The Rubin Museum has announced the 2012 schedule for their Verbal Description and Touch tours. Verbal Description and Touch tours are specially designed to engage visitors who are blind or partially sighted with a collection of Himalayan art by incorporating touch, sound, smell and verbal descriptions.
From The NFB: Baltimore, Maryland (January 24, 2012): The National Federation of the Blind today announced that applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program. 2012 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program Link Each year the National Federation of the Blind presents cash awards to individuals and organizations that have made
United States Association of Blind Athletes’ 5th Annual Ski Festival Kicks off Feb. 11, 2012 at Pico Mountain Blind and visually impaired skiers take to the slopes in Vermont Colorado Springs, CO. (Jan. 12, 2012 ) – The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) in partnership with Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports (VASS) will
Tactile American Flags! In contracted or uncontracted braille, $5.00 Does your child or student know what the American flag looks like? Have they read the Pledge of Allegiance? These brilliant, red, white and blue flags from KBTI feature tactile stars and stripes. The tactile horizontal red stripes are labeled with the lower case “r” at
Isabella Rossellini, daughter of Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini, who acted in David Lynch's movie Blue Velvet discusses her love of animals, recent educational video series, and training guide dogs for the blind. She was interviewed on April 13, 2011 2:36 PM by CBS along with an appearance by Albert J. Rizzi, one of
In August 2010, Albert J. Rizzi was interviewed concerning Brain-Port, a technology built to assist the blind in seeing the world through their tongue. The device uses an electrical sensation on the tongue to become a mental picture. Albert was part of a study on the devices effectiveness. Link to ABC News Video
OAKLAND, Calif. – A suit filed today in Federal court alleges that The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) discriminates against blind and low vision law school graduates. The suit charges that the NCBE is violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s civil rights law by denying accommodations on the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Denies NCBE Motion to Stay Preliminary Injunction San Francisco, California (February 24, 2010): The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday refused to stay a preliminary injunction requiring the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) to provide a blind law school graduate with the technology-based testing accommodations she needs to take
Priced at $99, the iBill is a breakthrough in independent living for the blind and visually impaired WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Orbit Research today announced the introduction of the iBill, the world’s first affordable Talking Banknote Identifier for the blind and the visually impaired. Priced at $99, the 1.5 ounce, pager-sized iBill represents
Yes, even dogs can get heat stroke. A Seeing Eye dog named Elmo collapsed in the middle of a three-hour Circle Line tour in the early evening on Monday, when temperatures topped 90 degrees. But executives of the ferry service had a car waiting to rush him to a veterinary hospital when he was carried