SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — Five blind and vision-impaired individuals and two advocacy groups sued the AMC movie theater chain in federal court in San Francisco today for allegedly failing to provide ...

Screen reader software converts text to audio for people who are blind. Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through ...

McDonald's will add assistive technology for blind customers at all company-owned restaurants in the U.S. by the end of this year, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The technology will ...

Braille Institute, a leading organization dedicated to supporting individuals with vision impairments, proudly announces the return of Assistive Technology Month this November. The month-long ...

In the US, 70% of blind or visually-impaired people are unemployed - that’s 2.6 million people aged 21-64. That’s a big number, especially considering there is technology available that means this ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A standard textbook for primary or secondary school students is a robust learning tool rich with photographs, illustrations, charts, maps: visual images that bring the words to life.

Lex Gillette, the long jump world record holder for para athletes, stopped in the lobby of Manchester Grand Hyatt last week and asked Erin for a list of nearby restaurants. She read off choices and ...

Even something as simple as learning to type can be an important support for helping students build the skills and confidence they need Generally, when we think of edtech and students with ...

A calculated “bug hunt” is underway at iTriage in downtown Denver. With laptops and tablets on a desk, contract employees Antonio Rozier and Amelia Dickerson scan through the backbone of a health ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to the Optometrists Network, one in six adults older than 45 years and one in four older than 75 has ...