Blindness Briefs – Edition 65

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

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

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

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.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 63

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.

Science Briefs – Edition 25

What's Inside

  • Gene therapy for blindness now covered in Canada.
  • Common home test for AMD found to be inaccurate.
  • Pan American helath organization working to eliminate river blindness.
  • And, about a dozen stories about the science, medicine and preventing blindness from the entire world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 62

What's Inside

  • Eric Bridges appointed as new AFB president and CEO.
  • New job training program for blind announced by Florida DBS.
  • 15 blind farmers receive award.
  • Leadership lessons from UK's only blind CEO.
  • More controversy about MrBeast.
  • Partially blind man arrested for pulling gun on stranger.
  • Fashion designers putting braille on clothing.
    Blind horseman hoping to compete in rodeo.
  • And, about 55 articles about blindness and blind people from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 24

What's Inside

  • River blindness effects in rural areas.
  • Symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy that you should know.
  • Smokers twice as like to develop AMD and vision loss.
  • And, about 20 stories about the science and medicine related to blindness.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 61

What's Inside

  • Accessibility isn't just about technology.
  • Reading service needs volunteers.
  • What to know for law students with disabilities.
  • Blind woman claims Air Canada made her feel like a burden.
  • Braille clothing line changing fashion.
  • Artist says blind actors patronized by television producers.
  • Lots of sports stories about blind people all over the world.
  • John Boyer, pioneer in braille translation software dies.
  • And, more than 50 stories about blind people and blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 23

What’s Inside

  • Cape Coast teaching hospital cures more than 1000 from cataracts.
  • First non-human primate found to have Usher Syndrome.
  • Nigeria ends treatment for river blindness in four states.
  • FDA approves new treatment for blindness in older people.
  • And, about 18 articles about science, medicine and preventing blindness from all over the world.