The files found in this section contain miscellaneous Blindness and Physical Disability related information.
The articles about all types of Guide and Service Animals are collected in this section.
Guide And Service Animals Articles And
Information
This information describes how to apply for a possible assistive technology grant.
How To Apply For A Possible Assistive Technology Grant
When you are fired from the job you love, the solution is simple, just start your own business.
Blind Man Back In Business, Starts Used Car Lot
It took the loss of his sight to make this man realize he had artistic talent.
Loss Of Sight Brought A New Vision And An Art Career
Description of a book co-authored by Blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer
The Road To The Mountaintop Isn't Paved
This new Police unit is taking advantatge of the special skills required to survive as a Blind person.
Europe Has New Counterterrorism Weapon, Blind Detectives
This Blind couple runs a very successful answering service in Georgia.
Blind Couple's Answering Service Has Got Your Number
This company offers the handicapped the opportunity to work from home and compete equally with their sighted colleagues.
Companies Work At Home Policy Opens Doors
This Saint Louis travel agency is making a point of providing travel services specially designed to benefit Blind travelers.
Travel Agency Is Catering To The Blind
New York has the first legally blind Governor in United States history.
First Legally Blind Governor In U.S. History
This article is well worth reading. It appears that this reporter definitely had his eyes opened.
Opening Society's Eyes
Tim Cordes, although blind, not only earned his medical degree, but graduated near the top of his class.
Blind Student Earns Medical Degree, Sees No Limits
This article describes the process of solving an access problem without resorting to a lawsuit.
Attorney Linda M. Dardarian on Structured Negotiation For Technology Access
This, still controversial, treatment has made a major improvement in this man's quality of life.
Stem Cells Provide Hope For Blind Dad
This collaborative effort is attempting to make in flight entertainment accessible to those with disabilities.
WGBH Works With IMS To Make In Flight Entertainment Accessible
This young blind lawyer is the first man in history to become a Supreme Court Law Clerk.
Isaac Lidsky to Become First Blind Supreme Court Law Clerk
This article provides information and resources useful to those of us withvisual or hearing problems.
The Conversion To Digital Television And The Blind and Hard of Hearing User
Are the blind and hard of hearing being left behind in the burgeoning technology market because no firm guidelines exist?
Is Access To New Technology Being Denied To The Blind?
British sports car manufacturer Lotus appears to have developed a solution to the too quiet hybrid car problem.
Introducing The Hybrid Vehicle You Can Hear
This unique exhibit will allow sighted individuals to experience the world of blindness for themselves.
New Exhibit Will Lead Visitors Into The World of Blindness
Settling a lawsuit brought by the blind Target has agreed to make modifications to their website.
Target Website To Become More Accessible To The Blind
A U.S. Federal Judge has ordered the Treasury to stop stalling and make currency accessible.
Judge Orders Treasury To Make Money Accessible ASAP
This blind boxer has earned the admiration and respect of his countrymen.
Blind Boxer Inspires Uganda
Blind advocates in Canada are preparing to launch a challenge to the current voting ballot law.
Blind Canadian Advocates To Launch Voting Rights Challenge
Blind residents of Austrailia plan a giant Braille message on the beach to celebrate Louis Braille's two hundredth birthday.
Austrailia Plans Giant Braille Display For Louis's Two Hundredth Birthday
A professor and a group of college students are working on ways to better use a device which many of us carry to help improve the quality of our lives.
Upgrading The Cell Phone To Better Serve The Visually and Hearing Impaired
The Ohio State School for The Blind's marching band will be the first blind band to ever participate in the Rose Parade.
Blind Band To Be Rose Parade's First
It is now possible to obtain your free annual credit report in an accessible format.
Free Annual Credit Reports Now Available In Accessible Format
Assisting in the rescue of 20 people with no help other than his guide dog appears to be all in a day's work for Walter Cone.
Blind Man A Humble Hero
Starbucks has now made their drink brochures available in both Braille and large print.
Braille and Large Print Beverage Brochures Now Available at Starbucks
This cell phone can do a great deal more than let you talk with a friend.
A Cell Phone With A Great Deal of Flexibility
A Blind NASA engineer spearheaded the NASA team that responded to a Russian request.
Blind NASA Engineer Solves Russian Problem
As the fish in this aquarium swim each one creates different sounds at different speeds.
