Reprinted from ACB's Dots & Dashes, issued November 2, 2026.

We’re proud to announce that on Wednesday, October 28th, ACB received the 2026 Navigator Award from the American Printing House for the Blind (APH)!

The Navigator Award recognizes collaborative efforts to remove barriers and create opportunities for people who are blind. APH is honoring ACB for its longstanding advocacy for audio description and its work to make this important access feature more widely available across entertainment and educational programming.

Matt Kaplowitz, CEO of Bridge Multimedia, was recently recognized by the FCC as an accessibility innovator when he was presented with their 2026 Chairman’s Award for Advancement in Accessibility. The FCC commended his "distinguished career advancing innovation in media accessibility."

Halloween is right around the corner, and if you like the horror genre, we remind you that you can find movies in that genre from whatever streaming services you subscribe to or order from by specifying both the provider name(s) and the horror genre in the Filter section of our Film and Series Directory. For example, here’s the link that is generated when you select the horror genre for all providers:

It's almost impossible to spend time on social media or even the internet in general without encountering videos. As Ka Li, an accessibility and usability consultant specializing in digital access and tactile media, points out in a recent blog post, many of the millions of videos uploaded every day have enough spoken words to be considered accessible to blind and low-vision users. But there are also plenty of videos that would benefit from audio description.

After a sneak preview virtual screening of the documentary BRAILLED IT as part of the ADP Conference, which took place during the 2026 ACB convention in July, the film is now showing in select theaters across the US. Access the BRAILLED IT website for a complete list of dates, times, and locations. 

Alex Howard loves the movies. But what happens when special film screenings leave out those who rely on audio description? Alex is a legally blind cinephile and relies on AD to be on an equal playing field as sighted peers. But what happens when a film has audio description yet it doesn't work properly during the theater screening, or when a title says it has AD but it doesn't—and you don't find out until you start watching?

In 2008, Stasha Boyd started producing audio description. In 2022, she founded the Audio Description Initiative (ADI). And now she's launched the ADI newsletter to share the conversation about audio description throughout and beyond her Central Florida base. In her welcome message, Stasha reports that she is often asked by venue managers why a blind person would want to attend a game, theatre performance, or concert.

FIFA World Cup 2026™ To Feature Audio Descriptive Commentary