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Blindness Briefs – Edition 89

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Digest Template What's Inside Editorial By Chris Hofstader We appologize for disappearing from publishing Blindness Briefs with little notice. This is 100% my fault as … Read more

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 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 73

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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

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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

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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.