Be My Eyes, the accessibility app for mobile devices that puts blind and low-vision people on a live video call with a sighted guide, will help Microsoft train its AI. Be My Eyes will provide ...

Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through half the form and then come to a question with drop-down options the ...

The SANFL Blind Low Vision (BLV) League will begin in March. It will offer participants the chance to play modified competitive football in a supportive and inclusive setting. The League is supported ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Despite more than 7 million Americans having some form of vision loss, many places in our communities are still not accessible for people who cannot drive and rely on public transportation. Recently, ...

A genetic eye condition pushed biochemist Kamini Govender to develop coping strategies that serve her well in the lab and help her to avoid burnout. Now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of the ...

Colin Wong, a blind Ph.D. student, can't forget having to pay US$100 for an Uber when he needed to take a standardized test. There was no testing center in San Francisco, where he lived, that could ...

ReBokeh's platform at work. “Have you met Dr. Bonnie Swenor?” According to Rebecca Rosenberg, the founder of ReBokeh, the partnership between her assistive technology startup and Johns Hopkins ...

From a young age, people with disabilities are deterred from physical activity. Everyone needs physical activity, though, and a visual impairment shouldn’t prevent you from living a healthy life.

Attendees at the Low Vision Matters conference gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in early September to hear UAB’s Beth Barstow, PhD, OTR/L, SCLV, and Jason Vice, PhD, OTR/L, SCLV, speak about ...