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 ...

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 ...

Blind and low-vision students at the University of Minnesota have the same concerns as students without disabilities in navigating their academic and social lives in addition to the unique ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Canadian drama about a homicide detective who experiences sudden vision loss explores the relationships that blind people have in community and with technology. By Abbey White Associate Editor & ...

In her childhood bedroom, Maxine Collard had a PC connected to a cathode-ray tube monitor so massive it bowed her desk into a smile that grew deeper every year. Collard has oculocutaneous albinism, ...

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, ...

Kathryn Locke is employed as a researcher on the Australian Research Council's discovery grant, "Diversifying audio description in the Australian digital landscape". Tama Leaver receives funding from ...

Umwelt is a new a system that enables blind and low-vision users to author accessible, interactive charts representing data in three modalities: visualization, textual description, and sonification. A ...

That Liza Corso is one of the top high school runners in New Hampshire is a given. What is awe-inspiring is that she is able to run at such a high level with a low-vision disability. The Portsmouth ...