by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | News
It’s National Parks Week (April 17 – April 25), and finding audio described information can be a bit of a treasure hunt, but the treasures, once uncovered, are worth the effort. The National Parks site offers a “Find Your Virtual Park” page that includes, if you...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | News
“I’m blind and so is love…so get over it.” So states Nidhi Goyal, comedienne from India and star of the first episode of “Bad Girls with Aditi Mittal,” which appears on You Tube. Ms. Goyal uses her talents to dispel many myths about what people who are blind can do,...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | News
Vanita, a woman who is visually impaired, wrote “I would earlier think that men harass me because I can’t see. But when I spoke to other blind and sighted friends I came to know that all women face this. Only that we blind are more prone. Then I understood that I...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | News
A study published in JAMA Ophthalmology reports that the use of hand sanitizers during the pandemic has been connected with growing numbers of eye injuries, particularly among children. Increased exposure to alcohol-based hand sanitizer has shown “a corresponding...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | News
A recent study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology considered the implications of COVID-19 on eye care, general and mental health among groups of individuals with varying levels of visual impairment as well as caregivers. “Ophthalmologists lost more...
