If you need to use a cane for the first time, remember to hold it at your side, not your front. You should also bend your elbow at a slight angle, with your palm down and your hand grasping the handle ...
First developed in the mid-20th century, the field of orientation and mobility teaches people with visual impairments navigation skills.
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Recently I was told a story of a guy who was getting harassed by some people because he didn’t’ appear to be using his blind guy cane like a blind person “should” be using it. Thing is, he wasn’t’ ...
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Roughly 30 people marched otuside the Iowa Department for the Blind building in Des Moines Tuesday to protest the changes made under new department leadership, which protesters said has silenced ...
Blind Iowans marched outside of the Iowa Department for the Blind in Des Moines Tuesday as they protested changes to a state program that prepares people with impaired vision to live independently.
Limited in two of his five senses, George Stern seeks to harness his perspective to pursue teaching and improve the classroom setting for all students.
A north-east woman has opened up on the "terrifying" experience of suddenly losing sight in one eye. Ethna Taylor, 70, had recently retired from her job as a shop assistant when she woke up one ...
Ethna Taylor had recently retired from her job in a shop when she woke up one morning to find that she could not see anything out of her left eye.
Only one in 10 (9 per cent) blind people confident walking in their own neighbourhood because of e-bikes and e-scooters ...