blind people

Thunder Bay's Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) wasn't about to allow a major milestone like a 100th anniversary pass them by. About 140 people — including clients, staff and volunteers — came together on Saturday afternoon in Thunder Bay to celebrate CNIB's centennial, one of many ...

The Tulsa World hired a small group of previously unemployed but eager low-vision and blind employees to see if they could make it work, and it did. In return, the Tulsa World got great workers who show up for work on time with smiles on their faces. They got people who are motivated to keep showing up ...

To learn about human diabetes, a disease that affects nearly 30 million people in the U.S. alone, a blind fish living in dark Mexican caves might not be the first ... In people with type 2 diabetes, their insulin is either not working correctly or not being produced enough, and high blood sugar often results.

An investigation by the Department of Social Services and the Department of Revenue had flagged 436 people using the fund who also had driver's licenses, Greitens said in a statement. The Department of Social Services is now investigating at least 100 of those cases, including one person with a ...

If all goes as planned, the 13-year-old patient — who lives with an inherited genetic defect that causes blindness — will experience an improvement in eyesight in about a month. ... It should be noted, however, that while blind people face challenges due to inaccessibility, many live happy, fulfilled lives.

The settlement goes a step further by enabling blind and other vision-impaired people to vote at home, with the help of computer software at the county election office. San Mateo County ... “It was the first time I was able to vote by myself without having a sighted person assist me,” she said. She said her ...

Eyup Gumus expressed strong support for the 2nd Generation of the Alliance to Fight Avoidable Blindness (AFAB) in 12 African countries, all members of the Islamic ... “During the 1st Generation of the Alliance, ISFD and its partners, managed to restore eyesight to more than 49,000 blind people from different age groups,” ...

A legally blind nine-year-old boy in Florida was expected on Wednesday to become one of the first people in the country to successfully receive a cutting-edge gene therapy that could restore sight. The boy, who has a genetic form of blindness, received the treatment at the University of Miami's Bascom ...

Volunteers who work with The Chicago Lighthouse may read stories to preschoolers one month and help senior citizens plant a garden the next. The organization, which has been serving the Chicagoland area for more than 112 years, supports people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired through ...

Results from a very small clinical trial of a stem cell-based therapy for macular degeneration was published Monday in Nature Biotechnology. After a patch of stem cells was inserted in two people's eyes, the number of letters each person could read correctly off an eye chart increased dramatically. Over the ...

The breakthrough comes from the London Project to Cure Blindness, a collaboration between Prof Pete Coffey of University College London and Prof Lyndon da Cruz, a retinal surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital. They aimed to treat 10 people who had the “wet” form of AMD, caused by sudden leakage ...

Many of these people receive assistance in the form of a service animal, human aid or technological support. Honing their other senses to levels that may seem to approach super human abilities (to those of us with less acute senses) are another means people with blindness attempt to bridge the gap ...

Therefore, signature or thumb impression of the blind person should be attested by an independent witness to the effect that all terms and conditions were properly ... A pardanashin lady is one who remains in complete seclusion and does not transact with people other than members of her family. Though a ...

Channel 3 learned that some of the players will try out for the National U.S. Blind Hockey Team this spring. Once a week, the small team comes to practice the sport they love at the Newington Ice Arena. Hartford Braillers forward, Keith Haley told Channel 3 Sports that each player on the team has some sort ...

UP TO one in 20 people are affected by a condition known as Aphantasia. You won't know ... It's mind-blowing to realise people's minds don't work the same as yours does. ... You can sort of feel where things are and where they're going — I guess the same way a blind person would feel their way through.”.

And after I tell it, people often thank me. They tell me that it's an incredible story, and that I'm a good storyteller. They tell me how inspiring it is to see how I've overcome my blindness. But that's not my whole story. It's part of it, I suppose — in many ways, I have overcome my blindness. Five years after losing ...

Despite concerns expressed by many people about the public safety implications of granting gun licenses to the blind, the DPS spokesperson noted that “We are not aware of any instance in which a person with a significant visual impairment has used a firearm in a fashion that caused damage, injury, ...

Echolocation is typically used alongside a cane or guide dog and gives an impression of the person's broader surroundings. Photograph: ... Some people who are blind learn the extraordinary skill of echolocation, using mouth clicks to explore their environment in a way comparable to how bats navigate.

But the tech is just the start. Getting from one machine to another, selecting weights and getting proper instruction are all barriers for the blind gym-goer. Not to mention yoga, pilates and spin classes. My sister is taking legal action against her gym for not allowing her to take a class because of her blindness.

AMD is the most common cause of blindness in developed countries according to the Foundation Fighting Blindness – in the UK it affects around 600,000 people. It causes the central vision to deteriorate, making it impossible to focus on text or objects, causing colours to lose vibrancy and making it difficult ...

This is why she now volunteers as a mentor for other blind and partially-sighted people, helping them achieve what they want from life. 'Blindness and depression'. Rhiannon said: ... A major stumbling block to some people finding work, she feels, is that not every blind person is given a guide dog. She said: ...

A person who is blind usually relies on the sound of parallel traffic rushing by them on the side to help stay oriented while crossing the street and not veer out of a crosswalk (in some cities, beeping walk signals also help). But that doesn't always work well, and it's particularly challenging on streets with less ...