The center received a grant renewal for the Older Individuals Who Are Blind Technical Assistance Center, funded by the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping people see the world in new ways every day, including the blind, who find AI helping them navigate the world with greater ease and more options than they ...

Schools teach the blind life skills to help them live independently. “Our goal is to demonstrate through belief and example that blind individuals can live the lives they imagined,” says one educator, ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) has announced a new partnership with Be My Eyes, an innovative app that provides real-time video assistance to individuals who are ...

In the age of coronavirus, it is more important than ever before to help the blind and low-vision community feel supported and safe. Be My Eyes is a free mobile app with one main goal: to make the ...

When Jagadish Mahendran heard about his friend's daily challenges navigating as a blind person, he immediately thought of his artificial intelligence work. "For years I had been teaching robots to see ...

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 25 -- The Education Department's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on March 25, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — There’s good news for a blind woman who challenged Tenncare: She’ll soon be receiving assistance from her new caregiver. About half a year ago, she appealed a state decision ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) and The Seeing Eye (TSE) of Morristown, N.J., two of North America’s leading guide dog schools, have joined forces to create a ...

The doctors told him his blindness was temporary, a result of swelling in the brain. But after a few months of frustrated coping, Bryan Duarte went to see an optometrist. “He told me I would be blind ...

Despite the federal government officially ending its shutdown earlier this week, its effects are still unfolding across ...

SAN ANTONIO - Getting to work and running weekly errands became more challenging for local a blind couple, who claim they were repeatedly denied help by VIA Metropolitan Transit getting from their ...