Announcing February 2023 NNLM Reading Club: Eyes and Vision
February is Low Vision Month. “You’re either kind of a super blind person or you’re kind of on the other end of the spectrum, kind of a pitiable blind person, and a lot of what I try and do in the book is kind of looking at the middle, you know, the vast middle ground of most of us who are just living our lives, you know, as mothers and people who work and teach and all those sorts of things.” – M. Leona Godin, author of February featured book “There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural history of Blindness” from Blind Abilities podcast
This February, we turn our attention to the importance of learning mor...
Source: The Cornflower - February 2, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: NNLM Reading Club Source Type: news
Columbus Colony ’s Seth Ghering on finding a job that makes you feel good
Seth Ghering started as executive director of the Columbus Colony for Elderly Care in the early days of the pandemic, which added an extra layer of challenge in managing a long-term care community for largely deaf and deaf-blind individuals. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - October 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Doug Buchanan Source Type: news
Denied Assistant, U.S. Paralympian Drops Out of Games
Three-time gold medal swimmer U.S. Paralympian Becca Meyers, who is deaf and blind, is dropping out of the Tokyo Games because she is not allowed to bring her personal care assistant. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - July 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coronavirus: 'Lockdown made me feel like I was in prison'
John Nicholl, who is deafblind, says his use of hands-on sign language left him isolated in lockdown. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
2021: Year of Living Dangerously?
By Jomo Kwame SundaramKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 5 2021 (IPS) Goodbye 2020, but unfortunately, not good riddance, as we all have to live with its legacy. It has been a disastrous year for much of the world for various reasons, Elizabeth II’s annus horribilis. The crisis has exposed previously unacknowledged realities, including frailties and vulnerabilities.
Jomo Kwame SundaramFor many countries, the tragedy is all the greater as some leaders had set national aspirations for 2020, suggested by the number’s association with perfect vision. But their failures are no reason to reject national projects. As Helen Keller, ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Financial Crisis Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Labour Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Deaf blind woman's rights breached by how her student loan was administered: court
An Ontario court has ruled that the provincial and federal governments must operate their student loan program in a way that ensures those with disabilities who take longer to complete their studies are not saddled with more debt than their able-bodied peers. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Uber discriminates against deaf people, human rights complaint alleges
Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal will hear the case of an Uber customer who says the ride-hailing company discriminates against him on the basis of his disability. Michael McNeely is deaf/blind. His human rights complaint focuses on his limited hearing and Uber’s alleged failure to accommodate it. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Deaf and blind Ontario woman suing government over student loan debt inequality
A disabled woman is in an Ontario court this week seeking changes to Canada's student loan program that she argues would level the playing field for people with disabilities. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Ghana: First Atlantic Bank Donates Classroom Block to Cape Coast School for the Deaf, Blind
[Ghanaian Times] The First Atlantic Bank has, as part of its commitment to positively impact communities in which it operates, handed over, a fully furnished and equipped classroom block to the unit for the Blind at the Cape Coast School for the Deaf . (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - January 9, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Deafblind doctor says she has 'less eyesight but more insight'
Alexandra Adams, 25, from Cardiff, said that she has 'less eyesight' but 'more insight' than some of her colleagues in medicine, adding that she's had a great reaction from patients. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Britain's first blind and deaf medic says seeing and hearing doesn't make you a better doctor
Alexandra Adams, 25, from Cardiff, is a fourth-year medical student, on track to become the first doctor in Britain who is registered both deaf and blind. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deafblind doctor: I was told not to touch patients
A student set to become the NHS's first deaf and blind doctor describes discrimination she has faced. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New York City to Host cutting-edge linguistic research in January
(Linguistic Society of America) Research presentations on topics as diverse as sounds systems, endangered languages, computer-mediated language, and modes of communication developed by deaf-blind communities are among the highlights of the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), to be held in New York, N.Y. from Jan. 3-6, 2019. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Alabama institute opens new $2M nursing clinic
The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind has opened its new Alabama Power Foundation Nursing Clinic.
As we reported, the 5,000-square-foot facility includes three hospital bedrooms, a nursing station, waiting area and administrative space.
AIDB hopes the “mini hospital” will enhance health care services for its students. Dental, vision and audiology services will still be provided at the D owling Center, which is the Institute’s legacy health care building.
The building will be financed… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 27, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Staff Source Type: news
Artificial intelligence and accessible theater for the deaf and blind
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed pioneering technology, called Stage-sync, so that people with visual and auditory impairment can enjoy musical stage shows. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
