Colin Wong, a blind Ph.D. student, can’t forget having to pay US$100 for an Uber when he needed to take a standardized test. There was no testing center in San Francisco, where he lived, that could ...

When Matthew Kehl, who has low vision, decided to return to the job market a few years ago, he wanted to pursue a position in human resources, where he could apply what he learned in his previous work ...

The annual number of new cases of blindness and low vision among people aged 45 years and older is estimated to double during the next 30 years, suggests a study published online November 2 in JAMA ...

When it comes to fostering inclusion in athletics, Blind Fitness doesn’t just talk the talk — they’ve got it down to a science. This Sunday, November 9, the nonprofit will field 18 blind and ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Educator and engineer Jenna Gorlewicz was studying medical ...

Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through half the form and then come to a question with drop-down options the ...

Blind and low-vision students at the University of Minnesota have the same concerns as students without disabilities in navigating their academic and social lives in addition to the unique ...

During the D.C. Leadership Conference, participants will take part in educational sessions, hear from keynote speakers within the disability community, and meet directly with members of Congress and ...

A private global medical device company has made a $35,000 donation to Lighthouse of Collier, a nonprofit serving the blind ...

COMMENTARY | Technologies often hit roadblocks because the information they are designed to work with – documents, websites and software programs – don’t work with them. Imagine that you have low ...

Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through half the form and then come to a question with drop-down options the ...