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Blindness Briefs – Edition 87

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What's Inside

  • A movement to move NFB 2024 convention from Florida over LGBTIA+ discrimination.
  • Sharing the history of Colorado's blind.
  • Lego to start producing bricks with braille.
  • Women in prison making braille books for kids.
  • US EEOC releases new rules for blind in workplace.
  • An RP clinical trial gets go ahead.
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, about 60 articles about blind people and blindness from the entire world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 86

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What's Inside

  • Stem cell treatments for blindness.
  • A celebration of blind literacy in St. Lucia.
  • Can paratransit systems be fixed?
  • Foot braille required for blind on curb cuts.
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, about 55 other articles about all things blind people and blindness from the entire world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 85

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What's Inside Stories about autonomous vehicles. Inclusive classrooms for blind students benefit everyone. Blind entrepreneur starts candle company. Electric cars and their potential hazards for … Read more

Blindness Briefs – Edition 84

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What's Inside

  • The future of design is accessibility.
  • DOJ proposes new rules to make US government web sites accessible.
  • AI detects causes of blindness.
  • Audio description people's choice awards.
  • More to the story of Helen Keller.
  • Blind man runs appliance repair shop.
  • EEOC issues new guidelines for blind in workplace.
  • An action packed sports section that's especially good this week.
  • And, more than 60 stories about blindness and blind people from all over the world.

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.

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.

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.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 79

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What's Inside

  • AI can fight blindness.
  • Celebrating the 33rd anniversary of ADA.
  • Jobs for 200 blind people in Delaware.
  • Nepalese doctor runs free clinic for impoverished eye patients.
  • Church run and attended by blind people in Nigeria.
  • Art gallery run by blind people displays art by blind artists.
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, about 45 stories about blindness and blind people from all over the world.