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Blindness Briefs – Edition 67

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What's Inside

  • Blind programmer helped launch investment app.
  • Helen Keller was a great American socialist.
  • New storybook club brings books to children with special needs.
  • Voters with disabilities often overlooked.
  • Chicago fined for lack of accessible street crossings.
  • Easter egg hunt for blind, low vision children.
  • Team of blind women taking on Ironman.
  • And about 30 more stories about blind people and blindness from the entire globe.

Science Briefs – Edition 29

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What's Inside

  • New surgery restores man's vision.
  • Blind people better at sensing heartbeats.
  • And, 3 more articles about the science and medicine of blindness from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 66

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What's Inside

  • Hilton Hotels violates ADA by leaving blind man trapped in elevator overnight.
  • ChatGPT helping blind people.
  • Architecture for the blind.
  • Blind people want louder electric cars.
  • Women enjoying blind football.
  • And, more than 20 more stories about blindness and blind people from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 65

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What's Inside

  • PhD has vision for better education for blind.
  • Two men arrested for raping blind woman in India.
  • Blind woman pilots plane across a few US states.
  • Us blind soccer team makes debut in San Diego.
  • And, about ten more stories about blind people and blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 28

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What's Inside

  • Suicidal ideation among blind patients.
  • Glaucoma tests continue.
  • Possible advancements with AMD.
  • And, one more article about the science and medicine of blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 27

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What's Inside

  • Bogus cures for blindness and debunking myths of glaucoma.
  • One in eight Indians at risk of blindness.
  • How gene editing can prevent vision loss.
  • Large study into rare eye disorders.
  • And, about 20 articles about science, medicine and preventing blindness from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 64

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What's Inside

  • ChatGPT impersonates blind person to con human into solving CAPTCHA.
  • Blind man beheads wife for thretening divorce.
  • ACB protests for accessible currency.
  • Care home sued for starving blind woman to death.
  • EEOC sues Papa John's for refusing to hire blind person.
  • Daniel Kish speaks on human echo location.
  • Adaptive designers making fashion more accessible.
  • Magician does show for blind person to experience.
  • Blind golfer gets third hole in one.
  • And, about 50 articles about blindness and blind people from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 26

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What's Inside

  • Can blindness be cured?
  • More effective treatment for glaucoma researched.
  • COVID-19 and depression in blind patients.
  • And, about 20 articles about the science and medicine related to blindness from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 63

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What's Inside

  • Ai based suitcase developed to aid blind travelers.
  • New materials help blind students learn chemistry.
  • Elderly blind woman left without power for more than a week.
  • Blind man arrested for making bomb threats in India.
  • Nigerian pastor molests blind girl.
  • Must web sites be accessible?
  • Adaptive designers making clothing more accessible.
  • Blind fiddler plays amazing bluegrass.
  • Oklahoma museum becomes accessible to blind visitors.
  • A lot of blind sports stories.
  • And, nearly 60 articles about blindness and blind people from all over the world.

Senator Markey Demands Twitter Reinstate Accessibility Team

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Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) has been a long time advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. He introduced CVAA in 2010 and a set of amendments to it in November of 2022. This is a letter from Markey to Elan Musk demanding he reinstate the Twitter Accessibility Team.