blind

As Braille Literacy Declines, Reading Competitions Held To Boost Interest

7:00pm March 13, 2017

by Blake Farmer

As blind children depend more on technology to help them read, braille is seeming antiquated, with literacy rates at just 10 percent. So now, braille reading competitions are held to keep it in use.

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Docents on the America InSight tours guide visitors through the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Blind Art Lovers Make The Most Of Museum Visits With 'InSight' Tours

1:07pm January 05, 2017

by Susan Stamberg

"Sight isn't the only pathway to understand art," says Carol Wilson of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. There, specially trained docents lead tours using sound, description — and even touch.

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Olson sits with his guide dog, Quebec. Inspired by his experiences with the USC Trojans as a 12-year-old, Olson tried out for his high school football team.

A Blind Football Player Joins His Trojan Heroes On The Field

8:45am October 14, 2015

by Gloria Hillard

As a young, dedicated fan of the University of Southern California football team, Jake Olson dreamed he would wear the Trojan jersey one day — even after cancer took his sight at age 12.

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Using a digital device that displays Braille characters, Haben Girma talks with President Obama at a White House ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

She Owes Her Activism To A Brave Mom, The ADA And Chocolate Cake

11:20am August 01, 2015

by Joseph Shapiro

Born deaf and blind to a refugee mother, Haben Girma has had opportunities in the U.S. she'd never have had in Eritrea. But it was an urge for dessert that led her to advocate for the disabled.

Blind From Birth, But Able To Use Sound To 'See' Faces

2:04pm December 04, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

The area of the brain that recognizes faces can use sound instead of sight. That recent discovery suggests facial recognition is so important to humans that it's part of our most basic wiring.

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Education

Be a Superhero: A Wake Forest University Student Learns A New Side Of Courage

3:27pm December 11, 2012