September 12-16 is both National Disability Voting Rights Week and National Voter Registration Week. Assuring the rights of voters with vision loss is an important advocacy priority for the Council. To celebrate this week, we encourage everyone to understand your rights and to make your… Continue Reading Understand Your Voting Rights. Then Exercise Them
In an ideal world, doctors, nurses, clinic staff and other health care professionals would be perfect communicators. They would share information seamlessly and accurately with patients, caretakers and each other. Unfortunately, we do not live in that ideal world. Sometimes it takes extra effort and… Continue Reading Communication Breakdown: It’s Your Right to Receive Complete and Understandable Health Care Information
Summer and fall elections are just around the corner. Partisan primaries in Wisconsin are set for Tuesday, August 9, and the general election is Tuesday, November 8. It’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that voting doesn’t make much of a difference. But… Continue Reading Decisions, Decisions—The Who, Why and How of Voting
Suppose there’s an intersection in your town where drivers are often inattentive to pedestrians and don’t slow down even when someone obviously wants to cross the street. As a person living with vision loss, you don’t feel safe walking there, and feel forced to… Continue Reading Grassroots Advocacy: Concrete Ideas for Sparking Change in Your Community
Last fall, leaders in 23 Wisconsin communities joined Governor Tony Evers in proclaiming October 15 White Cane Safety Day. White Cane Safety Day is an annual opportunity to raise awareness of White Cane Laws and other pedestrian safety measures. We’re grateful to all the local… Continue Reading Help Make Pedestrian Safety a Priority in Your Community
Meeting with policymakers matters! Public officials make hundreds of important decisions during their terms and there is no way they can be experts on all topics brought before them. For policy decisions to be grounded in the needs of the people, it is imperative that… Continue Reading Making the Most of Your Advocacy Meetings
There are many benefits to becoming an advocate. It gives you a voice in decisions made by lawmakers and other institutions. It can help you gain a better understanding of the systems that affect your life and the obstacles they present. And perhaps most important,… Continue Reading Advocacy Days Will Empower You to Raise Your Voice for Equity
In a rural area in central Wisconsin, an elderly mother is slowly losing her vision. Her doctor has advised her to stop driving, prompting an important question: As she lives alone, how will she get to the grocery store, medical appointments or family visits? Her… Continue Reading Mobility Managers Can Steer You Toward the Best Transportation Options
Judges in Wisconsin have recently heard cases that could affect elections for us all. Municipal clerks make decisions about voting that affect where and how you vote. Yet when it’s time to cast ballots for judges, clerks and other local elected officials, many voters choose… Continue Reading Jumpstart Your Advocacy by Voting in Local Elections
Nearly a third of Wisconsin residents do not drive. It’s a fact that Council Executive Director Denise Jess shared this past spring with members of the State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance during hearings on the state’s biennial budget. Advocacy is one of the pillars… Continue Reading Advocacy: The Year in Review
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Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired
