Now she’s warning others about the risky procedure. People are changing the color of their eyes, permanently through surgery, Action News JAX reports. The procedure is referred to as an iris implant, in which a surgeon places an artificial implant over the patient’s iris. Now a young...
Customers place their orders through a special app. Staffed entirely by deaf students, a new cafe in Melbourne cafe equips them with practical experience and the option of gaining a hospitality qualification, SBS News reports. “From my experience here at Tradeblock, I feel like I could work in...
The sun is closer to the horizon. The sun moves closer to the horizon in the days surrounding the autumnal equinox, KWQC News reports. That means that for longer periods of time it is pointed straight into drivers’ eyes, it’s more likely to reflect at low angles off other cars,...
Secretary General says sign languages are crucial “to realizing the human rights of the more than 70 million deaf people around the globe.” On the International Day of Sign Languages, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres asserted that the promotion of sign languages around...
Lancelot, a Briard mix, had his vision restored through gene therapy. Timing is everything. Nearly 20 years ago, gene therapy restored vision to Lancelot, a Briard dog who was born with a blinding disease. This ushered in a period of hope and progress for the field of gene therapy aimed at curing...
It was her first time traveling by herself. Born deaf, 16-year-old Ashley Ober was concerned about her flight from Baltimore to Rochester, New York, WKYT News reports. It was the first time she was traveling by herself. But a Delta flight attendant’s note made her experience in the air one...
Oral herpes spread to the child’s eyes. A mother in Texas is spreading the word about a common infection that can put a child’s eyesight at risk: the herpes virus. A Facebook thread alerted Jamie Boles to the possible cause of the blisters that had formed around her young son’s...
“He had no quit in him.” Devin Holmes has been profoundly deaf since birth, USA Today reports. This is his third year on the varsity football team at Bloomfield Hills High School in Michigan, and his second as a starter on the defensive line. At 6 feet, 285 pounds, he often...
“Being able to see through both eyes after all these years means the world to me.” A man in the UK has had his sight restored through a pioneering stem cell treatment 25 years after he lost it in an acid attack, iNews reports. James O’Brien was blinded in his right eye at 18 after a...
Deaf people use space differently. In the spring of 2005, a workshop took place on the Gallaudet University campus in Northeast Washington, the Washington Post reports. A collection of teachers, students and administrators gathered with architect and designer Hansel Bauman to provide input on a...
WeWalk uses technology to help blind people navigate. A revolutionizing smart cane called WeWalk has been introduced to help blind people navigate their surroundings, Boredpanda.com reports. The cane was invented by visually impaired engineer Kursat Ceylan, who is the CEO and co-founder of Young...
“He is not doing well,” lawyer says. Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán has only been in prison for a couple of months and his eyesight is already failing, the UK’s Daily Mail reports. The 62-year-old drug kingpin, who co-founded the Sinaloa Cartel, is serving a life sentence...