Carlos Junior does not watch or listen to soccer games the way most soccer fans do. Instead, the 31-year-old massage therapist who is deaf and blind experiences the game with the help of interpreters using touch communication and a model soccer field to recount the passes, goals and fouls of his favorite team.
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World’s First Study to Understand Mind Blindness
UNSW scientists are planning to conduct a world-first brain imaging study to determine why some people cannot create visual images of people, places and things in their mind’s eye, known as congenital aphantasia.
Plastic Overlay Makes Reading Easier for Blind iPad Users
Researchers have developed an e-reader that enables people with visual impairments to read the same text sighted readers do.
University Project Helping Blind and Visually Impaired Children to Feel the Universe
The Tactile Universe has been developed by the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation to engage the blind and visually impaired community with astrophysics research.
Worlds First 3-D Printed Human Corneas Could One Day Treat Blindness
Scientists have 3D printed corneas for the first time in new research, offering hope to millions of people around the world whose eyesight is affected by damage to the delicate tissue. The cornea is a clear sheath that sits over the iris and the pupil, helping to direct light rays onto the retina. If the cornea becomes damaged, the image sent to the brain can become blurry. Currently, patients with damaged corneas can undergo transplants in serious cases, but this necessitates a donor—of which there is a significant shortage.
First Ever Canadian Deaf-Blind Camp In Winnipeg
Deafblind Canadians from across the country have gathered in Winnipeg this week for the first ever Canadian Deaf-Blind Camp.
grocer Makes Sure its Digital Platforms Are Fully Accessible to Blind Consumers
Peapod, the Chicago-based ecommerce grocer’s mobile app and website now comply with regulations under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), adopted into law in 1990 to ensure equal opportunities for all people with disabilities, in an effort to better serve customers with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on May 11 that the retailer has fulfilled its commitment to making its consumer interfaces accessible to all consumers.
For assistance with the process, Peapod enlisted My Blind Spot, a company that helps organizations integrate inclusive digital design into their culture, processes and technical infrastructures.
University Helps Blind and Low Vision Students Interested in STEM
12 students with visual impairments from all across Arizona, will complete an adapted version of the University of Arizona’s Sky School, a K-12 science education program held at the university’s Mount Lemmon SkyCenter for a weeklong education program designed to engage them in science, technology, engineering and math.
HoloLens Can Now Guide Blind Users Inside Buildings
Microsoft’s HoloLens has an impressive ability to quickly sense its surroundings, but a group of scientists found it’s really good at helping blind people find their way through buildings and offering a better sense of where objects are around them.
Blind Race Fan Experiences F1 Racing for the First Time
Blind Race Fan Experiences F1 Racing for the First Time
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