World Blind Union Launches Global Right To Read Campaign

Thursday, April 23, 2008 Blind people read books too!

Announcing the launch of the WBU’s Right to Read Global Campaign
Blind and partially sighted people enjoy reading books just as much as the rest of us. However, only 5% of books are ever published in formats that blind and partially sighted people can read, such as audio, braille and large print.

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Twenty First Century Communications and Accessibility Act

May 1, 2008 1:07 PM PDT

Democrat wants to require disability-friendly Internet phones, video Posted by Anne Broache WASHINGTON–At the moment, most TVs and telephones must be outfitted with special features for people with hearing, vision, and speech impairments under U.S. law. Read the rest of this entry »

National Credit Reporting Companies Announce Landmark Initiative To Make Online Credit Reporting Accessible

National Credit Reporting Companies, Blind Community, Announce Landmark Initiative to Provide Accessible Online Credit Reports
Posted : Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:02:07 GMT
Author : TransUnion; Equifax; Experian

Braille and other formats also to be made available - ATLANTA, CHICAGO and COSTA MESA, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall, The nation’s three major consumer credit reporting companies today unveiled a comprehensive program to provide improved access to important credit information for people who are blind or visually impaired. Read the rest of this entry »

Kitchen Center

All of the products which are kitchen related are gathered in this section.

Consumer Appliance and Electronics Accessibility Initiative

This information details an effort being made by The National Federation of The Blind to improve product accessibility. It also contains some information about products which meet their current accessibility criteria. Read the rest of this entry »

Determination Could Be This Man’s Middle Name

Chennai Online,
India
Beacon Light: Mohanraj Peter
Mohanraj Peter was born in a very poor family. His father worked in a tea estate in Valparai, near Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu. He was given very low wages which was not enough to feed a family of seven children and parents.

Mohanraj is the fifth child of the family. What the father earned was not enough for their family as he was the only earning member. Read the rest of this entry »

Blind Dispatcher Inspiration To Others

WLOX-TV, Mississippi Saturday, September 23, 2006
Blind Dispatcher Inspiration For Others
By Marcia Hill
Marcia Hill Reports On Man Who Lost His Sight, But Found A Career Helping Others In the dispatcher training class at the Department of Marine Resources building, you might not notice anything unusual. But a closer look gives it away - a working dog lies next to T.J. Faeser. T.J. is a dispatcher and he is blind.

“I graduated in 03, I lost my vision in March of 04. I was in my first semester of college when I lost my vision… I was working as a diesel mechanic, ” he says. Read the rest of this entry »

Making Math Available To All, Professor Helps To Develop Software For The Visually Impaired
Making Math Available to All: Professor Helps to Develop Software for Visually ImpairedNewswise

— Indiana State University associate professor Elizabeth Jones has spent the past seven months working to make math accessible to all students. Read the rest of this entry »

Soccer Club Seeks To Open Field To Blind
Soccer club seeks to open field to blind
By Bob Walter - Bee Columnist Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, April 19, 2007
Story appeared in CITRUS HEIGHTS ORANGEVALE section, Page G1

Different goal: The newest goal, pardon the expression, of the San Juan Soccer Club has less to do with competition than with community service — and it’s
aiming for a pretty wide community.

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