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2009
Blind man was walking down the street with his dog…

7 hours ago by Kristin

A blind man was walking down the street with his dog. They stopped at the corner to wait for the passing traffic. The dog, at this point, started pissing on the mans leg. As the dog finished the man reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a doggie treat and started waving it at the dog. A passer ...

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Blind Actor Tim Gebbels to Star in TV Series

8 hours ago by Gregory Evanina

By Francesca Bardsley © Oxford Mail, England — A blind actor hopes his role in a spoof reality TV show will dispel stereotypes about disabled people. Tim Gebbels, of Kenilworth Avenue, East Oxford, stars in new Channel 4 series Cast Offs, which follows six people with different disabilities who are ...

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Frankfurt’s DialogMuseum Exposes Visitors to World of the Blind

8 hours ago by Gregory Evanina

By Mark Abramson © Stars and Stripes European edition — The phrase “the blind leading the blind” takes on a whole new meaning at one site in Frankfurt, Germany. The place is the DialogMuseum, an interactive museum whose main attraction is Dialogue in the Dark, offering a labyrinth of rooms in total ...

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First Braille Workshop at Kanglung

9 hours ago by Gregory Evanina

By Kinga Dema © Kuensel Newspaper, Bhutan — In an attempt to standardise braille application and make the writing system for visually impaired people systematic, braille users across the country came together for the first time and discussed various applications of braille. The four-day workshop tha ...

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Publishing Innovator ReadHowYouWant Bridges Kindle Gap for Blind and ...

9 hours ago by Gregory Evanina

Business Wire/News Blaze, Sydney, Australia — Amidst complaints of Amazon’s Kindle inaccessibility for blind readers, ReadHowYouWant, a new technology publishing company from Australia, is leading the way in accessible publishing by using proprietary XML conversion software to repurpose books into a ...

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Blind Woman Trains As Massage Therapist

9 hours ago by Gregory Evanina

© KETV-TV, OMAHA, Nebraska — Mandy Somer guided black fabric through her sewing machine like she’s an old pro. It’s with that same ease that she’s lived every aspect of her life: going to college, taking on new interests and trying to earn a living. “I feel like a rule breaker sometimes. I’ve never ...

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Its Not Just for the Blind – Making Your Website Accessible for all

9 hours ago by Matt

If you ask most Web developers about Section 508 they will respond with something about their site being accessible to the blind. Most people don’t realize that 508-accessibility is not just about making Web sites accessible to the blind. Section 508 is about removing barriers and making Web site in ...

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Guide Dogs for the Blind to Update Facilities

10 hours ago by Gregory Evanina

By Jennifer Upshaw Swartz © Marin Independent Journal, California — San Rafael-based Guide Dogs for the Blind has embarked on an ambitious effort to update its Terra Linda campus. The national organization headquartered in Marin has begun working with city planners and the San Rafael Design Review B ...

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Inspiring retired prof inducted into Hall of Fame Leaders and Legends in the ...

10 hours ago by Gregory Evanina

By Mike Peters © Greeley Tribune, Colorado — A letter from a child probably tells the best story about Dean Tuttle’s sight: “I’m glad you’re blind,” the boy wrote. “So you could talk to us about it.” That’s what Tuttle, a retired University of Northern Colorado professor, believed about blindness. W ...

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Art Exhibition Caters for Blind

10 hours ago by Gregory Evanina

© BBC News, Wales — A professional artist is staging an exhibition of landscapes, seascapes and street scenes that cater for people who are blind or partially sighted. Mark Cox has made 3D scale wooden replicas of some his paintings so people can feel the subjects as well as view them. He will also ...

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