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The museum is providing glasses for people who are color blind through a partnership with California-based company EnChroma.
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A nonprofit textile manufacturer in Charlotte, called Lions Services, has multimillion-dollar contracts to produce gear such as backpacks and hydration carriers for the U.S. military. The meticulous sewing is done by a workforce that is mostly blind or visually impaired.
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Local officials in Fayetteville and nonprofit Vision Resource Center recently opened what officials say is the first of its kind 鈥淏raille Trail鈥 in the state.
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Disability pride parades support and honor people who have disabilities across the country.
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The absence of action is a little surprising since less than a year ago Cooper vetoed a very similar bill.
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In our vision-centric culture, 鈥渂lind鈥 is commonly used as a stand-in for words like thoughtless, careless or ignorant. Folks in the blind and low vision communities are working to challenge some of this cultural baggage, reclaiming the word as a signifier of identity and a source of pride.
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Anita got glasses young, and as a kid every time her prescription got worse, her anxiety about losing her vision spiked. She realizes now how much of that fear was ableism at work. Three artists who've lost their sight and found myriad ways to fortify a culture of blind pride show her it's about disrupting the binary and pushing for a more accessible, creative future.
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As the nation approaches Nov. 3, more and more absentee vote requests are coming in. But for voters who or blind or have vision impairment, they face a choice of having a safe vote or a private vote. An alternative still hasn鈥檛 been rolled out in North Carolina with early voting starting next week.
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How do visually impaired students learn best in a virtual classroom? That is Janet Perez鈥檚 job to figure out this year. She is the instructional and鈥
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How do visually impaired students learn best in a virtual classroom? That is Janet Perez鈥檚 job to figure out this year. She is the instructional and鈥