Blind and Vision Rehabilitation

A WONDERFUL LIFE: UP TO THE CHALLENGE.(Neighbors)
The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 11/15/2009; 832 words; Byline: ANA PACHECO Blind since birth, Lucy Medina...Department of Vocational Rehabilitation called me and asked me...it a try?' " Legally blind since birth, Medina...school because I was blind, so by the time I was...blister. She has no vision in her left eye and partial...

Finding Ways for Disabled People to Participate in Research is Goal of Case Western Reserve University Nursing School Study.
Pediatrics Week; 11/14/2009; 875 words; ...to include individuals with vision and hearing impairments in...related research project with blind diabetics. Williams' work...engineering, teaching and rehabilitation specialists of persons with...communication technologies for the blind and hearing impaired that can...

First in New York: Bionic technology aims to give sight to woman blinded beginning at age 13.
NewsRx Health & Science; 11/8/2009; 1079 words; ...partially restored her vision. A team led by Dr...who are functionally blind might begin to distinguish...continues, but it is the rehabilitation process that will ensure...for a year or more. Rehabilitation, device training...non-profit vision rehabilitation and research ...

RP marks opening of first call center for blind.(Infotech)
Manila Bulletin; 11/7/2009; 723 words; ...center that employs only blind persons has begun its...Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration, and Empowerment...training, six totally blind, low-vision, and sighted graduates...the Resources for the Blind, National Council on...

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE'S SPECIAL EDUCATION - VISUAL IMPAIRMENT PROGRAM AWARDED $497,675
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/4/2009; 1177 words; ...to individuals who are blind," points out James...Carolina Commission for the Blind. How appropriate, then...with the South Carolina Vision Education Partnership...Carolina individuals who are blind or visually impaired...of Education & Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually...