143 media results found for 'blind'
A white cane is a device used by many people who are blind or visually impaired. It primarily allows its user to scan their surroundings for obstacles or orientation marks but is also helpful for onlookers in identifying the user as blind or visua...Read More
This video demonstrates how to change the display and text size on iOS devices. Apple's built-in accessibility features make accessing these devices easier for someone with low vision. Part of the "Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series."
YouDescribe is a free web-based tool from the Smith-Kettlewell VDRDC that allows anyone, anywhere to describe any YouTube video and share that description with the world. YouDescribe does not change or copy the original video, instead, it plays th...Read More
The Big Apple--packed sidewalks, crowded subways, speeding taxis--millions of people racing in a million different directions, all at once. Getting around can be a physical and mental challenge even for the average person. Now close your eyes. Thi...Read More
Join host Tom Scott on a flying adventure with Lucy Edwards, who is blind, and the folks at Aerobility. For this flight, Tom wears a blindfold. Based in the United Kingdom, Aerobility provides anyone, regardless of disability, with access to the m...Read More
Ava is a fifth grader, and she loves reading, playing sports, and spending time with her friends. She has Usher syndrome type 1, which has affected her sight and hearing. In the summer of 2016, her family moved to a new home, and Ava had to change...Read More
All young adults who are deaf-blind need extensive transition planning and services in order to experience success in adult life. Transition Institutes have historically sought to bring together young adults and their families to build skills and ...Read More
Soliz and Camila are brother and sister. They have Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. In the summer of 2015, their family took a road trip from their home in Arizona to California, where they went camping with extended family. Their parents want to immerse...Read More
Liam is six years old and loves reading, playing with friends and family, and being outside. He became deaf-blind from meningitis at age 2 and communicates using ASL. His mother, Sandy, believes strongly in inclusion and has found many creative wa...Read More
Students selected special activities to gain more opportunities to practice their social skills. Social Skills Cinema "Game Night" built skills through common games. These games and rules were chosen to allow participation of players with differen...Read More
The following lesson is titled the "Great Cup Stack Challenge." Each week our school partners with a local Montessori school for part of the school day. Three or four students from Heritage Montessori School visit each of the elementary school cla...Read More
This ancient fable offers a vital lesson for all who see and hear it. Narrated by Lady Paddina Cole, this is the story of the mighty Lord Karras, who has all the power and money he could ever possibly want. However, one day Karras loses his sight ...Read More
Dramatizes the life of Louis Braille, including the events that caused him to become blind as well as the cause of his death in 1852 at the age of 43 of tuberculosis. Illustrates the development of the Braille System, which he created in 1824 at t...Read More
Animals provide more freedom to people with blindness, and with the help of these animals, these people can then return to the many activities they love. Bill, who has severe allergies, gets help from a service dog. Never mind that the dog has a m...Read More
J. J. is the leader of an exclusive, secret club. When Alex, a blind girl, is introduced to the group, J. J. doesn't want her to join. After learning that Alex is really no different from the others, J. J. realizes she was wrong. A surprise rev...Read More
Felix harasses a blind girl in his high school. Through a series of mysterious events, he finds himself blind and sent back to 1935, where he meets Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. Felix lives with them and learns about blindness, "seeing" with ...Read More
As millions of receptors in the human nervous system respond automatically to light, sound, touch, and smell, and send information to the brain, the body acts. Explores a condition amputees experience known as "phantom pain" or "phantom limb." Als...Read More
