Welcome
Thank you for visiting the American Council of the Blind of Ohio (ACBO) website. We are a state affiliate of The American Council of the Blind (ACB) (link is external)
ACB-Ohio’s mission: The American Council of the Blind of Ohio strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and quality of life, for all blind and visually impaired Ohioans.
The vision of ACB-Ohio is: To create a society without barriers for individuals who are blind or visually impaired through advocacy, education, public awareness, collaboration, and support.
News and Updates
Information about the lawsuit against Section 504
Texas v. Becerra is a court case in Texas. A group of 17 states have sued the United States government. The states are asking the court to get rid of Section 504 and its new rules that protect people with disabilities from discrimination in health care and human services.
Read more about this from the following links.
- https://www.acb.org/lawsuit-brought-against-section-504 (link is external)
- https://dredf.org/disability-community-briefing-what-you-can-do-to-stop-the-attack-on-section-504/#:~:text=In%20September%202024%2C%20a%20group,law%20for%20people%20with%20disabilities. (link is external)
Quick Links
- Join our monthly membership calls
- Download the Winter 2024 Ohio Connection (PDF)
- Download the Winter 2024 Ohio Connection (RTF format)
- locate your Ohio General Assembly members by zip code (link is external)
- locate your congressional Representative (link is external)
- locate your congressional Senator (link is external)
