MISCELLANEOUS
An assortment of links to miscellaneous articles. Total 117 Links
December 2008 (12 Links)
- Blind pilot's wish to meet his rescuers SOURCE East Anglia Daily Times, 29/12/08
- Winter offensive against the Taliban in Helmand leads to scores of British casualties SOURCE The Telegraph, 27/12/08
- Blind toddler to get two eyes for Christmas SOURCE Wales Online, 23/12/08
- Teen rescues blind man from river SOURCE Hemel Today, 23/12/08
- Suicide of blind man's wife SOURCE This is Gloucestershire, 23/12/08
- Michael Jackson 'going blind and needs lung transplant' SOURCE Sunday Mirror, 22/12/08
- Text-a-taxi service launched in Leeds SOURCE Yorkshire Evening Post. 17/12/08
- Welcome to Albino Island SOURCE The Sun, 9/12/08
- Financial implications could make government think twice about noise SOURCE PublicService.co.uk, 5/12/08
- UK government denies healthcare based on costs SOURCE Spero News, 5/12/08
- First experimental investigations of rotating fluid droplets were conducted by a blind Belgian physicist named Joseph-Antoine-Ferdinand Plateau SOURCE Physics.org, 1/12/08
- Bio-Sensory Reactions to 3D Shooting Games SOURCE Gamasutra, 2/12/08
November 2008 (9 Links)
October 2008 (11 Links)
- No name found for youngster's rare condition SOURCE This is Swansea, 31/10/08
- Glaucoma drug could end need for mascara SOURCE Professional Beauty, 30/10/08
- Get Accessible for Dyslexia Awareness Week SOURCE British Dyslexia Association, 30/10/08
- Bride-to-be knocked down and killed by blind driver while shopping for dream wedding dress SOURCE Daily Mail, 29/10/08
- Chloe is 'our little miracle' SOURCE Chorley Guardian, 22/10/08
- Chance for budding football commentators SOURCE Hereford Times, 16/10/08
- Blind transsexual admits harassing carer SOURCE Belfast Telegraph, 15/10/08
- Council spends £5000 on signs in Braille ... for squash players on court safety advice SOURCE Daily Mail, 13/10/08
- Is Gordon Brown losing his sight? SOURCE LabourHome.org, 11/10/08
- RNIB reveals the UK's sexiest eyes SOURCE RNIB Press Release, 6/10/08
- Dating advice from Darnell SOURCE BBC Ouch! blog, 3/10/08
September 2008 (15 Links)
- Powerful lasers can burn and blind SOURCE Western Mail, Wales 29/9/08
- Bringing up a severely disabled child SOURCE Times Online, 25/9/08
- UKHO hosts disability awareness event SOURCE Somerset Gazette, 25/9/08
- Blind woman rescued by coastguards SOURCE Lancashire Evening Post, 24/9/08
- Family says thanks to mum in heroic sea rescue SOURCE Irish Independent, 24/9/08
- City's first blind lesbian married couple hope to start family SOURCE This is Staffordshire, 23/9/08
- The path from cinema to playground SOURCE BBC Magazine, 22/9/08
- Marshside man eager to reassure Southport residents he is not a cold caller SOURCE Southport Visiter, 19/9/08
- Miracle op gave hubby sight back..and left him a monster SOURCE News of the World, 14/9/08
- Mother tells of 'blind' Wife Swap experience SOURCE Watford Observer, 12/9/08
- Porn for the Blind SOURCE Current.com, 11/9/08
- Legion reveals rise in soldiers asking for help SOURCE Belfast NewsLetter, 9/9/08
- Darnell caught in the middle SOURCE The Sun, 3/9/08
- Group goes blind again to mimic Mikey SOURCE Digital Spy, 2/9/08
- DIVERSITY! Board Game For Children 3 To 7 Teaches Kids That We Are All Different & It Is Great! SOURCE Press Release, 2/9/08
August 2008 (12 Links)
- 'My BB grandson wasn't in gangs'
SOURCE This is Swansea, 31/8/08
- Lies of power firm's rogue reps:
Scottish Hydro
investigates sales staff lies SOURCE The Sunday Times, 31/8/08
- Pearl's Phoenix brands receive Alt
Formats Charter recognition SOURCE FT Adviser, 29/8/08
- Now her operation is over, see Amélie play
SOURCE Salford Advertiser, 28/8/08
- The thought of brave son kept mother going on her greatest trip
SOURCE This is Derbyshire, 23/8/08
- Darnell
on brink of blindness SOURCE The Sun, 22/8/08
- Blind Rose battles mystery illness in hospital
SOURCE This is Lincolnshire 19/8/08
- I
D cards could be derailed by pensioners as finger prints of over-75s are hard
to scan SOURCE Daily Mail, 15/8/08
- Gloves with New Thinglove™ Technology Delivers Amazing Performance
in Braille Reading Test SOURCE Market Watch, 14/8/08
- Cat Fearnley vows to have her wrist tattooed on the
anniversary of boyfriend Danny Curran’s death SOURCE Southport Visiter, 13/8/08
- Mikey's
blind man's bluff SOURCE The Sun, 12/8/08
- Girl predicted to die within weeks reaches her fifth birthday
SOURCE The Telegraph, 4/8/08
July 2008 (9 Links)
- Playboy in Braille SOURCE Anorak.co.uk, 31/7/08
- Wasting time for fun SOURCE Disability Now,
29/7/08
- Protestors target dopey drug laws SOURCE Disability Now,
28/7/08
- This Morning - Katie and Harvey * features video clip with
sound * SOURCE ITV.com, 13/7/08
- Advert for new air traffic controller says 20/20 vision is
essential... then offers application form in BRAILLE SOURCE This is London,
11/7/08
- BB's Mario: I worry for blind Mikey SOURCE Wigan Today,
10/7/08
- Love really is blind, or at least blinkered SOURCE New
Scientist, 7/7/08
- Praise for helpful young cadets SOURCE Wales Daily Post,
7/7/08
- I D card fingerprint errors fear SOURCE BBC News, 3/7/08
June 2008 (10 Links)
- BB housemates pass blind task set in honour of visually impaired Mikey
SOURCE Daily Mail, 30/6/08
- Guinness book of Spec-ords!
