By Nona Haroyan on behalf of the BSCB Advocacy Committee | From BayLines Express, September, 2026 The BSCB Advocacy Committee has been busy this spring and summer, and we’re excited to share some great news! So far, four advocacy teams have met with members of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation to discuss ACB’s three federal legislative imperatives. These … Read more
By Nona Haroyan, Chair, BSCB Advocacy Committee | From BayLines Express, August, 2026 During the week of August 10, the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Office held a series of Accessible Voting Equipment Fairs across the Commonwealth. Fairs were held in Middleton, Northampton, Brockton, Watertown and Worcester, giving voters with disabilities and other members of the public … Read more
by David Kingsbury | From BayLines Express, December, 2025 This has been a year of notable accomplishments for BSCB. Our Board and committees have been hard at work addressing priority issues of benefit to our members and the Commonwealth’s blind and low vision community. Below are some of the highlights of our work over the … Read more
by Stephen Theberge | From BayLines Express, October, 2025 To all agencies that serve the blind, schools for the blind, vision rehabilitation centers, and professionals who work with the blind population—this message is also for the blind community itself: Each October, the world recognizes International Blindness Awareness Month. Yet time and again, we collectively fail to … Read more
Perspectives of people with disabilities were left largely out of the City Council’s hearing over the summer to evaluate autonomous vehicle operations. By Carl Richardson Carl Richardson is co-chair of the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project, president of the Guide Dog Users of Massachusetts, and member of the Bay State Council of … Read more
by David Kingsbury | From BayLines Express, December, 2024 This has been a year of notable accomplishments for BSCB. Our Board and committees have been hard at work addressing priority issues of benefit to our members and the Commonwealth’s blind and low vision community. While preparing this article, I reread the BayLines Express article I … Read more
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, March, 2024 Along with Jerry Berrier and Jane Perry, I worked on the handouts for medical establishments about how to support blind patients. They are now on the BSCB website at https://acbofma.org/healthcare-guidelines. Recently I had my initial appointment with a new (to me) primary care physician. My antennas … Read more
by David Kingsbury | From BayLines Express, December, 2023 2023 has been a year of notable accomplishments for BSCB, as well as for the Massachusetts blindness community as a whole. I said it at our Spring Convention and I will say it here again: BSCB was the only organization in the Massachusetts blindness community to … Read more
By David Kingsbury | From BayLines Express, December, 2022 As this year draws to a close, we can be proud of several big successes. The Votes Act, which was signed by the Governor in July, introduced fully accessible online voting statewide. This effort built on BSCB efforts undertaken in collaboration with the Disability Law Center … Read more
By Brian Charlson, President, Bay State Council of the Blind | From BayLines Express, December, 2020 2020, a year that should have been all about literal vision, became a year filled with everything but that. Racial inequality, economic imbalance, health care shortcomings and frightening trends in our weather have all taken front stage, leaving very … Read more
