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Apple Features Changing Lives: Re-Post from BuzzFeed News

Apple Features changing Lives Re-post from BuzzFeed News This article is mainly about Switch Control the Apple feature for people with hand and movement disabilities. The videos unfortunately have sub titles to compensate for the interviewee’s speech impairment, and the article had to be prodded to read successfully. So I have reprinted the […]

Ten years ago we had a client at the Carroll Center from up-state New York who had fallen off a roof and was terribly injured. He longed to reclaim his family role and barbecue again on the grill in his garage. I went out to search for anything that would help him and was thrilled […]

Sargy Mann: How a blind painter sees, repost from BBC News, June 14, 2015 Sargy Mann died this spring, but during his thirty years as a legally blind artist and ten years with no vision at all, he found ways to continue painting and became increasingly successful with his totally blind paintings fetching high prices. […]

Jean Courcy lives in western Maine with his wife Elizabeth. His large yard is filled with auto, building and garden projects. He is always active and interested in everything, and generous to friends and neighbors with expertise and assistance. Here is his latest advice about vegetable growing with no way to recognize baby seedlings. Planting […]

Another guest post from Janet Pecorari, who lives in a second floor apartment with a small balcony. This does not stop her from being a keen indoor and outdoor gardener. This post is about growing parsley from seed. It could be adapted for other seeds such as the tomato and egg plants in the photograph. […]

Bionic Eyes Improving for Virtually Blind: Re-post

Bionic Eyes Improving for Virtually Blind (Repost from San Jose Mercury News) about research papers presented at the conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February. This is nearly 3 months old, but interesting enough to re-post anyway.

Traveling by yourself after you lose a lot of sight you almost always have to ask for some assistance in new places. This solo travel is often exhilarating. Provided you are in a busy area such as a train station or airport it can be like the mosh pit at a rock concert. The crowd […]

Here is an important update for anyone who is interested in the Orcam system. The offer lasts until June 5: ~ A pre-launch version is now available at $2,500 (This is a similar price to a mid-range hearing aid) ~ The text reading component is up and running. It can be used for reading books, magazines, newspapers, […]

As detailed in the press release, DareDevil [which features a blind superhero] is available today and other Netflix originals will be available with audio description in the coming weeks. Hopefully, Netflix will continue this trend and make audio described movies and tv from other providers available in the near future. For those of you using […]

For a person with little or no sight there are practical and emotional difficulties about using a public restroom. So much of vision loss is about finding things with your hands, and also not being able to find things you need like the flush. You are also afraid of what your hand might touch! You […]

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Vision Loss and Personal Recovery

Apple Features Changing Lives: Re-Post from BuzzFeed News

Sargy Mann: How a blind painter sees, repost from BBC News, June 14, 2015

Growing Vegetables Without an Eye for the Details

Planting Seeds for Summer, a Guest Post from an Apartment Gardener

Bionic Eyes Improving for Virtually Blind: Re-post

Wearable Sight Enhancement with Sound, Any Progress?

An exciting announcement from a big provider of online streaming entertainment