San Francisco’s Mozzeria will be missed. San Francisco’s first and only Deaf-owned-and-operated restaurant is the latest casualty of the pandemic, KQED Radio reports. The 49-seat pizza restaurant in the Mission closed November 12, almost nine years after Melody and Russ Stein opened the spot...
The next time you blink, it’ll be Thanksgiving. It’s coming. The next time you blink, it’ll be Thanksgiving. And after that, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, and the holiday season will be upon us. A few years back, though, we became part of a new tradition that (for me, at least)...
Access to treatment is shrinking, especially in developing countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a change in the provision and delivery of eye health services around the world, the World Economic Forum reports. Many vision programs have been temporarily suspended, including mobile...
This takes guts — and patience. We could all use a little inspiration these days. That’s why I wanted to share an amazing story I ran across this week. At 13, Dan Mancina was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disease that leads to vision loss. He started losing...
Treating diabetic retinopathy early can reduce the risk of blindness by 95 percent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults. The CDC’s National Diabetes Statistics Report for 2020 shows that 34.2...
“It has given my parents so much comfort in allowing me to grow independently knowing Alvin is there by my side to protect me.’’ A deaf equine degree student in the UK is thriving in her work, thanks to her “superhero” hearing dog, Horse & Hound magazine reports. Alvin the cocker...
Tips for employers The Center on Employment at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf is offering tips for employers who need to conduct virtual interviews with deaf and hard-of-hearing job candidates. “In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we recognize that the...
Melva Snyder went through five sets of hearing aids before she finally got the right ones. That meant more than 10 years of frustration. She still had to ask people to repeat themselves. When she was driving, she couldn’t hear if her blinker was on. If she was outside the house,...
“I’m a second-class citizen.” A projected 7 million Americans who are eligible to vote in the presidential election live with visual impairments, Kaiser Health News reports. For those who also deal with illnesses that place them at a higher risk from COVID-19, voting this year...
Lip-reading doesn’t work well over video. Writing for Fast Company, product designer Quinn Keast recently shared his frustrations with the now-mandatory ritual of the Zoom call. “Video calls have always been a challenge for me,” Keast writes. “Lip-reading doesn’t work well...
Few birds of prey hunt by night. New research suggests that there’s something special in the way the DNA molecules in owls’ eyes are packaged, giving them a powerful visual advantage in the dark, Science Alert reports. The new study proposes that through the process of natural...
There has never been a sign language interpreter for a US presidential debate. Erin Rosenfeld was one of the millions of Americans who tuned in to watch the first presidential debate last month but quickly turned it off after struggling to keep up with the closed captions, Fox News reports. “I...
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