Sighted people may not realize when their help is inappropriate. One common type of inappropriate help is motivated by ...

In 1887 a police reporter named Jacob Riis stormed the tenements of New York armed with flashlight powder-an explosive form of magnesium that he would be among the first to enlist as camera flash-in ...

As a sophomore at South Carolina State University, Shawn Callaway’s life changed in an instant when a stray bullet—accidentally fired by a fellow student playing with a gun—struck him in the temple ...

Research suggests that demand for orientation and mobility specialists will increase as more adults experience age-related vision impairments such as cataracts and macular degeneration. Amy Parker is ...

It was 2 May 2009 on a warm Saturday morning in Leeds, Louise Simpson recalls, when she reluctantly knelt down to make sure her trainers were laced up tightly. She wasn't really sure she wanted to be ...

Blind Iowans protest policy changes at the Iowa Department for the Blind Tuesday. Blind Iowans marched outside of the Iowa Department for the Blind in Des Moines Tuesday as they protested changes to a ...

Visual assistance system The wearable system uses intuitive multimodal feedback to assist visually impaired people with daily life tasks. (Courtesy: J Tang et al. Nature Machine Intelligence ...