Blind Soccer National Coaching Summit Begins Today
The U.S. Association for Blind Athletes (USABA) and Rutgers University’s Department of Kinesiology and Health and Center for Disability Sports, Health and Wellness, in partnership with Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation, is hosting a blind soccer coaching summit. Physical education teachers working with blind students and adaptive sports organizations from more than ten states [...]
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August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
by B.E. Lewis, RDPFS Intern: To raise awareness of the importance of children’s eye health, August is commemorated as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month. Eyesight plays a crucial role in a child’s development of physical, cognitive, and social skills. One in 20 preschool-age children has a serious eye problem, which, if not detected [...]
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Art Therapy Program Available Free of Charge for People with Thyroid Eye Disease
The Prevent Blindness Art Therapy Program for people with Thyroid Disease (TED) and their “care partners” will be held from September 22 to November 14, 2023. Participants will join in eight weekly, two-hour virtual sessions. This program is offered free of charge, including art materials needed, for individuals with TED and their family, friends, loved [...]
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Updated Resource Provides Guidance About Individuals with Visual Disabilities at Work
Visual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an updated “technical assistance document,” explains how the ADA applies to applicants for jobs and employees with visual disabilities. Released by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on July 26, 2023, the 33rd anniversary of the passage of the ADA, the document provides [...]
Input Sought for Proposed Updates to Older Americans Act Regulations
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is seeking public comments, needed by August 15, 2023, on proposed updates to Older Americans Act (OAA) programs. The last substantial changes to OAA were made in 1988. Since that time, the world “has changed dramatically” and the population of older adults has nearly doubled and is increasingly diverse. [...]
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New Study Shows Cones in Retinal Degeneration May Retain Visual Function
by B. E. Lewis, RDPFS Intern New research from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) suggests that cone photoreceptors in the degenerating retina of the eye considered “’dormant’” actually “continue to function, producing responses to light and driving retinal activity for vision.” The study’s authors state that their findings indicate that “therapeutic interventions [...]
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Major Airline Adding Tactile Signage to Aircraft Cabin Interiors
Braille markings added by United Airlines to their aircraft will help people with vision impairment “better identify row numbers, seat assignments and lavatory locations independently.” With this action, United has become the first U.S. airline to offer braille markings within its aircraft interiors. Currently about a dozen of their planes are equipped with braille signage [...]
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