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For the visually impaired, computers can sometimes be a challenge. One local nonprofit camp is empowering visually impaired children to turn the tool into a key to success.
A new center for blind and visually impaired individuals opened in Salinas, offering free and reduced-cost services.
Nicole Smulkstys, center, a District 211 teacher for the blind and visually impaired, asks her students, Mario McMinn, 17, left, and Hannah Spedale, 15, to listen to the crosswalk noises during a ...
The Sight Center of NWPA's Wednesday Club is made up of visually impaired adults who help each other learn how to live with blindness.
Blind, visually impaired kids shine on Tilles Center stage Campers, who are blind or visually impaired, participate in the annual event organized by Helen Keller Camp at LIU Post in Brookville.
Children are the highest consumers of added sugar, even as high-sugar diets have been linked to health effects like obesity and heart disease and even impaired memory function.
McCall, who has worked at the school for 31 years, said that the schools Assistive Device Center has built devices to help students learn while staying safe.
Virtual learning has been a difficult adjustment for blind and visually impaired students.
In January, he decided to enroll in a karate class for the sight-impaired being offered for the first time at the Braille Institute in Rancho Mirage. “I thought it would help with conditioning ...
Santa Rosa's Earle Baum Center offers a variety of classes for the blind and visually impaired, from reading braille and navigating with a cane, to connecting with others who've experienced vision ...
Lego is releasing a new product to help blind and visually impaired children learn Braille, the company announced Wednesday. The "playful and engaging" bricks will be inclusive to allow sighted ...
Microsoft has been working on a physical programming language for children who are blind or visually impaired. Dubbed Code Jumper, it allows children to learn coding by connecting physical blocks ...