ACB Events

You have ideas or goals but, something keeps you from moving forward. Jessie L. Rayl, Ed.D. will help participants learn how to identify what is holding you back and remove the barriers.

Come join the Resolutions committee to read through and discuss a few more resolutions to be presented to the ACB board.

Join BPI for this timely informational and sharing discussion. Dr. Marilyn K. Volker, Sexologist for the past thirty-two (32) years is a Diplomat of the American Board of Sexology and an Associate Fellow of The American Academy of Clinical Sexologists. She sits on the faculty of four South Florida universities— University of Miami, Florida International University, St. Thomas University, Barry University—as well as is Associate Professor at The Institute For Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, California, where she received her doctorate in 1991. Dr. Volker trains counselors to become sex therapists through the Florida Post-Graduate Sex Therapy Training Institute and The Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Sexology for Sex Therapists. She has served as sexuality consultant for a variety of addiction treatment facilities state and nationwide and has written articles addressing sexuality issues in recovery. Dr. Volker teaches in the sexuality programs for two medical schools— University of Miami and Ross University and is a doctoral committee member for Union Institute. For more information on Dr. Marilyn Volker, go to:https://www.therapycertificationtraining.org/about-us/instructors/91-mar...

Let's talk about audio editing with the ACB Radio Production crew!

Think surfing the web, shopping and banking online, and filling out online forms are things best left to the PC? Well, think again. Join Matt Vollbrecht, Certified Apple Teacher in this exciting session as he helps us untangle the web. He will show us how to use Safari with Voiceover, navigate by headings, work with forms and captchas, use Autofill, and much more.

Join Cindy and Wendy for this month’s live fun as we play the Newly Wed Game with three ACB power couples: the Spoone’s (ACB President and wife), the Charlson’s (ACB Immediate Past President and husband), and the Bridges’ (ACB Executive Director and wife). This is sure to be an hour of insightful sharing and great laughter.

Join Jason and Debbie as they talk all about podcasts.

Join Matt Vollbrecht, Certified Apple Teacher for this session as we explore Apple Books with Voiceover. Learn about different kinds of digital books. See how easy it is to purchase new books from the Apple Books Store. Learn how to navigate and read your favorite books, create bookmarks, highlights, and notes. See how to select text in books, share passages, look up words in the Dictionary, and so much more. Learn about interactive books, audio books, read-aloud books, and even learn how easy it is to save your PDFs and other favorites to Apple Books for later reading.

Come to learn about and discuss various technology topics. These could include learning about iPhone and iPad apps, feature demonstrations, as well as answering questions asked by participants. Shawn Thiel from ACB of Ohio will do his best to ensure that audio from the iOS device, computer, Victor Reader stream, Etc. is put through his mixer to be as clear as possible.

Tired of routes? Looking for an outdoor adventure? Here’s your opportunity! North American Association of Blind Sportsmen (NAABS) is a nonprofit that challenges the blind/visually impaired community of America to take on outdoor hunting, fishing, and camping adventures packed with enough good vibes to last a lifetime. Join Lance Mathena, founder and President for this exciting presentation. www.naabs.org. https://www.facebook.com/naabs.org/?modal=admin_todo_tour. https://www.facebook.com/Adaptive-Pursuits-TV-106836044188466/?modal=adm...

Come and hear how you can raise funds for your affiliate and ACB. Join members of the ACB MMS, Monthly Monetary Support program() to get all the info.

Meka and Cindy welcome you to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.

Hear the latest happenings from the ACB Radio team from june 26, 2020.

This week Apple held its annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), and thousands of people tuned in to learn about what’s coming in this year’s new software releases. Join Matt Vollbrecht, Certified Apple teacher for this session to hear all about what to expect with iOS 14 and much more. We will discuss new features, device compatibility, expected release dates, beta testing, and much more. If you are a fan of all things Apple, you won’t want to miss this awesome session!

Spatial concepts are prevalent in the STEM fields as such problem-solving relies largely on one’s spatial thinking abilities. External representations often serve as cognitive aids for spatial reasoning tasks. Research has shown that performance on tasks that rely on spatial thinking are not dependent on the modality of learning, yet most of the mechanisms and tools that have been developed to support spatial reasoning rely on vision. Ms. Alexa F. Siu’s work as a PhD student has looked at ways to increase access to STEM concepts for people who are blind or visually impaired by investigating how we can leverage other modalities to complement and enhance learning and manipulation of spatial concepts. She will discuss two projects that investigate the use of tactile and auditory modalities to increase access to spatial information motivated by two domains: (1) 3D design and (2) data visualizations.