Tag: visually impaired

Camp Teaches Visually Impaired Children Science

Posted on: May 18, 2009

Marla Palmer worries that science teachers give up on her two blind children too easily. That’s one reason why the president of the Utah Parents of Blind Children helped to organize Saturday’s “Science Without Sight” camp for 26 visually impaired Utah students from fourth through 12th grades. Campers got the chance to handle alligators and […]

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Visually Impaired Photographers Exhibit Mind-Boggling Shots

Posted on: May 15, 2009

Twelve visually impaired artists, a few of whom are totally blind, were recently featured by the University of California at Riverside. The shots they took are inspiring, considering that most won’t know where the camera lens is pointing. For Rosita McKenzie, she said she could be experimental as she can’t see. Her method was to […]

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Opera Helps Visually Impaired Kids Find Their Voice

Posted on: May 15, 2009

As little Tatyana Larbi, aka Little Miss Muffett, sings about selling her cotton and twigs to the “sister pigs,” you can tell the young girl is enjoying her moment in the limelight, even if she can’t see the audience’s response. The set and costumes are pretty basic. Most were made by parents and volunteers. But […]

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Video Games For The Visually Impaired

Posted on: May 04, 2009

Computer engineers developed a new computer game, called AudiOdyssey, for visually impaired persons. The game primarily focuses on sounds and rhythms, which visually impaired and sighted players can both enjoy… Source for complete article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1111-video_games_for_the_visually_impaired.htm

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Stereo For Visually Impaired

Posted on: May 04, 2009

No doubt finding stereo equipment for the visually impaired is limited and hard to find. However, there is at least one product that is now devoted to the blind or even the partially blind. It is a stereo that uses an interface that reacts to the user, while keeping… Source for complete article: http://www.cybertheater.com/stereo-for-visually-impaired/

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