Blindness

Dining In The Dark: How Would You Eat If No One Could See You?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Sensory Deprivation, Rosh & One Eye-Glass Broken, Blindness, Becoming-Fearless, Boulder Blind Cafe, Blind Cafe, Afraid of the Dark, Eating in the Dark, Fear of the Dark, Overcoming Fear, Becoming Fearless, Healthy Living News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Our experience built massive appreciation for our working vision, but we all realized we missed an important aspect. No one else could see us fumble. We were all in it together, with no one to judge our foibles.

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Parents Of Blind Boy, 20 Months Old, Fight To Give Him Sight

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, Doug Dillon, Video, New Jersey, Maple Shade, Blindness, Dougie Dillon, How to Help, China, Impact News

Doctors told the Dillon family that their newborn son Dougie's shuttering eyes were common -- that babies are born virtually blind anyway, and that hi...

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WATCH: Blind Men See Again After Getting Experimental Implant

| Ferris Jabr | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Retinitis Pigmentosa, Video, Oxford Eye Institute, Blindness, Biology, Health, Eye Implant, Health News, Science, Microelectronic Chip, Retina, Science News

Chris James and Robin Millar of the United Kingdom both lost their vision after birth because of a genetic condition known as retinitis pigmentosa, in...

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A Mother's Hunch and A Doctor's Mistake

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Emmelyn-Roettger, Mensa Society, Blindness, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Parenting. MENSA, Parents News
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.

The picture is adorable; a pink little angel with feathery wings, wearing a faux pearl necklace and toddler-sized glasses atop her button nose. Her na...

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What Disabled People Need Is Respect

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Disability, Police, Blindness, Raoul Moat, David Rathband, Disabilities, People With Disabilities, Impact News
Christina Patterson

For David Rathband, it took a few seconds for an unemployed bouncer to puncture his eyeballs, with 200 pellets from two separate gunshots, and it took a few months for his marriage to unravel, and it took a few more months for him to decide that he'd rather be dead.

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Lola Walters, The 13-Year-Old Legally Blind Gymnast

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Nystagmus, Lola Walters, Video, Inspiring, California, Lola Walters Blind Gymnast, Blindness, Lola Walters Gymnast, Gymnastics, Beth Walters, Good News News

Most athletes have the benefit of seeing what's ahead of them -- an opponent, the bars, a vault. But for 13-year-old Lola Walters, she usually has...

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The Gift of Heartbeats

Carol Hoenig | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Literature, Jan-Philipp Sendker, Art of Hearing Heartbeats, Blindness, Fiction, Other Press, Burma Father-Daughter Relationship, Book Reviews, Art of Hearing Heartbeats Review, Books News
Carol Hoenig

Human nature often encourages us to live in the present but when the present has little to offer, the past becomes much more important to a daughter wanting to know much more about her father.

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Star Trek-Esque Visor Lets Blind 'See' With Their Ears

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Vision, Eyesight, Video, Blindness, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Congenital Blindness, Geordi La Forge, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Science News

Talk about seeing the light. Israeli scientists have developed a "sensory substitution device" (SSD) that they say lets congenitally blind people "see...

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Obama Proved Right On Stem Cells: Republican Candidates Would Have Criminalized Breakthrough

Don C. Reed | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Blindness, Stem Cell Trials, Politics News
Don C. Reed

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. has not only had a safety success in the world's first embryonic stem cell attempt to treat blindness, but has actually achieved a degree of improvement.

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Stem Cells Counter Some Forms Of Blindness, Study Shows

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Stem Cell Clinical Trials, Embryonic Stem Cell, Video, Stem Cells Blindness, Lancet, Blindness, Stem Cells, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Science News

LOS ANGELES — Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scienti...

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WATCH: Fast Food Chain Gives Braille Burgers To Blind People

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Braille Burger, Wimpy Braille Burger, Fast Food, Braille Burger Wimpy, Wimpy South Africa, Braille Burger Ad, Braille, Video, Blindness, Seeing Impaired, Wimpy, Braille Burger Fast Food, Burger for Blind People, Food News

For the most part, the actions of the fast food industry inspire fear, loathing, grief, exasperation and mirthless, half-panicked laughter. But occasi...

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Open Letter: Saving Medicare Is About Being Super

Laphonza Butler | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Jobs, Medicaid, Medicare, Super Committee, Healthcare, Seniors, Disabled, Congress, Aging, Caregiving, Medi-Cal, Super Committee Cuts, National Family Caregiver's Month, Blindness, Homecare, Special Needs Children, Disabled Veterans, Politics, Congress Super Committee, Seiu-Ultcw, Alzheimer's, Eldery, Family Caregiver, Caregivers, Los Angeles News
Laphonza Butler

What is the human cost to what you may be proposing? How does your decision help to promote job creation; hold true to valuing our seniors and disabled; move us closer to our goal of a healthier society?

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World Sight Day: A See Change

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Vitamin Angels, Blindness, Unicef, Dsm, Copenhagen Consensus, Public Health, Vitamin a Deficiency, Zinc Deficiency, Child Health, Stephan Tanda, Anne Sullivan, World Health Organization, Helen Keller International, Micronutrients, Healthcare Policy, World Food Programme, Sight and Life, World Sight Day, Impact News
Stephan B. Tanda

Given the tremendous personal, economic and societal loss that occurs as a consequence of preventable blindness, it is unacceptable that more is not being done.

