Shahin Alam speaks through a microphone, his laptop and keyboard nestled between stacks of books on his small wooden desk, as he talks to his online students from his home in Bangladesh. But while his ...

Tech developers have introduced a pair of new AI-powered smart glasses to try to help the blind and other visually impaired people navigate the world. Dutch startup Envision, who in 2020 partnered ...

Scientists have developed glasses that give real-time instructions to help blind people navigate without assistance dogs, canes, or other humans. Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China ...

Our AI glasses are helping people with disabilities navigate their daily lives by enabling hands-free calling and texting, ...

The first time I witnessed the challenges of disability was when I started college in 2016. My hostel mates came from across Asia and Africa, pursuing different career paths and hobbies, each with ...

Although blind people cannot see, they often still possess the brain regions that enable vision. Does this mean that blind people can dream in visual images? In some cases, they can. A 2014 study ...

The coffee chain will also rollout new large print and Braille menus. Starbucks is making coffee runs more accessible than ever with a new service to help blind and low-vision customers. The ...

Every Tuesday morning from May through October, a special garden at the Colorado Center for the Blind in Littleton is filled with the smell of freshly turned soil and the sound of students tending to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am blind and have been since birth. Unlike some people I know, I don’t get offended if people ask me questions or say something about it. I’m comfortable with the way I am, and ...