ACB Braille Forum and E-Forum

Table of Contents

• President’s Message: Join Us at the Accessible Currency Rally, by Dan Spoone
• ACB’s 2023 Leadership Conference
• Convention Changes, by Janet Dickelman
• Stimulate Your Potential and Personal Greatness: Apply to Become a 2023 ACB/JPMorgan Chase Leadership Fellow, by Kenneth Semien Sr.
• The BOP Seeks to Award Excellence, by Katie Frederick
• ACB Diabetics in Action: Legislative Update, by Charles Nabarrete
• Libre Link and Dexcom CGM: An Updated Comparison, by Randy Knapp
• Artificial Sweeteners Could Cause Diabetes, Shocking New Research Says, by Erin Keller
• Recipe Corner, by Sugar Lopez
• Summary of the Fall Board Meeting, by Penny Reeder
• How Special-Interest Affiliates and State Affiliates Working Together Builds Membership, compiled by Ardis Bazyn
• Affiliate News
• Passings
• Here and There, edited by Cynthia G. Hawkins
• High Tech Swap Shop
• ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications
• Accessing Your ACB Braille and E-Forums

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Volume LXI January 2023 No. 7 Published by the American Council of the Blind

Table of Contents

• President’s Message: Humble and Proud to Start the New Year, by Dan Spoone
• 2022 in the Rearview Mirror, by Eric Bridges
• Holiday Auction a Big Success, by Leslie Spoone
• Announcing Our 2023 Convention Tours, by Janet Dickelman
• Call for Nominees for 2023 ACB Awards, by Carrie Muth and Koni Sims, Awards Committee Co-Chairs
• Embrace Possibilities and Opportunities: Apply to Become a 2023 Durward K. McDaniel (DKM) First-Timer, by Kenneth Semien Sr.
• In Memoriam: Warren Toyama, by Don Thomson and Chris Gray
• Summary of the August and September Meetings of the ACB Board of Directors, by Penny Reeder
• Affiliate News
• How Can We Bring What We Learned at the ACB Convention Back to Our Affiliate Members, compiled by Ardis Bazyn
• Passings
• Here and There, edited by Cynthia Hawkins
• ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications

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Table of Contents

• President’s Message: Happy Holidays and ACB Reflections!, by Dan Spoone
• A Preview of the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, by Janet Dickelman
• Glimpses of Croatia, by Maria Kristic
• Furry Travels, by Maria Kristic and Gabriel Lopez Kafati
• How I’ve Visited Over 100 Countries, and You Can, Too, by Tony Giles
• Posh Gabriel Barcelona, by Gabriel Lopez Kafati
• My Velvet Adventure – A Coming of Age Story, by Sandra Sermons
• My International Adventure through Israel, by Meryl Shecter
• Passings
• Here and There, edited by Cynthia G. Hawkins
• High Tech Swap Shop
• ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications

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The ACB Braille Forum November 2022 Volume LXI November 2022 No. 5 Published by the American Council of the Blind

Table of Contents

• A Brief Message from the President, by Dan Spoone
• Join Us at the ACB Media Holiday Auction
• Join ACB in the Land of Lincoln, by Janet Dickelman
• Tune into the 2022 Audio Description Awards Gala
• Describing While Blind: Audio Description by Blind People, for Blind People, by Lolly Lijewski
• Audio Description Brings the Cruising Experience to Life
• ACBDA President’s Message, by Tom Tobin
• Unwrapping the Sweetness That Is the ACBDA Peer Mentor Relations Program, by Elizabeth Oleksa
• Join Us in ACB Diabetics in Action!, by Linda Oliva-McKinley
• Accessible Insulin Pumps, by Kat Hamilton
• Accessible Insulin Pump Task Force, by Veronica Elsea
• Accessibility of Tandem t:slim X2 Insulin Pump and t:connect Mobile App with Bolus Capabilities – A Step in the Right Direction!, by --Patricia Maddix
• A New Lease on Life, by Jeff Bishop
• Here and There, edited by Cynthia G. Hawkins
• I Remember, by Tyson Ernst
• ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications

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Table of Contents

• President’s Message: Congratulations! We Did It!, by Dan Spoone
• Traveling to Schaumburg, by Janet Dickelman
• 2022 ACB Conference and Convention Summary, by Katie Frederick
• ACB Awards Scholarships to 20 Outstanding Students, by Denise Colley
• Sleepless in Omaha, by Cachet Wells
• My ACB Braille Forum Raffle Story, by Allan Peterson
• ACB Membership Committee Seminar: “Membership 101,” compiled by Ardis Bazyn
• Amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws, by John McCann
• Summary of 2022 Resolutions
• Summary of the July 1, 2022 ACB Board Meeting, by Penny Reeder
• Affiliate News
• Here and There, edited by Cynthia G. Hawkins
• High Tech Swap Shop
• ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications

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The ACB Braille Forum September 2022 Volume LXI September 2022 No. 3 Published by the American Council of the Blind

Table of Contents

• President’s Message: The Audio Description Project Is Making a Difference, by Dan Spoone
• 2022 Conference and Convention Wrap-Up, by Janet Dickelman
• Thank You from the Auction Committee
• Section 508 Audio Description in the Federal Sector, by Pat Sheehan
• Smart Television for Dummies, by Carl Richardson
• The Audio Describer as Cast Member: Audio Description at Every Performance, by Joel Snyder, Ph.D.
• Audio Description Project 2022 Achievement Awards, by Kim Charlson
• ADP Congratulates This Year’s Young Audio Description Reviewers, by Susan Glass
• ACB 2022 Audio Description Awards Gala
• Affiliate News
• Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action and Fairness Hearing
• Here and There, edited by Cynthia G. Hawkins
• High Tech Swap Shop
• ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications

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