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Groups aim to increase access to films for people with sensory disabilities

The Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles just kicked off a yearlong film festival that aims to provide more access to people with sensory disabilities through open captions, audio description and support from an app. The kickoff featured...

source: KABC-TV

Meet the disability consultant making games more accessible

Gaming is a huge part of accessibility activist Poppy Field’s life — but, growing up, she didn’t feel like it was a space meant for her. “I sadly grew up under the impression gaming isn’t for people like me,” she told POPSUGAR Australia....

source: Popsugar

Legally blind Canadian using electronic glasses to develop more accessible apps

It’s not uncommon for someone to pursue a second career later in their life, whether it’s because they’re not happy in their current field or simply were inspired to try something different. For 39-year-old Jaclyn...

source: MobileSyrup

Leading cause of blindness linked to lupus

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have made a discovery linking lupus, a potentially debilitating autoimmune disorder, and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. The two diseases share a common contributor to harmful inflammation,...

source: Technology Networks

4 ways mobile apps could be a lot more accessible

People with disabilities face incessant accessibility hurdles, from the use of physical spaces to navigating online experiences. There's a long to-do list to make their day-to-day lives easier and wholly accessible, including needed accessibility changes to our beloved mobile...

source: Mashable

Warning signs of sight loss could be identified before vision deteriorates

A new study has shown that the signs of age related macular degeneration can set in earlier than previously thought — even before patients begin to lose their sight. The findings open the door for research into earlier treatment...

source: University of Southampton via ScienceDaily

Art exhibit for the blind allows people to see with their hands

A museum in Casselberry, Florida, is breaking a long-held rule at most museums; NO TOUCHING! ReVision is an inclusive sculpture exhibit catering to people with visual impairment. It allows them to experience the exhibit through touch while...

source: WMFE-FM

Wolf administration celebrates the newly renovated library of accessible media for Pennsylvanians

With more than $760,000 in support from the Wolf Administration, the Pennsylvania Office of Commonwealth Libraries joined stakeholders and community members in Pittsburgh to celebrate the reopening of the newly...

source: Pennsylvania Pressroom

Study investigates how vision influences the development of hearing

As it is common experience, our senses do not work in complete isolation from the others: sight helps listening (and this is maybe why it is difficult to understand people when they speak with their mask on) but can also influence taste....

source: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca via News-Medical.Net

No more stairs: Cash influx to make transit more accessible

When Chicago resident Michele Lee wants to take public transit around town, she doesn’t even consider the “L,” the city’s subway and elevated train system. Lee, 39, who uses a wheelchair, is a quadriplegic who was paralyzed from the chest down after...

source: Stateline via Disability Scoop

Alabama's Erskine Brantley loses sight but gains vision

Erskine Brantley’s denial that he was losing his sight led to multiple car accidents and eventually the end to a professional life in broadcasting and sales. After passing through the five stages of grief, Brantley has come to a place of acceptance. Through the Alabama...

source: Alabama NewsCenter

Vision tech developments give a glimpse of the future

Advances in assistive technology have removed many access barriers for people with vision loss. But it’s the development of visual prosthesis that has the potential to offer a whole new way of "seeing" the world.

source: Horizon Magazine

Innovative approaches needed to make the most of intravitreal therapies

Studies in several countries show a trend toward reduced age-related macular degeneration-related blindness, thanks to the widespread introduction of anti-VEGF injection therapies. However, not all countries are doing equally well.

source: Healio

Ed Department weighs in on special ed requirements amid ongoing pandemic

From Aug. 31: As many students with disabilities return to school in person for the first time in over a year, federal education officials are spelling out what districts nationwide need to do to serve them. In a letter sent to state...

source: Disability Scoop

What's new in low vision rehabilitation

From Aug. 24: The promising effects of low vision rehabilitation have been around since the 13th century when Marco Polo discovered the elderly in China using magnifiers to help them read. From there, ideas, theories and research have developed into techniques and devices...

source: Optometry Times

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Groups aim to increase access to films for people with sensory disabilities

Meet the disability consultant making games more accessible

Legally blind Canadian using electronic glasses to develop more accessible apps

Leading cause of blindness linked to lupus

4 ways mobile apps could be a lot more accessible

Warning signs of sight loss could be identified before vision deteriorates

Art exhibit for the blind allows people to see with their hands

Wolf administration celebrates the newly renovated library of accessible media for Pennsylvanians

Study investigates how vision influences the development of hearing

No more stairs: Cash influx to make transit more accessible

Alabama's Erskine Brantley loses sight but gains vision

Vision tech developments give a glimpse of the future

Innovative approaches needed to make the most of intravitreal therapies

Ed Department weighs in on special ed requirements amid ongoing pandemic

What's new in low vision rehabilitation

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