Travel can be daunting if you have a visual impairment. But Traveleyes organises group holidays for blind and sighted people that are liberating, fun, and yes, eye-opening, too
2012/02/08
Cross-country skiers know just how physically demanding that sport can, but try facing that challenge without use of your legs or the ability to see the trail ahead of you.
2012/02/03
A documentary on an inspiring bicycle trip around Taiwan by 10 visually impaired people will be released shortly after the Lunar New Year holiday.
2012/02/03
Going to the movies just got a whole lot more enjoyable for people who are blind or vision impaired in the Hunter region of NSW, with the introduction of audio description at Reading Cinemas, Charlestown.
2012/01/18
The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced its plans for a project that would put new living-assistance technology into the hands of Turkey's visually impaired.
2012/01/05
Saima Ammar Masood, visually-impaired activist for the blind people, passed away after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis.
2011/12/26
Germany’s visually impaired biathlete and cross-country skier Verena Bentele has been named the Best Female Athlete for the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Paralympic Sport Awards.
2011/12/13
Darwin Reader for Android supports all flavors of DAISY digital talking books, including DAISY 2 and DAISY 3 text and audio formats.
2011/12/09
14 visually impaired students following intensive journalism course (15-day training).
2011/12/08
The new Samsung Galaxy Nexus - first mobile phone to come with the Ice Cream Sandwich version of the Android operating system installed.
2011/12/07
Google Calendar now has new keyboard shortcuts and better screen reader support for our blind users.
2011/09/16
Scientists are developing smart and sleek bionic spectacles which they say could soon be on sale and help hundreds of thousands of blind people see.
2011/07/06
A legally blind Winnipeg photographer has taken top prize in a national photo competition.
2011/07/06
For a person who is totally blind — as Neto has been for over two-and-a-half years since he was shot in the face by a bullet in Chinatown — identifying words on a wall is revolutionary.
2011/06/07
New research from McMaster may answer a controversial question: do the blind have a better sense of touch because the brain compensates for vision loss or because of heavy reliance on their fingertips?
2011/05/17
Research on an electric wheelchair that can sense it´s environment and transmit information to a person who is visually impaired, has been tested at Lulea University of Technology.
2011/05/17
India is set to host the inaugural blind cricket Twenty20 World Cup in December.
2011/05/16
This spring, Patty and Terry Horvath, owners of Best Cruises & Tours in Grand Blanc, Mich., took 46 blind travelers on a Caribbean cruise.
2011/05/12
A federal lawsuit will be filed against the American Bar Association on behalf of a blind man arguing the required Law School Admissions Test is biased against the visually impaired and should not be required of blind law school applicants.
2011/05/11
Researchers at the University of Southern California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used a scientific technique called optogenetics to restore the ability of blind mice to differentiate between light and dark.
2011/05/10
In what could be called a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a new jab which they claim could cure blindness.
2011/04/18
A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem cells, offering hope to the blind and partially sighted.
2011/04/11
For a man whose view of the world has slowly faded to black over 30 years, a device that allows him to see flashes of light has kindled his hope of one day gazing upon his grandson's face.
2011/04/08
But for millions of others — those who are unable to see — the Web is a wildly different place. Characters become sounds. Layouts are meaningless. Images are, at best, words and, at worst, blank spaces. And yet the blind browse the same Internet as everyone else, every day.
2011/04/08
A team of ASU students and alumni has developed a device to help low-vision students who have trouble seeing the board in class.
2011/04/07
Our Ability is social media web site/video-production company telling the stories of inspirational people with disabilities.
2011/04/01
If technology is to truly reduce the gap between the disabled and the able-bodied, it will have to incorporate universal design and cost less.
2011/03/24
Participants at a day’s forum in Ho on Wednesday urged government to demonstrate commitment to “inclusive education” for children with visual impairment.
2011/03/24
A bionic eye that allows the blind to see has been approved after thorough testing.
2011/03/17
The 28-year-old Pakistani journalist has been blind since childhood and is on a mission to promote better relations between Pakistan and India.
2011/03/14
Scientists have come up with new ways to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) -- the most prevalent type of blindness among the elderly -- after figuring out one of its primary causes.
2011/02/08
A blind man in the US is said to have created history by driving a car around a race track in a test which could one day lead to all visually impaired people taking to the roads, a media report said.
2011/02/02
Scientists in Germany claim to have carried out a "miracle" eye transplant which gave sight back to a visually impaired person.
2010/11/10
Blind US soul music star Stevie Wonder struck up a singalong at a UN agency Monday as he urged countries to unlock access to copyrighted material that disabled people need for their education and livelihoods.
2010/09/22
Dans le Noir?, close to London's City financial district, is staffed by blind waiters and waitresses who become your eyes according to the restaurant, whose original Paris branch opened in 2004.
2010/09/16
Artificial corneas grown in the laboratory have been transplanted into patient's eyes for the first time in an operation that offers hope to millions of partially sighted people.
