ACB Events

20241102 American Council of the Blind of Maine Annual Convention Afternoon Sessions   ACB Maine Business Meeting. All things Technology with Steve Sawczyn. ACB Community Calls Program with Natalie Couch. Door prizes, and raffle. Closing and Appreciation.   Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

20241102 American Council of the Blind of Maine Annual Convention Morning Sessions   Welcome and introductions. 1st Reading of proposed constitution changes. Conversation with Scholarship recipients. Transportation Panel with Ron Brooks from Accessible Avenue, and Zoe Miller from Moving Maine. Employment panel with Alyssa Rowe Director of DBVI, and Lori Scharff from APH. Remembrances. Find … Read more

20241019 2024 PCB CONFERENCE & CONVENTION 20241019 Banquet   Accessibility: A Buffet of Choices   Greetings and Sponsor Acknowledgements, Debby Hill, PCB President Drawing the 50/50 Conference Raffle Banquet speaker: Karla Gilbride, General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Title of presentation We Have the Power: Fighting for Access and Opportunity in the 21st … Read more

20241019 2024 PCB CONFERENCE & CONVENTION 20241019 Evening Sessions   Accessibility: A Buffet of Choices   Caring for Pets When You Have Limited or No Vision, Debby Hill, and Dr. DeAnna Moore. If someone is blind or has low vision and they have not had training for a guide dog, what do they need to … Read more

20241018 2024 PCB CONFERENCE & CONVENTION 20241018 Evening Sessions   Accessibility: A Buffet of Choices   ·      Practical Uses of AI With Your Favorite Screen Reader or Without! Jason Miller and Anthony Ballou. o  Have you ever needed information really fast that is challenging to find? Let’s face it, as students, parents, and regular people, … Read more

20241018 2024 PCB CONFERENCE & CONVENTION 20241018 Afternoon Sessions   Accessibility: A Buffet of Choices   Accessible Appliances: A Menu of Options, Joe Fagnani with the PCB Technical Access Team. Audience members learned how many options they have for accessible appliances. Creating Art as Vision Changes, Lisa Busch with Lynda McKinney Lambert, Carol Farnsworth, and … Read more

20241018 2024 PCB CONFERENCE & CONVENTION 20241018 Morning Sessions   Accessibility: A Buffet of Choices Creating Accessible Environments for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Idan Meir and Darren Gladstone. This was a discussion around the challenges of making buildings more accessible and how the RightHear audio format signage system can help to turn buildings into … Read more

20241017 2024 PCB CONFERENCE & CONVENTION 20241017 Evening Sessions   Accessibility: A Buffet of Choices PEER PASSINGS We are saddened to report on the passing of the following PCB peers since our last conference. ·       Theresa Diehl, ·       Janet Facemyer, PRC ·       Connie Howe, GTCB ·       William J. Newman, PRC ·       Elderrean Paules, Keystone ·       … Read more

Bay State Council of the Blind 2024 Spring Conference and Convention Agenda Grousbeck Center, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA Morning Session Welcome From Our Host, Perkins School for the Blind Opening Remarks David Kingsbury, President, BSCB Overview of Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Activities John Oliveira , Commissioner, MCB Participant Introductions State Government … Read more

Re-experience the April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the sun through sound. Harvard University’s Astronomy Department welcomes those who are blind or have low vision to experience the total eclipse of the sun, through use of the LightSound device which uses a technique called sonification, the process of converting data, in this case light intensity … Read more