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WATCH: Blind Man Fulfills Car-Racing Dream

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Video, Blind Man Races Car, Kenny Wallace, Good News, Ronnie Presnell, Blindness, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Impact News

Though Ronnie Presnell lost his vision in a car accident 13 years ago, he never lost sight of his dream to race his 1968 Chevrolet Camaro. After Pr...

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Mexico City Blind Photographers Share Their Work

AP | By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Photography, Ojos Que Sienten, Video, Mexico City, Blindness, Eyes That Feel, Rodrigo Telon Yucute, Blind Photography Workshop, Mexico, Blind Photographers, Slidepollajax, Blind Photography, World News

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press MEXICO CITY -- Rodrigo Telon Yucute focuses on the sound of the voices, raises a camera and snaps off a shot...

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Curtis M. Wong

Scotsman Provides Eyeglasses In Developing Nations

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Eyesight, Vision, Blindness, Eye Care, Buy One Give Sight, Eyewear, Vision Charity, Optometry, Eyeglasses, Greatest Person of the Day, Eyeglasses Charity, Vision Impairment, Shaun's Shades, Shaun Paterson, Impact News

Shaun Paterson wants the world to know that it's possible to be both a man of style as well as a dedicated humanitarian. "I always thought that my...

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9/11, in Darkness

Rachel Kash | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy, 9/11, September 11, Blindness, September 11 Anniversary, 9/11 Anniversary, Touched by Terror, Decade-After-911---Lives-Affected, Women News
Rachel Kash

Every year, the world relives 9/11 through its horrific imagery. And every year, the first person who comes to my mind is my father, a lifelong New Yorker who experienced the tragedy as a blind man.

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How a Dog Breeder, a Blind Man and a German Shepherd Changed the World in 1929

Kate Kelly | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Blind, Dorothy Eustis, Blindness, Morris Frank, Guide Dogs, Disability, First Seeing Eye Dog, Pioneer, The Seeing Eye, Education News
Kate Kelly

In the early twentieth century, those without sight were marginalized members of society. A series of circumstances on two continents was to change all that, and in the process, provide dignity and independence to those with visual impairment.

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Why It's In Our Best Interest To Support The Creative Fire!

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: The Power of Belief, 7 Tips, Inspiration, Blindness, Accompaniment, Marathon, Mason Kelly, Steve Gokey, Mexico, Thos Edison, Creative Fire, Cultural Advancement Through Technology, Fireworks, Tenacity, The Creataive Process, Wisdom, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Where's the creative fire for you? What do you do during fallow periods? When you have either given up, or are "blank"? What helps you trust your process? What kind of accompaniment has been most meaningful for you?

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Blind Couple Adopts Visually Impaired Daughters

Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: India, Video, Blindness, Disability, Good News, Vision Impairment, China, Alan and Paula Sprecher, Adoption, Impact News

Alan and Paula Sprecher of Chicago, both legally blind, understand how to face the daily obstacles of a darkened world together. They decided to ad...

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Blind Student Advances To National Literacy Challenge

River Forest, IL Patch | Kit Kadlec | Email the Author | 5:45am | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: National Literacy Challenge, Oak Park Patch, Education, Blind Student, Blindness, Patch, Chicagoland Patch, Chicago News

He may have been born with a vision impairment, but Roosevelt Middle School sixth grader Alexander Traub doesn't let the disability hold him back from...

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10 Novels That Will Disturb Even The Coldest Of Hearts

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: George R.R. Martin, Invisible Man, Henry Miller, Blindness, Blood Meridian, Bret Easton Ellis, Margaret Atwood, Ralph Ellison, American Psycho, Flannery O'Connor, J.M. Coetzee, Tropic Pof Cancer, Disgrace, Cormac McCarthy, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, The Handmaid's Tale, Disturbing Novels, Books News

Jezebel-writer Anna North’s debut novel, America Pacifica, is out today. The story centers around an impoverished teenage girl who is struggling to ...

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Inseparable Bond: Dog Leads His Blind Companion

Posted 06.09.2011

Read More: Guide Dogs, Lucky Paws, Blindness, Dogs, Albuquerque, Rhett and Scarlet, Lucky Paws Animal Adoption, New Mexico, Miniature Pinscher, Video, Impact News

To some, the story of Scarlet and Rhett is a perfect example of selfless love. No, not the famed couple of "Gone With The Wind." In this case, Rhett...

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Dancing in the Dark: Experiencing Dance Without Sight

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dancing, Modern Dance, Blindness, New York Public Library, Experimental Dance, Dance, Staten Island, Nypl, New York News
The New York Public Library

Dance troupe Dana Salisbury and the No-See-Ums perform what they call "unseen dance" -- original dances experienced through senses other than sight.

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Ex-Starbucks Exec Uses Corporate Tactics To Cure Blindness Globally

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Nonprofits, Cornea, Tim Schottman, Sightlife, Blindness, Corneal Blindness, Video, Impact News

At first glance, coffee and corneal blindness may not seem to have a lot in common. However, due to the efforts of Tim Schottman, an ex-Starbucks exec...

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