Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young blind man prepares to board a Denver RTD light rail train in 2019. Robert Alexander/GettyImages Colin Wong, a blind Ph.D.
Despite more than 7 million Americans having some form of vision loss, many places in our communities are still not accessible for people who cannot drive and rely on public transportation. Recently, ...
Vision loss can have significant effects on your daily life. You don’t need to be legally blind to qualify for certain disability benefits and support. Share on Pinterest SeventyFour/Getty Images ...
Delta Airlines launched a flight map for people who are visually impaired so that they can follow the path of their trip. The new flight map will be on the seatback screens on the aircraft serving ...
From a young age, people with disabilities are deterred from physical activity. Everyone needs physical activity, though, and a visual impairment shouldn’t prevent you from living a healthy life.
First developed in 1983, the Blindness and Low Vision Studies (BLVS) Department offers four master’s degrees and certificate programs in Low Vision Rehabilitation (LVR), Orientation and Mobility (O&M) ...
Barclays Center in Brooklyn is abuzz as the Brooklyn Nets’s Jalen Wilson catches the ball, readies himself, and releases a contested three. The ball arcs high above the Knicks defender’s outstretched ...
Colin Wong, a blind Ph.D. student, can't forget having to pay US$100 for an Uber when he needed to take a standardized test. There was no testing center in San Francisco, where he lived, that could ...