UAA Disability Support Services

03/06/2026

The Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ACBVI) is pleased to formally announce and welcome Nate Kile as Executive Director. Many of you already know Nate through his ten-year tenure with ACBVI. For six of those years, Nate served in a senior management position as Program Director; prior to that, he provided direct services via his roles as Assistive Technology Specialist, Employment Specialist, and Youth [Services] Coordinator. He has also represented ACBVI publicly through media appearances, community presentations, and statewide collaboration efforts. Always with a smile and a kind word, Nate has been a leader and a driving force in the running of our organization and, as board and staff, we place trust in his continued stewardship.

ACBVI would also like to take a moment to thank CB Brady, outgoing Executive Director, for his two decades of service in his roles as ED; board member; president of the board; supporter; donor; and advocate. We wish him all the best as he pursues new adventures in life.

01/30/2026

How cool is this?!?!

Some blind and low-vision fans will have unprecedented access to the Super Bowl thanks to a tactile device that tracks the ball, vibrates on key plays and provides real-time audio.

04/16/2025

12/16/2024

The US Department of Transportation has issued a new rule requiring airlines to follow more rigorous standards when it comes to airline passengers with disabilities.

10/10/2024

Irish startup Field of Vision is hoping to revolutionize the stadium experience for visually impaired sports fans, with its handheld haptic feedback device.

07/03/2024

𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗳𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀.

The program offers funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities to help the them create a short film and develop their first feature film.

Fellows will receive $55,000, health insurance, marketing support, and funding for travel and accessibility needs.

The program is run by the Inevitable Foundation, a nonprofit for disabled creators, and applications are open until July 31st.

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/inevitable-foundation-announces-visionary-fellowship-for-disabled-filmmakers

04/08/2024

A new technology, called the LightSound device, developed by Harvard researchers that translates changing light into sounds, allows visually impaired or blind people to experience the eclipse. Fundraising and outreach coordinator for South East Area Coalition Kiki Smith demonstrates how the device w...

01/10/2024

The 2024 conference’s registration and CEU’s will be provided at NO CHARGE! For all those who have already registered through AKRID’s website, you will be provided a refund. For all those who haven’t registered yet, please register now and save your spot at the 2024 Alaska Educational Interpreter Conference. (Please register at any level so the system creates an invoice. Do not pay -the invoice will be deleted.) https://alaskarid.wildapricot.org/event-5503514

10/09/2023

We meet three visually impaired people who talk laughter, darkness (visually and mentally) and realities of being blind in a visual world. Three people who have benefited from the Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. I ask the question: What do they see that we don’t see? The answers...

04/24/2023

British Vogue has revealed five portraits featuring disabled activists, models and creatives for a series of May 2023 covers, a move the magazine hopes will further important conversations around disability in the media and society.

03/22/2023

To build a society that advances the human rights of all people requires the social justice movement to be intentional in including intersecting identities and diverse equity struggles.

03/14/2023

Passport to the Deaf World...come travel with us!