Performer asks fans to find her a ‘scary’ eye patch. Singer Mel B, also known as ‘Scary’ Spice as a member of the Spice Girls, was taken to the hospital last week fearing she had gone blind, Sky News reports. She has been diagnosed with inflammation in her eyes, and thanked...
Drivers must accept service animals. A legally blind and deaf woman says an Uber driver denied her a ride on Sunday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Local 10 News reports. Robbie Esper’s guide dog Sarah is vital to help her get around. The driver “told me that he...
New research shows vision can make or break a career. In recent years, every field in sports has been painstakingly analyzed to figure out how to improve athletes’ performance. Now new research has shown that the most important physical attribute for an athlete may be unusually sharp...
The room is silent. Marketed as an ASL (American Sign Language) Slam performance, a recent event in a Jerusalem bar played to a silent audience, the Forward reports. “Our gift of sign is unique,” performer Douglas Ridloff signed as he left the stage. “It’s a gift of the universe for us. Be...
Presidential hopeful now has an ASL name. South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg responded to a message from a deaf supporter in sign language last month, The Hill reports. In a video posted on Twitter, Buttigieg thanked Anderson “Andy” Pleasants for the American Sign Language (ASL)...
Physical components can create computer programs. In an IT classroom in the UK, kids have gathered to show off their coding skills. But instead of poking at tablet screens or typing into laptops, these students are taking out brightly-colored plastic pods, connecting them with thick white wires...
They can feel the vibrations. A new garden featuring outdoor musical instruments was unveiled in Louisville, Kentucky this week, WHAS TV reports. The garden features six outdoor musical instruments with amplification devices designed for younger children who are deaf or hard of hearing at the...
Insurer says the procedure is “not medically necessary.” A family in Killeen, Texas, was told their insurance company would not pay for surgery to save their daughter’s vision, KCEN TV reports. For six years Madison Barnett has been battling keratoconus, a progressive eye disease...
“Deaf businesses have been marginalized for a long time.” Three friends, all small business owners in the D.C. area, have launched Lost River Vacations, an eco-friendly tiny house retreat in West Virginia, the Duluth News-Tribune reports. Two and a half hours away from the District of...
Loss of vision is hard to assess, but special specs can help. Identifying vision issues in dogs isn’t that easy, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Unlike humans, dogs don’t squint at menus or bark wrong letters on the eye chart, and they adapt well when their vision starts to deteriorate. According...
Reciting the Quran presents a huge challenge. Muslims around the world traditionally recite the entire Quran during the month of Ramadan, The New York Times reports — but what if you’re deaf? Learning all 114 chapters can take years, and many learn the melodic Arabic recitations by...
Loss of eyesight may be permanent. A North Carolina woman slept in her contact lenses wound up nearly losing her sight in one eye, WebMD reports. “People don’t realize that contacts are medical devices,” says Patrick Vollmer, OD, the optometrist who treated her. “They don’t realize the risks...
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