden age, dies at 83 Affiliate News Summary Notice of Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Here and There, edited by Sharon Strzalkowski High Tech Swap Shop

Table of Contents Humana Now Offers Talking Prescription Labels for Its Members with Visual Impairments, by Kim Charlson Linked, Connected and Empowered with ACB Link Scholarship Applications for 2016-2017 School Year Are Now Available! Willing, Able, and Seeking Opportunity: Video Receives Support from Multinational Corporations, by Eric Bridges Happy Holidays from the Convention Committee, by Janet Dickelman Bid It! Buy It! Holiday Auction and Mini Mall, by Carla Ruschival In Memoriam: “Bob Allen” Prahin, by Vicky Prahin In Memoriam: Marcia Nigro Dresser, by Marlaina Lieberg Readers’ Memories of Marcia Dresser Passings A Letter from the ACB President A Great Time in the Lone Star State, by the ACB Auction Committee Highlights of the 2015 ACB Membership Seminar, compiled by Ardis Bazyn And the Winner Is …, by Mike Godino Blind Hunting?!, by Tom Lealos Affiliate and Committee News Here and There, edited by Sharon Strzalkowski High Tech Swap Shop

Table of Contents President’s Report, Part III, by Kim Charlson An Update on the Taxi Discrimination Lawsuit, by Eric Bridges Reps. Cartwright, McKinley Champion Comprehensive Bipartisan Legislation to Transform Special Education for Students with Sensory Disabilities ACB Adopts Cumulative Giving Societies, by Tom Tobin Tours and Transit in Minneapolis, by Janet Dickelman It’s Holiday Auction Time, by Carla Ruschival Durward K. McDaniel: A Timeline Remembering Durward, by Allen Casey The ACB Mini Mall: Holiday Happenings, by Carla Ruschival In Memoriam: Charles S.P. Hodge: Mentor, Colleague, Friend, July 30, 1946-June 18, 2015, by John McCann 2015 Resolutions Summaries, by Mark Richert Affiliate News Here and There, edited by Sharon Strzalkowski High Tech Swap Shop

The ACB E-Forum Volume LIV October 2015 No. 4 Published by the American Council of the Blind Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from www.acb.org,

Table of Contents President’s Report, Part I, by Kim Charlson Bidding ACB A Very Fond Farewell and Reflecting on the Last Seventeen Years, by Melanie Brunson Looking Back on Dallas, by Janet Dickelman ACB Stars Shine Bright in Dallas, Part I, by Ron Brooks, Judy Wilkinson, and Denise Colley Holidays in September, by Carla Ruschival Welcome Back, Students: A Message from the ACB Students President, by Tiffany Jolliff Affiliate News Here and There, edited by Sharon Strzalkowski High Tech Swap Shop

The ACB E-Forum Volume LIV August 2015 No. 2 Published by the American Council of the Blind * ** Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. ** Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. ** Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from w

The ACB Braille Forum Vol. LIV July 2015 No. 1 Published by the American Council of the Blind * ** Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. ** Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. ** Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from

The ACB E-Forum Volume LIII June 2015 No. 12 Published by the American Council of the Blind * ** Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. ** Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. ** Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from w

The ACB Braille Forum Vol. LIII May 2015 No. 11 Published by the American Council of the Blind * Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. ** Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. ** Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from ww

The ACB E-Forum Volume LIII April 2015 No. 10 Published by the American Council of the Blind * ** Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. ** Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. ** Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from

The ACB Braille Forum Vol. LIII March 2015 No. 9 Published by the American Council of the Blind Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from www.acb.or

The ACB E-Forum Volume LIII February 2015 No. 8 Published by the American Council of the Blind * ** Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. ** Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. ** Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file fro

Published by the American Council of the Blind * ** Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. ** Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. ** Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from www.acb.org, or call (231) 460-1061 and choose o

The ACB E-Forum Volume LIII December 2014 No. 6 Published by the American Council of the Blind Be A Part of ACB The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at 1-800-424-8666. Contribute to Our Work Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to Attn: Treasurer, ACB, 6300 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Suite 195, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. If you wish to remember a relative or friend, the national office has printed cards available for this purpose. Consider including a gift to ACB in your Last Will and Testament. If your wishes are complex, call the national office. To make a contribution to ACB by the Combined Federal Campaign, use this number: 11155. Check in with ACB For the latest in legislative and governmental news, call the “Washington Connection” 24/7 at 1-800-424-8666, or read it online. Listen to ACB Reports by downloading the MP3 file from www.acb.or

The ACB Braille Forum Vol. LIII November 2014 No. 5 Published by the American Council of the Blind * The American Council of the Blind strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and to improve quality of life for all blind and visually impaired people. Kim Charlson, President Melanie Brunson, Executive Director Sharon Lovering, Editor National Office: 2200 Wilson Blvd. Suite 650 Arlington, VA 22201 (202) 467-5081 fax: (703) 465-5085 Web site: http://www.acb.org The ACB Braille Forum (TM) is available in braille, large print, half-speed four-track cassette tape, data CD, and via e-mail. Subscription requests, address changes, and items intended for publication should be sent to Sharon Lovering at the address above, or via e-mail to slovering@acb.org. The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at the number listed above. Those much-needed contribution

The ACB E-Forum Volume LIII October 2014 No. 4 Published by the American Council of the Blind * The American Council of the Blind strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and to improve quality of life for all blind and visually impaired people. Kim Charlson, President Melanie Brunson, Executive Director Sharon Lovering, Editor National Office: 2200 Wilson Blvd. Suite 650 Arlington, VA 22201 (202) 467-5081 fax: (703) 465-5085 Web site: http://www.acb.org The ACB E-Forum (TM) is available via e-mail, as well as via download from www.acb.org. Subscription requests, address changes, and items intended for publication should be sent to Sharon Lovering at the address above, or via e-mail to slovering@acb.org. The American Council of the Blind (TM) is a membership organization made up of more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates. To join, contact the national office at the number listed above. Those much-needed contributions, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to