She’s a chess champion who can barely see the board. Repost from the New York Times Dec. 24, 2020. Jessica is three times US Blind Chess Champion. She has just a little usable vision. She has to touch the chess pieces to identify them. This can be a problem! (The New York Times allows five […]
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Why the Pandemic Has Made Streets More Dangerous for Blind People, Re-Post from the New York Times, Dec. 1, 2020 Here is another story about blind people trying to stay safe, and alive, on New York City streets
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Re-Post from Bloomberg: A Covid Vaccine Is Coming, But Not a Miracle for Blindness Michael Schuman Vaccines Are Coming, But There’s No Such Hope for My Blindness It took scientists about 300 days to develop promising vaccines for the coronavirus. Meanwhile ancient ailments like degenerative loss of vision depend on age-old workarounds—like the cane I […]
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Re-Post from the Perkins School for the BlindWhite Cane Safety Day. Is the day set aside by the federal government to recognize the independence and skill of people who use white canes. It’s also a reminder that laws in all 50 states require drivers to yield the right of way to people with white canes, […]
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C Conversation with Haben Girma, Re-post from AFB American Foundation for the Blind. Haben is a disability rights lawyer, author and speaker, who gained a Harvard law degree despite blindness and deafness. In this interview she speaks of the necessity of building a team of friends. I have paired this interview with the Joe Buizon […]
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Accessible voting for people who are blind or low vision Re-Post from American Council of the Blind. Access to voting in the November General Election is such an important topic right now with millions more people expected to cast their votes by mail. It’s especially relevant to us blind and low vision voters. We often […]
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This article was first published back in February which was a different world. Now group meetings are online or on the phone, but role-playing is still a great way to practice speaking without visual cues. Here’s an update: Why does speech without visual cues have to be different? Without good sight non-verbal communication, which begins […]
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Re-Post from Access World. This post assesses different money reading apps on smartphones. It is good for people who have a smartphone and use apps, but we are still waiting for the tactile enhanced bills which we can use just like everyone else. (I posted about this in this my January 2015 post HEY, THE IBILLS […]
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Repost from Forbes. “Human proximity, guidance and touch are the very cornerstones of how people with severe sight loss engage safely and productively with the outside world…” Of course there are blind people who move freely with a white cane or a dog guide, but still we all need to touch…
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Repost from the New York Times Modern Love series. Leona Godin describes some infuriating aspects of a blind/sighted relationship. “Blindness can make you paranoid in love. Is he looking at another woman? Is she prettier than me?” New acquaintances often give your sighted partner credit for even writing your emails! M. Leona Godin is a […]
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