Perspectives in brief

Blindness Briefs – Edition 71

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What's Inside

  • Touch screens causing headaches for blind users.
  • Everything you want to know about schools for the blind.
    Pope visits school for blind in Hungary.
  • Las Vegas job fair welcomes blind applicants.
  • Police shooting of blind man ruled justifiable homicide.
  • AFB Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Accessibility Ruling
  • India's first blind stand-up comedian.
  • Lots of sports and athletics stories.
  • And, more than 60 more articles about blindness and blind people from the entire world.

Science Briefs – Edition 33

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What's Inside

  • Therapy for rare genetic diseases.
  • Vaccine for people with AMD?
  • More awareness needed around genetic sight loss.
  • Cure for age related blindness coming.
  • And, about a dozen more articles about the science and medicine related to blindness from all of the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 70

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##What’s Inside – [Forza Motorsport makes racing video game accessible on X-Box. – Blind kids and adults get STEM training. – Blind students outperform sighted … Read more

Blindness Briefs – Edition 70

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What's Inside

  • [Forza Motorsport makes racing video game accessible on X-Box.
  • Blind kids and adults get STEM training.
  • Blind students outperform sighted ones in college entrance exam.
  • Blind woman asked to ban her guide dog from her own wedding.
  • Blind people driving race cars on track.
  • And, more than 70 articles about blindness and blind people from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 69

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  • Teen develops shoes with sensors for blind pedestrians.
  • First blind to pass the bar in The Philippines.
  • Blind person turned down for job as spy.
  • Lots of stories about crimes against blind people.
  • – Federal judge refused Lyft ride due to guide dog.
  • Interesting stories about blind artists.
  • An especially big sports section this week.
  • And, about 65 more articles about blindness and blind people from all over the Earth.

Science Briefs – Edition 32

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  • Major progress made in blindness caused by cellular degeneration.
  • New model to examine Usher Syndrome.
  • Gene therapy used in Toronto.
  • And, about a dozen stories about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 68

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  • Smart glasses that support Indian languages.
  • Education for blind people in Brazil.
  • Caregiver accused of fraud against blind.
  • DEI initiatives should include disability.
  • Hasbro sued for inaccessible web site.
  • RNIB takes to Twitch to show off how blind gamers play.
  • Legally blind man with autism becomes children's book illustrator.
  • Canadian blind archer heads off to tournament.
  • And, about 40 stories about blind people and blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 31

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What's Inside

  • Blind women doing early detection of breast cancer in India.
  • Sharks with retinal mutation may hold cure for retinal diseases.
  • And, a number of other articles about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 30

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  • Ocular waste recycling.
  • Is retinal transplant possible with modern medicine?
  • Causes of blindness in children.
  • And, about ten more stories about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness from the entire world.

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.