Sight Unseen LLC

05/30/2026

🎉 Happy Weekend, everyone! 🎉
The weekend is finally here, and while we often think of it as a time to relax and forget about work, let's flip that script!

🚀 Your mission never truly stops, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make the most of your time off.
Why not blend fun with productivity?

🛠️ Whether it’s picking up a new hobby, diving into a good book, or even planning for the week ahead, there are endless ways to recharge while still moving towards your goals. So, embrace this weekend as a chance to fuel your passions!

Who says you can’t have fun and be productive at the same time? Let’s make this weekend count! 💪✨ What’s on your productive agenda?
Share below! 👇

05/29/2026

🎉 Happy Weekend, everyone! 🎉

The weekend is finally here, and while we often think of it as a time to relax and forget about work, let's flip that script! 🚀 Your mission never truly stops, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make the most of your time off.

Why not blend fun with productivity? 🛠️ Whether it’s picking up a new hobby, diving into a good book, or even planning for the week ahead, there are endless ways to recharge while still moving towards your goals.

So, embrace this weekend as a chance to fuel your passions! Who says you can’t have fun and be productive at the same time? Let’s make this weekend count! 💪✨

What’s on your productive agenda? Share below! 👇

05/21/2026

Help protect people with disabilities! We deserve to have a life too! This may affect someone that you know! Allow us to have a life! Nothing about us without us! 

“Ohio cannot afford policies that drive caregivers out of the workforce, discourage providers from participating, or treat vulnerable populations as potential criminals simply because they require care.”

READ MORE: www.disabilityrightsohio.org/news/ohioans-with-disabilities-sound-the-alarm-after-latest-attack-on

05/20/2026

Wonderful disability awareness! 

Assistive technology is vital for people with disabilities.
Assistive technology refers to any device, software, or tool that helps people with disabilities perform tasks that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 21st, we are highlighting a few examples of how assistive technology changes lives.
Refreshable braille displays allow blind people to read braille on electronic devices. They can connect to phones and computers and display text in braille on the device. They can also be used as an external keyboard, meaning that users can write in braille instead of needing a QWERTY keyboard. Many come with internal software that includes an offline notepad and document reader, without needing to be connected to another device.
Screen readers use text to speech software to read aloud text that appears on computers and phones. They also allow users to navigate using keystrokes so they can use a computer without a mouse, and they modify touchscreen gestures so that blind people are able to use smartphones.
Apps like Voice Dream and Speechify allow people with disabilities to read content using text to speech, sometimes in the form of AI voices. These apps allow users to enlarge text, read along with the audio, and connect with other services like Kindle and Bookshare to provide access to more books.
These are but a few examples of the different ways assistive technology changes the lives of people with disabilities.
What is your favorite piece of assistive technology that you use? Let us know in the comments!

05/20/2026

Device accessibility is just as important as digital accessibility.
Many electronic devices and appliances are not accessible by default. This includes appliances for the home and medical devices. Many blind people are forced to use alternative techniques to use these devices. For example, some blind people put dots on their microwaves, washers, and dryers to mark the specific buttons they plan to use. However, new stoves are coming with touchscreen dials instead of physical ones. Washers and dryers are coming with complex digital interfaces with multiple menus that make accessible labeling near impossible. Many blind people are forced to use older models.
Fortunately, some manufacturers are beginning to take this into account. One important but often overlooked category is medical devices. Blind people may also have diabetes and other medical conditions which require daily management. It is important that at home medical devices be usable for them. This prevents continual visits to hospitals and doctors just to take care of themselves, when sighted people are able to monitor their medical needs at home. For blind people, traveling means extra costs in rideshare services, or it may take four times as long to use public transportation options. CVS has developed a talking blood pressure cuff which will announce the results out loud. Other companies sell talking thermometers and insulin pumps, though often they are more expensive than common versions.
Several advocacy groups are lobbying for legislation to improve the accessibility of medical devices. The Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act (H.R.1328) and (S.3621) would help Americans with disabilities gain more control over their healthcare. To learn more about this bill, visit the link below.
https://www.acb.org/medical-device-nonvisual-accessibility-act
What are examples of accessible devices or appliances you use in your home? Let us know in the comments!

05/01/2026

Can we talk about how wildly baffling it is that in 2026, I can unlock my phone with my face, order groceries from my couch, and have a robot vacuum silently judge my life choices… but I still can’t reliably tell U.S. paper money apart by touch?

Blind people have been out here folding bills like financial origami, using apps, asking strangers, or carrying extra devices just to know if we’re handing over a $5, $10, or $20.

That is not independence. That is a workaround wearing a government-issued trench coat.

And now we’re finally getting a raised tactile feature… on the redesigned $10 bill.

Just the $10.

Thank you for inviting accessibility to the currency party, but why is she entering one bill at a time through the side door?

Blind people don’t only use tens. We use ones, fives, tens, twenties, fifties — all of it. Accessible currency should not be sprinkled onto one denomination like a tiny compliance garnish.

Progress? Yes.
Baffling? Absolutely.

Our money should make sense for everyone who uses it. 💸

05/01/2026

As a proud member of the World Blind Union (WBU), ACB attended this week’s North American & Caribbean Region meeting. Hosted by National Industries for the Blind in Alexandria, Virginia, the gathering brought together leaders from across the region, including Kenneth Suratt of the Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association.

The WBU is an internationally recognized organization representing 338 million people who are blind or have low vision across 190 member countries. It brings together major national and international organizations to advance issues that impact quality of life and inclusion worldwide. Learn more at https://wbu.ngo.

Pictured (left to right) are Zach Kilpa, Board Chairperson, National Industries for the Blind; Kenneth Suratt, Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association; Scott Thornhill, Executive Director, ACB; Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind; Jason Broughton, Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled; Patricia Leader; Craig Meador, President, American Printing House for the Blind; and Susan LaVenture, former Executive Director of Lighthouse Guild and Executive Director of the National Association of Parents of Children With Visual Impairments, Inc.

Also pictured on the Zoom screen in the background is Kim Charlson, ACB Immediate Past President, along with other virtual attendees. Dan Spoone, ACB Director of Operations, was also in attendance.

04/29/2026

Join ACB in advocating for vision services for young children! Two bipartisan House bills—the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children (EDVI) Act and See the Board Act—would direct funding to diagnose, treat, and serve children with vision loss. The early detection will enable children to receive treatment or school services needed to address their disability. In doing so, it will allow the children to be more successful in the long run.

The EDVI Act picked up eight new cosponsors this month! Help us keep the momentum on this bill by contacting your representatives. Click here to send a message:
https://speak4.app/lp/sm01zs8u?ts=1776872567