2010/08/27
EU-funded scientists have succeeded in awakening dormant vision cones, an achievement that may lead to saving millions of people from going blind.
2010/07/16
Lighthouse International is participating in an exciting research project that holds great promise for helping people who are blind to see. It is the only FDA-approved, long-term clinical trial of its kind to determine the effectiveness of a new retinal prosthesis — and it is already yielding promising results.
2010/06/17
New research suggests musical talent and vision impairment are closely linked.
2010/05/20
The first flexible retinal implant could restore some vision to people with certain forms of visual impairment.
2009/12/18
Extending a preliminary study published last year on three young adults, the full study reports successful, sustained results that showed notable improvement in children with congenital blindness.
2009/11/10
Australia has signed up to the UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Optional Protocol.
2009/08/05
Michael is fully blind in one eye, and has 5 percent vision in the other. But that hasn’t stopped him graduating from the North Shore International Academy, or opening his own gourmet pie shop in Whangaparaoa.
2009/08/05
In a rare surgical feat, doctors in Britain have successfully restored the sight of a blind man by transplanting his tooth into his eye.
2009/07/06
The Reading Rights Coalition, representing more than 15 million visually challenged Americans, has censured Random House for denying audio service to its constituents.
2009/06/02
The device, which consists of a miniature camera mounted on a pair of sunglasses, a tongue sensor and a small control unit, was developed by Wicab of Middleton.
2009/05/29
Stem cells cultured by researchers on a simple contact lens miraculously restored sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease.
2009/05/29
The 500-pound gizmo, which will be launched this summer, clips on to the dog's harness and vibrates on the left or right side to tell the handler which direction to go in.
2009/04/29
A new device may help restore sight for people with severe macular degeneration.
2009/04/09
All eight students, three instructors and Leger, the school's president, have some level of visual impairment, from progressive glaucoma to total blindness from birth.
The chief mission of the school is to equip its students for productive, lucrative careers tuning and repairing America's 18 million pianos.
2009/03/03
Bahrain has vowed to provide all visually-impaired students with talking laptops to integrate them to modern technology.
2009/03/03
A U.N. convention aimed at ensuring equal rights for the world's 650, million disabled people in work, education and social life will go into, force on May 3, the United Nations said.,
2008/11/04
Researchers have built a robotic pen to guide the hands of the blind;, test subjects start writing recognisable letters after short practice, session.,
2008/11/04
A machine that can predict if you will go blind in your 60s by testing your eyes in your 20s is to be launched.
2008/11/03
Three teenagers from the Kentucky School for the Blind are operating, Kingdom Sub on weekdays at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom for four weeks as, part of the school's Summer Career and Work Program.,
2008/10/07
"Cooking Without Looking," the first television cooking show for the blind and visually impaired.,
2008/10/04
A 73-year old former teacher at a school for the visually challenged along with a professor from Tsukuba University of Technology have together developed a new mobile phone that sends out vibrations representing Braille symbols, making it possible for people with sight and hearing difficulties to communicate.,
2008/10/04
A group of visually-impaired dancers, from Bangalore have, defied all odds and are busy enthralling audiences in north-east, England.,
2008/09/23
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disabilities, Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani, has commended the recent move by the Qatar Central Bank to introduce banknotes which have features to help the visually impaired denominate them.,
2008/09/18
If you were blind, could, you navigate your way around a busy city street or distinguish between, a 1 bill and a 50 bill if you were trying to buy a beer at a bar? , These are some of the challenges visitors will face at a, 20,000-square-foot interactive exhibition coming to Atlantic Station, this summer. ,
2008/09/07
IBM launched on Tuesday an application that seeks to harness the power and time of Internet users around the globe to make the Web more accessible to the visually impaired.,
2008/09/07
Researchers based at MIT are feeling fairly confident that their, development is within a few years of being able to "restore partial, sight to people who have slowly gone blind because of degenerative, diseases of the retina.",
2008/09/04
Pulse Smartpen, WebAnywhere among affordable new technologies.,
2008/07/22
Experimental technique yields improved vision in 7 of 10 patients, reports American Journal of Ophthalmology.,
2008/07/21
The Bush administration is about to propose far-reaching new rules that, would give people with disabilities greater access to tens of thousands, of courtrooms, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums, theaters, hotels, and retail stores.,
2008/06/23
German scientists have invented a wireless bionic eyeball that can, restore vision to patients who have become blind due to retina damage, or disease.,
2008/06/23
Switzerland-based FAG Graphic Systems unveiled its solution to the problem of ensuring braille in pharmaceutical leaflets is free from mistakes.,
2008/06/17
Thanks to a donation and collaboration between Gelman Library and Disability Support Services, blind and visually impaired students can now access resources in the library with more ease.
