As mobility instructor for Guide Dogs for the Blind, Gareth Evans has the rewarding job of matching dogs to their owners I’m blindfolded and frightened. Cars are roaring past as I stumble along busy Leamington Spa pavements, terrified I’ll unwittingly stray into the path of a vehicle
A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem calls, offering hope to the blind and partially sighted.
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Blind Woman’s Right to Use Technology to Take Professional Examinations – National Federation of the Blind Applauds Ruling.
Twelve people left almost blind by a hereditary condition that strikes in childhood are to receive the world’s first eye therapy derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Stargardt’s macular dystrophy currently affects 1 in 8,000 people in the US. Their sight deteriorates from around age six when retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPEs) start to [...]
It was soldiers who lost their sight during the first world war and complained that learning to read using Braille was difficult that spurred the RNIB to come up with its Talking Book service. This week, the service celebrates its 75th anniversary. The first titles, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie, and Typhoon, [...]
A chip implant fitted behind the retina of the eye has been shown to offer some visual aid to patients with a form of inherited blindness. Miikka Terho from Finland was fitted with the temporary chip at a clinic in Germany and was subsequently able to discern a clock, household objects and letters. Full story [...]
A man with an inherited form of blindness has been able to identify letters and a clock face using a pioneering implant, researchers say. Miikka Terho, 46, from Finland, was fitted with an experimental chip behind his retina in Germany. Success was also reported in other patients. The chip allows a patient to detect objects [...]
Organisers of a Faith Access Day for deaf, blind and deafblind people across Yorkshire has been described as a huge success. More than 100 people attended the event, hosted by leading Yorkshire charity coHearentVision, aimed at people from all faiths and backgrounds. The event at Shire View Centre for Visually Impaired People in Headingley, Leeds, [...]
Deaf, blind and deafblind people from all faiths and backgrounds across Yorkshire are invited to attend a Faith Access Day organised by the charity coHearentVision. The multicultural event, on Tuesday 19 October, will offer deaf and blind people in Yorkshire the opportunity to access information and spiritual guidance from a variety of faiths, including senior [...]
An exhibition bringing together the latest innovations in technology and services available to visually-impaired people returns to Kensington Town Hall on 2-3 November. From trialling a guide dog to seeing how your mobile phone can be transformed into a text magnifying CCTV device, the QAC Sight Village brings a wide range of sight solutions under [...]
