Blindness Briefs – Edition 83

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What's Inside

  • United to add braille to their planes.
  • Will Supreme Court stop accessibility testers from filing law suits?
  • A number of stories around ADA anniversary.
  • How a blind boy became world famous mathematician.
  • Blind people can become software engineers.
  • Senator Markey reintroduces bill to expand CVAA.
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, about 70 articles about all things blindness from the entire world.

Science Briefs – Edition 45

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What's Inside

  • Vision impairments correlate with dementia.
  • Glaucoma surgery does not result in blindness.
  • Climate change linked to blindness.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 82

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What's Inside

  • AI Can help blind community in many ways.
  • Mobile app used to diagnose eye diseases.
  • July is disability pride month.
  • Was Helen Keller a real person – new conspiracy suggests not.
  • More can be done to improve inclusion of blind people in employment.
  • Arizona prisons discriminated against prisoners with vision disabilities.
  • Fashion brands do more to include disabled people.
  • Andrew Leland’s book getting a lot of press.
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, more than 70 stories about all things blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 44

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What's Inside

  • Drops might replace injections for retinal disease.
  • Mini gene therapy for Ushers Syndrome.
  • Four new ways of treating blindness.
  • And, about eight other articles about the science, medicine and preventing blindness from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 81

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What's Inside

  • Gucci using technology to assist blind customers.
  • Can AI tools improve web accessibility?
  • Who won the 2023 audio description awards?
  • Employment for disabled people at all time high.
  • Blind woman refused 23 Uber rides in a month due to guide dog.
  • Blind man charged with rape of a minor.
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, abut 50 articles about all things blind people and blindness from the entire world.

The X-Dog and Me

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This is a collection of short stories about my experiences with my first guide dog X-Celerator whom I got from Southeastern Guide Dogs in Palmetto, Florida. I ran this story on my own blog in March of 2022 but very few people read it. Those who did read it, however, enjoyed it a lot and now that WBH has a considerably larger weekly readership, I thought I'd repost it and hope that the expanded audience will enjoy it as much as did the small number who saw it last year.

Science Briefs – Edition 43

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What's Inside

  • Can coffee cause vision impairment?
  • Climate change may be contributing to blindness.
  • Diabetes drug may help with glaucoma.
  • Implants for glaucoma patients.
  • And, about 13 stories about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 80

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What's Inside

  • AI changing how blind people view the world.
  • 2023 audio description award winners.
  • Low vision students more likely to feel excluded than totally blind.
  • ADA turns 33 years old.
  • Is gender dysphoria a disability under ADA?
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, about 60 articles about all things blindness from the entire world.

The Big Six Zero

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A terrific story by published blind author Abbie Johnson Taylor about celebrating her sixtieth birthday. It’s a terrific read and especially charming for those of for people of all ages.

Science Briefs – Edition 42

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  • Doctors and journalists must fight medical misinformation.
  • Orange banana developed by Gates and others to battle vitamin A issues that cause blindness.
  • Gene therapy to fight glaucoma.
  • And, about ten more stories about all things related to the science and medicine of blindness from the entire world.