2008/05/03
A robot and special computer are helping New Zealand blind children learn to write for the first time.,
2008/04/14
Visually impaired cricketers from the six Caribbean countries will get a chance to display their skills at a tournament organised exclusively for them and the best among them will find a place in a West Indies team.
2008/04/03
A UK University has come out with a speech recognition technology for languages used in India and Sri Lanka.
2008/03/25
A special dinner held to celebrate the life and achievements of England and Yorkshire cricketer Fred Trueman has raised £3,000 for disabled cricket to help fund the England Blind team's bid to win the upcoming Ashes series for cricketers with visual impairment.
2008/03/24
The Sharq Village & Spa, operated by the Ritz-Carlton Company, has adopted Al Noor Institute for the Blind.
2008/03/24
Two, Qatari scientists have achieved a milestone by inventing a unique, language tool for teaching blind people in Qatar and other parts of the, world.,
2008/03/20
The technology used in the Zen PC is far from ready, but the idea of a, PC for the blind or visually impaired is one that could be very useful, and helpful.,
2008/03/20
Weeks after losing their long-time patron Sir Edmund Hillary, the Fred Hollows Foundation has launched its annual fundraising appeal with an All Black great stepping up to front it. This year, Michael Jones fronts the campaign to raise money to fight blindness in the Pacific.,
2008/03/20
The Louvre's Tactile Gallery, targeted to the blind and visually, impaired, is the only space in the Paris museum where visitors can, touch the sculptures, with no guards or alarms to stop them.,
2008/03/19
, The centuries of Muhammad Akram and Shariq Yaseen helped Lahore to win the final One-day match by 6 wickets.,
2008/03/18
A group of blind Egyptian female musicians has wowed audiences in Canberra, proving it is possible to achieve dreams despite having a disability.
2008/03/13
A Welsh/English Braille dictionary to help users translate, learn, Welsh and support the use of Welsh among Braille users, has been, launched.,
2008/03/04
A new contact lens embedded with electronic circuits could be the seed for "bionic eyes" that can see displays overlaid on a person's field of view, researchers say.
2008/02/22
Brian McKeever won his second gold medal at an IPC World Cup cross-country ski stop in Vuokatti, Finland.
2008/02/22
A wildlife photographer is to hold an exhibition of her pictures – taken despite being blind.
2008/02/22
A master degree student has developed talking books for the blind and is willing to disseminate the method to making them for others to produce teaching materials for the blind.
2008/02/22
Replay AV was the only mainstream software in the top four software nominated for the Best Software in the Blind Bargains Access Awards announced last week. The other software nominated was software specifically created for the blind.
2008/02/21
The Nokia cell phone is loaded with software that turns text on photographed documents into speech.
2008/02/20
, Launched on the first anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the<br />, Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD), the Disability Rights<br />, Fund will provide financial support for human rights advocacy in the developing<br />, world and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union.,
2008/02/04
It's a visual spectacular, but that did not stop 300 blind and partially-sighted children enjoying the delights of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
2008/01/29
Microsoft and the Daisy (Digital Accessible Information System) Consortium have been collaborating on a free, downloadable plug-in for Microsoft Word that would convert open Extensible Markup Language (openXML)-supported documents into a friendlier format accessible to people with visual, physical, perceptual, cognitive or even learning disability.
2008/01/29
A new electric brailler for visually impaired people will be available in the country in February, says the South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB).
2008/01/29
NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind. "Touch the Invisible Sky" is a 60-page book with color images of nebulae, stars, galaxies and some of the telescopes that captured the original pictures.
2008/01/28
Pioneering transplants to restore the sight of people affected by the leading cause of blindness in the Western world could start in three years, after successful human cell implants in pigs.
2008/01/28
Clarity LLC, manufacturers of assistive technologies for the visually impaired is set to launch the Rio, the newest in its Next Generation product line.
2008/01/25
A Newcastle specialist centre for blind and partially sighted people was declared an example to the rest of the country by David Blunkett.
2008/01/25
Braille maps are to be introduced in Princesshay in Exeter city centre following successful trials.
2008/01/25
A blind man is set to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.
2008/01/24
Credit Suisse aims to become the most accessible bank in Switzerland . Therefore the bank is clearing obstacles: Steps are being removed from branch entrances, ATMs are getting a voice, and applications and web portals are being reprogrammed.
2008/01/23
A blind chemistry graduate student at Penn State is making an impact in how visually impaired students get involved in the laboratory. A story posted on the Penn State website explains how Cary Supalo went from hating chemistry in high school to majoring in it in college. What made the difference? Having a little extra help in the lab.
2008/01/23
A daredevil woman who is gradually losing her sight is taking part in a charity skydive to raise money for the charity which gave her vital help when her life was turned upside down.
2008/01/23
Using technology he brought “sight” to hundreds of visually impaired students. The amazing young Vietnamese man's name is Dang Hoai Phuc, aged 26. He is the On-net Technical Initiative Project Coordinator, in charge of On-net’s Southeast Asian programs.
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