Scientists Attempt To Let The Blind See Fish
This project is dedicated to improving the lives of the disabled through software.
Project Possibility Creates Software For The Visually and Physically Impaired
Scientists are just now beginning to understand the extensive part the sense of touch plays in our daily lives.
Touch Our Most Sensitive Sense
Will the surge in touch screen gadgets make it impossible for us to use them?
The Craze For Touch Screen Gadgets And The Blind
This blind Google engineer is working on increasing accessibility to every day products.
For The Blind, Technology Does What A Guide Dog Can't
Disney is in the process of improving their services to the blind.
Description and GPS Coming Soon To Disney Theme Parks
This Special Forces Captain is proof that you don't have to let your loss of sight stop you from doing what you love to do.
Extraordinary Army Special Forces Captain
This article takes a look at the accessibility problems caused by touch screen devices and some possible solutions.
Modern Flat Touch Screens Prooving Detriment To The Blind
A study focusing on the hearing of blind people has yielded some very interesting results.
Blind People Hear Better, Truth or Myth?
This method uses those with other disabilities to serve as guides for the blind using an Internet connection.
Interesting New Approach For Guidance For The Blind
According to this article it's possible to create touch screen applications that will work for all.
Google's Phone Apps For The Blind and Everyone Else
This article introduces two Missouri poets that have the right attitude about blindness.
Visions Beyond Sight
Disney has implemented another feature in an effort to make their parks more accessible.
Walt Disney World Device's audio feature helps blind visualize rides
The new Louis Braille Silver Dollar will be taking a trip into space.
Louis Braille Coin Will Be Launched Into Space
This young woman is proving that her loss of eyesight is nothing more than an inconvenience.
Sweet Success Despite Blindness
Not only does this man use sound to help him get around, he's teaching others to use it also.
Echo Vision A Man Who Sees With Sound
If these Spanish Scientists are correct, human beings could soon be rivaling bats and dolphins in the use of echo location.
Echo Location In Humans Developed By Spanish Scientists
This new research vehicle, now being developed, actually makes it possible for a blind driver to control it just like his sighted counterpart.
Vehicle Designed For Blind To Take The Wheel
Doctors have discovered that the sensitive touch of blind women can be put to good use.
Blind Women Help Detect Brest Cancer
This blind Border Collie has found his own guide dog
Blind Dog Has His Own Seeing Eye Dog
A team at MIT is working to make an adaptation of this machine available
Visually challenged MIT poet's 'seeing machine' allows photos by the sight-impaired
These Ohio cities are working to improve safety and the quality of life for their blind citizens.
Cities Installing Audible Crossings Signals To Assist Blind Pedestrians
This study indicates that a great deal more support needs to be provided for those who lose their sight, especially in later life.
Sight Loss Is Emotional Trauma, But Support is Seriously Neglected
The producers of this play have adapted it so that the blind and visually impaired may have a more fulfilling theatre experience.
A Theatre Experience Like No Other
The Social Security Administration has been told they must offer the blind more options as to how they wish to receive notifications of changes.
Social Security Told To Modernize For The Blind
This study shows the importance of a broadband connection to people with disabilities.
U.S. Chamber Releases Study On Importance of Broadband To People With Disabilities
A Cooperative effort is underway to find an acceptable solution to the too quiet vehicle problem.
NFB Teams With GM and Chevrolet To Develop Pedestrian Alert For Electric Vehicles
This Korean Professor has established a photography class for blind students.
Professor Teaching Blind People To Take Pictures
This article examines the controversy between the use of braille to read and the newer reading technologies.
Listening To Braille
This blind man has established a world speed record achieving a speed in excess of 200 miles per hour.
Blind Man Sets World Speed Record
Major League Baseball, in cooperation with ACB and California groups associated with the Blind community, has undertaken an effort to improve accessibility on its website.
Major League Baseball Makes Effort To Make Websites Accessible
A new cooking show intended for the blind and visually impaired is being introduced.
Cooking Without Looking
We came accross this in a tweet and the person indicated, it was fine to distribute it. We believe you'll enjoy listening to it and it certainly says it like it is. If your computer wants to play the file rather than downloading it do the following. Highlight the link and press your Applications or Context Menu key. Arrow to Save as Target and press Enter. That will bring up the normal download dialogue.
Download Ain't It The Truth or Blind Person's Blues.
Updated on ... March 06, 2010