Are Smartphones Killing Braille?
For 200 years, Braille has helped people without eyesight to read and live more independently. But some educators now fear that smartphones and ot...
For 200 years, Braille has helped people without eyesight to read and live more independently. But some educators now fear that smartphones and ot...
Posted 01.12.2012
For the most part, the actions of the fast food industry inspire fear, loathing, grief, exasperation and mirthless, half-panicked laughter. But occasi...
www.cracked.com | Posted 01.01.2012
Every elementary school kid has doodled a superhero on the back of a notebook at some point. But we're guessing your sloppy depiction of "Butt Man" di...
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.18.2011
Casey Rentz Have you ever felt the desire to reach out and touch a galaxy? Or "feel" those stunning nebulas and planets you see in Hubble photos?...
Gary Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Craig Kiser is a man on a mission. He wants to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro, the 19,000 foot snow-topped peak in the center of Tanzania, to raise money to help the blind and visually impaired.
Hugues de Montalembert | Posted 11.17.2011
I hear voices, laughter, and a radio playing salsa music. My heart cringes. Memories of the attack, the mugging, the fight, the acid in the face which blinded me. They are coming towards me.
Jim Fruchterman | Posted 11.17.2011
People with print disabilities should have affordable, accessible technology that allows them to easily read. Everyone should have equal access to the world of ideas.
Wall Street Journal | By RON WINSLOW | Posted 11.17.2011
A small but provocative study showed that a form of gene therapy significantly improved the vision of patients left legally blind by a rare genetic ey...
Posted 05.25.2011
Here's a letter by Patti Smith (not that one), a Detroit elementary school teacher of visually impaired students, sent to writer Cory Doctorow. She di...
James Love | Posted 05.25.2011
The number of accessible works is very small everywhere. However, in developing countries, the collections are super small, and access to works in languages other than English is practically non-existent.
The Week | Posted 04.16.2012