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New teaching technology helps blind students learn math 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
UAH professor Derrick Smith explains new technology for teaching mathematics to blind and visually impaired students. Photo courtesy of Michael Mercier For sighted people, mathematics can seem like a...
International Treaty Ratified Aimed at Allowing The Visually Impaired Access to Copyrighted Materials — Stevie Wonder Performs in its Honor 22 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Credit: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni Having been born without sight, the legendary performer Stevie Wonder has been a powerful advocate for the visually impaired. One of his most recent efforts closed with...
Visual art and visual impairment 21 Aug 2013 | 02:17 am
The artist John Bramblitt taught himself to paint after losing his ability to see. Photo: David Minton/Denton Record-Chronicle It’s not uncommon to come across artists in the music industry, who desp...
Visually impaired climber notches a first in Yosemite National Park 16 Aug 2013 | 08:34 pm
Steve Bate became the first visually impaired person to solo climb the face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Photo: Andy Kirkpatric Undaunted by his diminishing eyesight, mountaineer Steve...
Three Blind Brothers Learn Life Lessons at Birmingham VA 10 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
Photo by: Frank Couch Three brothers who served in the U.S. Army took part in an eight-week program offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to give visually-impaired veterans new skills that ca...
Electronic glove would open new modes of communication for deaf-blind 31 Jul 2013 | 08:36 pm
In order to communicate with a deaf-blind person today, you must be within arm’s length and familiar with a certain touch-based language. That all may change, however, if technology developed by a 32-...
Interaction designer creates simple, elegant comic book for the blind 29 Jul 2013 | 05:46 pm
Instead of muscular, caped superheroes, the characters in the first comic book created for blind readers exist as mere circles. However, with a little imagination, their interaction across a series of...
Blind Chef Achieves Culinary Acclaim 17 Jul 2013 | 09:57 pm
Memory is an important aspect of cooking for Christine Ha. Having lost her vision in her twenties due to the autoimmune condition neuromyelitis optica, she relies on the recollections of the food she ...
Protect Yourself Against Common Summertime Eye Injuries 15 Jul 2013 | 10:06 pm
The summer season brings the opportunity for countless enjoyable activities, such as swimming at the lake, backyard BBQs with friends, long bike rides and hikes, and relaxing in the hot summer sun. Bu...
Man Runs Marathon Blindfolded to Benefit Vision Research for Retinal Disease 12 Jul 2013 | 06:55 pm
There’s a saying that you have to walk a mile in someone’s shoes to understand their perspective. Mike Bruno, whose daughter suffers impaired vision due to her premature birth, took this idea to the n...
