vision impairment

Leland has been an editor at the literary magazine The Believer since its inception in 2003.

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As a writer slowly loses his sight, he embraces other kinds of perception

2:15pm August 08, 2023

by Terry Gross

Andrew Leland started losing his sight 20 years ago. He's now legally blind, although he still has a narrow field of vision, which allows him to see about 6% of what a fully-sighted person sees.

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The new Touch Cards from Mastercard have different-shaped notches cut into the sides to help customers who are visually impaired find the right card by touch alone. The Touch Card credit card has a round notch, the debit card has a squarish notch and the

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A new Mastercard design is meant to make life easier for visually impaired users

9:44am November 02, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Mastercard is distributing a new bank card next year that aims to help customers with vision impairments. The card has notches cut into the sides to help customers find the right card by touch alone.