Blindness Briefs – Edition 77

What's Inside

  • Another smart cane developed, this one in Nigeria.
  • Amazon reveals new accessibility features.
  • Teacher invents new ways to teach StEM subjects to blind students.
  • July is disability pride month.
  • Blind fashion show.
  • Italy hosts blind baseball clinic.
  • And about 45 articles about all things blindness and blind people from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 76

What's Inside

  • Fashion magazine release braille edition.
  • How Mick Curren and Jamie Teh changed the way blind people live.
  • Mania and psychosis after acquired blindness.
  • Blind women called "health and safety risk" and forced to leave cruise.
  • An Action packed sports section.
  • And, more than forty articles about all things blindness from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 75

What's Inside

  • Designing "with" and not "for" disabled people.
  • Robots that are more disabled friendly.
  • ViewPlus partnering to work on greater access to science for blind.
  • Blind women working to detect breast cancer in India.
  • Blind student falls victim to Twitter scam.
  • Blind woman raped, dies from suicide upon release from hospital.
  • Blind woman with guide dog finds lost woman with dementia.
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, about 55 articles about all things blindness from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 74

What's Inside

  • Microsoft to use ChatGPT to provide tech support for blind customers.
  • A pair of new mobility technologies announced.
  • First blind person to graduate from US Naval Academy.
  • Accessibility barriers remain on government web sites.
  • How do blind people watch movies?
  • Orchestra of all blind musicians to play concert.
  • Another action packed sports section.
  • And, about 65 more articles about blind people and blindness from all over the world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 73

What's Inside

  • Apple adds more accessibility improvements.
  • Accessibility in outer space?
  • Google can now describe images.
  • Blind school that was victim to arson attack requests armed guards.
  • Blind people at risk due to inaccessible health information.
  • Blind self proclaimed prophet accused of raping two sisters.
  • Shortage of guide dogs causing problems for some blind people.
  • An action packed sports section.
  • And, about 65 stories about blindness and blind people from the entire world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 72

What's Inside

  • Students create yet another smart cane for blind.
  • Why designers are making video games for blind people.
  • Blind fashion designer to feature in braille book to be sold at mainstream stores.
  • Intruder gets into bed naked with 86 year old blind resident in care home.
  • Making travel more accessible to the blind.
  • 21 of the best examples of highlighting disability in art.
  • Beep baseball, blind archery, blind cricket and more in the sports section.
  • And, more than 65 articles about blindness and blind people from the entire world.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 68

What's Inside

  • 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.

Blindness Briefs – Edition 67

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.

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.