Upcoming Webinars on Employment and Fall Prevention
“How to Make Your Blindness or Low Vision a Strength When Job Seeking” on September 7, 2023: Join in an upcoming webinar to learn about “Leveraging Your Disability to Find a Job: How to Make Your Blindness or Low Vision a Strength When Job Seeking.” This session, being held September 7, 2023 at 2 pm [...]
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Back to School Eye Exam Can Boost Success in the Classroom
by B. E. Lewis, RDPFS Intern: When children receive vision screenings at school, some parents may think a comprehensive eye exam is unnecessary. According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), however, school screenings can miss many youngsters with vision problems. Vision issues can impact a child’s development, school performance, and self-esteem negatively. Back-to-school time is [...]
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Beginning September 9, 2023: Free Virtual Introductory Ballet Classes for Adults Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired
Dancers who are blind or visually impaired can “explore new boundaries of movement and expression” through participation in Dark Room Ballet programs. A new cycle of introductory classes begins September 9, 2023 and runs for eight Saturdays from 4 to 6 pm Eastern Time (ET). Students do not need to have any prior knowledge of [...]
September is National Literacy Month
by B. E. Lewis, RDPFS Intern: National Literacy Month, commemorated in September, is a good time to encourage children and adults to pick up a book or challenge themselves to boost literacy. For children with visual impairments, achieving literacy is not significantly different from achieving the same for sighted children. “All children, regardless of whether [...]
Public Comment Requested on Proposal to Strengthen Web and Mobile App Access for People with Disabilities
by B.E. Lewis, RDPFS Intern: Across the nation, people routinely rely on web and mobile apps (applications) to access vital public programs and services, such as resources related to employment and education, voting information, health and emergency services, parking, and transit schedules. It is essential for these technologies to be accessible for people with disabilities. [...]
Recent Findings from Assistive Technology in the Workplace Study
Over the past several years, A “plethora of new technology and dramatic advances in existing technology for people who are blind or have low vision” has emerged. Innovations in assistive technology (AT) continue to be launched each year, with additional advancements in their development. Examples include numerous head-mounted video magnifiers and multi-line braille tablets as [...]
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