New Partnership Provides Hands-free Accessibility Help
by Daniel Parker, RDPFS Contributor: The accessibility provider Be My Eyes, which allows blind smartphone users the ability to get help solving problems via sighted volunteers and artificial intelligence (AI), has announced that its technology will be included in Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. This wearable, sold by Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram among others, [...]
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October’s Vision-Related Observances: World Sight Day: October 10, 2024; White Cane Awareness Day: October 15, 2024; and Blindness Awareness Month
During the month of October, a number of commemorations focus attention on vision, blindness, and the importance of heightening awareness and fostering independence among those who are blind or have low vision. The following descriptions highlight these observances and their significance: World Sight Day: October 10, 2024: “A Megaphone for Child Eye Health” This year’s [...]
New Clinical Trials Available For Adults with Certain Retinal Conditions
by Daniel Parker, RDPFS Contributor: Two clinical trials to test the efficacy of an investigational eye drop called KHK4951 have recently begun recruiting participants with vision loss. Study 4951-002 concerns the drop’s effectiveness in treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NAMD) which occurs when newly formed blood vessels leak under the part of the retina known [...]
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Virtual Conversation on Audio Descriptions in the Creative Arts
The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg (FMDG) Music School offers a series of online “Conversations with The Fil” that are free of charge and open to the public. This series aims to make people more familiar with musicians, writers, artists, dancers, and actors who are visually impaired and are “working to make accessibility and inclusion a hallmark [...]
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“A Conversation with Haben Girma—The First Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law School:” Online and In-Person on October 16, 2024
Haben Girma, a disability rights lawyer, an author, an advocate, and a “White House Champion for Change,” will be sharing her expertise and experiences at an event being held online and in-person at The New School in New York City on October 16, 2024 from 7 to 8 pm ET. During this moderated conversation, Girma [...]
Third Annual Virtual Blind Health Expo: December 6, 2024
Accessible Pharmacy Services is once again holding the Blind Health Expo, “the world’s largest virtual expo of healthcare information, products, and services for individuals, organizations, and companies in the health, blindness, and disabilities communities.” The event, which will take place on December 6, 2024 from 10 am to 4 pm ET, is free to attend [...]
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Accessible At-Home COVID-19 Tests Available at No Cost
As COVID-19 continues to be a health threat, at-home tests have been made available once again through a partnership between the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response and the U.S. Postal Service. One of the more accessible options for people who are blind or have low vision is the [...]
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