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An exhibit that combines touch with sight and sound to tell the story of the 16th U.S. president has opened at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.
Naqi Rizvi loves the “absolute freedom” he feels on the tennis court. Winning titles is fun, too. The 34-year-old blind ...
Designing an assistive device that can take corrective action based on location, proximity, and fall event information could be one way to lessen the suffering of the blind as well as sight-impaired ...
Seven children and adults with visual impairments are experiencing the world in a new way thanks to Sight Savers.
But what do you do when that fear becomes a reality? People who are visually impaired are more likely to have depression or anxiety, according to a study published in December 2020 in the journal ...
Key Takeaways Top phones in 2025 offer advanced accessibility features like screen readers, voice control, and AI-powered assistance.Devices like iPhone 15 Pro ...
Abstract: This work aims to contribute to the development of a novel device, perceivable by the touch sense, that allows visually impaired and blind persons understand the actions of the people around ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says a blind candidate hired another visually impaired person to sit the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on his behalf.
Ishaq Oloyede, at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. Prof. Oloyede explained that the impersonator was an undergraduate student who is also visually impaired. He lamented the incident despite the ...
A visually impaired girl named Ayushi ... a moment of pure empathy took shape—a real-time response to a real-life need. In a world drowning in digital noise, sometimes all it takes is one message and ...
The School for the Blind and Visually Impaired also received a 5 percent cut in the new state budget, HEA 1001. But that school has about half the enrollment of the School for the Deaf ...
Photo from Hawaii Island Humane Society's Facebook post Peppa was born deaf and visually impaired, but the 1-year-old mixed breed uses her “perfectly pink nose” as a guide, shelter officials ...