How People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired Can Prepare for a Technology Outage
by Daniel Parker, RDPFS Contributor: On July 18, 2024, a faulty security update to Windows computers caused a massive technology outage, impacting everything from airlines to banks. While most systems are now operational again, it is important for everyone, and particularly people with vision loss, to prepare for possible impacts to productivity, or to services [...]
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August 2024: Observing Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
by Amy Gendreau, RDPFS Intern: In an effort to raise awareness of the importance of taking care of children’s eyes, as well as eye conditions and diseases they are especially susceptible to, August is commemorated as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. “According to statistics, one out of 20 children between the ages of three [...]
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2024 Audio Description Project Award Recipients Announced; Voting Open for the Audio Description People’s Choice Award
The Audio Description Project (ADP) has announced the winners of this year’s ADP Awards. These awards recognize individuals and organizations that “make outstanding contributions to the quality, availability, and understanding of audio description.” Award recipients represent entertainment, education, and information and their work demonstrates achievement in digital access as well as live delivery of AD [...]
Upcoming Virtual Workshops: Classic Gameshow, Fashion, and More
A number of online workshops are being offered in the coming weeks by Future In Sight. A Zoom link is sent is sent for each program with registration confirmation. Here are a few for adults: On August 2, 2024, from 10:30 am to 12 pm ET, The Classic Gameshow: “You Don’t Say!” will “step back [...]
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New Free Resource: “Finding Services: A Beginner’s Guide to Visual Impairment”
“Are you having difficulty finding resources or services to assist you in your adjustment to blindness or low vision? Are you (or a family member or friend) new to vision loss and wondering what to do?” The National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision (NRTC) has a new, free resource, a video [...]
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Unique Opportunity to Enjoy Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” Virtually in 3D Surround Sound: Register through August 31, 2024
A partnership between Lighthouse Guild and Knock at the Gate is bringing an immersive audio experience to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, offering the opportunity to enjoy Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” in “surround sound” virtually from any location. Surround sound is a technique that enriches “the fidelity and depth of the reproduction of sound [...]
Having Trouble Reading Standard Print? Enjoy today’s bestsellers in easy-to-read large print: Subscribe to Reader’s Digest Fiction Favorites Large Print Books
Get a full year of exciting reading (five volumes in all), for the low nonprofit price of $25. Indulge your love of great reading in a format that is comfortable. A portion of the proceeds from each subscription supports Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation’s work to foster the independence of people who are blind [...]