SOURCE Liverpool City Council, 27/6/08
- "Milton's
sympathetic response to the blinded Samson struck a chord with Handel,
whose own sight was beginning to fail" SOURCE The Independent, 25/6/08
- Ben Wilson on Ian Kelly's biography of Casanova
SOURCE The Spectator, 25/6/08
- Grieving mum's marathon for Charlie
SOURCE Gloucestershire
Gaxette, 21/6/08
- The athlete who could go blind because Chinese officials are forcing
him to go for Olympic gold SOURCE Daily Mail, 20/6/08
- Does copyright rule in Cyberworld?
SOURCE FreelanceUK.com, 18/6/08
- Blind drivers halted by the newts
SOURCE Lancashire Evening Post, 17/6/08
- Playing the blind card gives you the winning hand every time
SOURCE The Irish Independent, 15/6/08
- 'Number blindness' more common than dyslexia
SOURCE Independent, 9/6/08
May 2008 (12 Links)
- Real life exclusive: Meet Sam the blind boy who uses
dolphin-like clicks to navigate SOURCE Daily Mirror, 30/5/08
- Beijing withdraws Olympics manual after 'inappropriate
language' is used to describe disabled competitors SOURCE This is London, 29/5/08
- Russell Watson fears brain tumour will blind him
SOURCE Telegraph, 29/5/08
- Italian switchboard operator pretended to be blind for 24
years to qualify for job SOURCE Times Online, 29/5/08
- Boy, 3, must lose sight to beat cancer
SOURCE Metro.co.uk, 27/5/08
- The Nice Movement
46. Misunderstood Signals SOURCE Londonist.com, 25/5/08
- Those Redesigned US Bank
Notes SOURCE Anorak, 21/5/08
- Blind man's two-day adventure
SOURCE audio report SOURCE BBC News Wales, 21/5/08
- Bilbo Is Beached By RNLI
SOURCE This is Cornwall, 20/5/08
- It’s not every day a member of the royal family gets on a bus
SOURCE I C Wales, 15/5/08
- Not the gaffer, but the gaffee,
by Clive James SOURCE BBC Magazine, 9/5/08
- Boy left partially blind by trampoline accident
SOURCE Yorkshire Post, 7/5/08
April 2008 (15 Links)
- Mercy mission mystery donor
SOURCE Down
Democrat, Ireland 30/4/08
- I
was driven to brink of suicide caring 24/7 for disabled son SOURCE The Sun, 29/4/08
- Revealed: David Blunkett finds love again with a divorced GP who has two
children SOURCE This is London, 29/4/08
- Blind woman saved from fire by elderly neighbour
SOURCE This is Cheshire, 25/4/08
- Blind man's wife described porn
SOURCE BBC
Devon, 25/4/08
- Canine sleuth sniffs out the nicked false teeth
SOURCE Coventry Telegraph, 24/4/08
- Inspiring smile of a special little fighter
SOURCE Northern Echo, 24/4/08
- Mammoth fight to keep exhibit bugs at bay
SOURCE Oldham Chronicle, 23/4/08
- I wish I'd died, admits man blinded by thug
SOURCE Daily Record, 22/4/08
- Blundering cops blind each other with CS spray during arrest
SOURCE Daily Record, 22/4/08
- Falklands War Nurse Nicci's Emotional Day
SOURCE This
is South Devon, 21/4/08
- June driven up the wall by Johnny Cash
SOURCE This
is London, 16/4/08
- Talk Dirty, Descriptively in Porn for the Blind
SOURCE Wired.com, 11/4/08
- Former Miss Scotland experiences world of 5000 deafblind Scots
SOURCE Sunday Mail, 6/4/08
- Back to black
* features Dr Bart Caulker * SOURCE Northern Echo, 4/4/08
March 2008 (5 Links)
January/February
2008 (7 Links)
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