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Fireworks at Downing Street: G D B A joins Animal Welfare Fireworks
Coalition Nov 4th (London)
Former Guide Dog 'Killed By Fireworks'
(Northumberland, England)
Woman (92) in firework shocker
(Cheshire, England)
Disabled
arts festival for London: Begins this weekend (BBC) (London, England)
It's
certainly music to the ears of these pupils (Sheffield, England)
Donate
your unwanted computers to the disabled (Wiltshire, England)
Blind
crusader left to cope alone (Manchester, England)
Ulster's first eye clinic to open by Christmas
(Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Cool
Britannia: Royal
Yacht tour for visually impaired "will soon be initiated" (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Water of life heads for Everest: Highland Society's president to take whisky to Nepal (Scotland)
Blind
Christian human rights activist on trial: Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva
(Cuba)
Fundraiser for former footballer coming
soon (Barbados)
H
C M
City helps Lao cataract patients (Vietnam)
$2m fund for 'helping hand' technology (Singapore)
Night
of love songs, in aid of National Council of the Blind (Malaysia)
Alimco
organising camps for free distribution of aids & appliances to
poor disabled persons (India)
Mangena
addresses graduation of educators for deaf & blind learners (South
Africa)
From cigarette to cell phone, they are equally annoying. By writer
Jalil Mortazavi
(Iran)
F A offers clubs guidance on forthcoming disability act (U K)
Comforting
patter of tiny paws: Man's best friend has never played a bigger role in
Parliament (U K)
I
never thought a blind singer might win Operatunity.. I was so shocked: Denise
Leigh (Mirror) (U K)
R&A
publishes most revised golf rules for 20 years: including in format for v i
p's (PGA Online,U K)
Technology:
Eyetracker and web analytics agency WebtraffIQ Partner (London, England)
MP
introduces plano contact lens bill (Optometry online.net) (U K)
Blind
dad living in fear (Teesside, England)
Talking newspaper expands service (Sussex, England)
Mary
in big push for blind charity (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Access
denied - group pressure on city sites (Perthshire, Scotland)
Accessible
Web sites open to new opportunities (Canada)
SpeechTech Selects Telephony Cards From PIKA Technologies for Weather service
(Canada)
Canadian hotels provide playful retrievers to guests who miss their pets
(Vancouver, Canada)
Now is the time for disabled to create strategy for survival (San
Bernardino, California)
New
drug, bomb-sniffing dogs join state police: many from Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Connecticut)
Foster
dogs: features "Paws With A Cause" service dog organization (Utah)
They'll Go the Distance In Effort to Aid Parks: features
Marla Runyan (New York)
Blind
and 89, he now sports a hole-in-one (Philadelphia)
U
K Student Manager Finalist for Courage Award (Kentucky)
Man
finds a new vision for his life; mechanic helps raise funds for MS Society
(Washington State)
Living
in constant night: Technology helps blind students adapt to a dark world
(Northern Illinois)
Chicago
blues legend shows alternative vision: Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater (Tennessee)
Performing Arts: The Honky Tonk Angels (audio
described
show Nov 22) (Denver, Colorado)
Dollywood
to end free admission for disabled (Tennessee)
Blind
father wins custody of son (Ohio)
Tanzania has 350,000 untreated blind cases (Tanzania)
26
students receive scholarships from Women's Assn: Blind School to
perform at event (Sri Lanka)
Indian
Mobs Blind Criminals in a State of Lawlessness (India)
Library of Congress Grants D
M C A Exemptions: includes blind-accessible formats
(Online)
Audible,
Inc. and Freedom Scientific Launch Co-marketing Agreement (Online)
Microsoft Encarta 2004 Premium Suite: includes read-aloud function for
v i p's (Online)
New
$20 Bill Causing Controversy Already (Watleyreview.com, Online)
Bob Newhart's E R Role: Global Eye Health Group Sees It Another Way
(Toronto, Canada)
Runyan Back for Second N
Y C Marathon (New York)
Inner
Vision Guides Marathoner (New York)
Sense
of stroke (v i golf article) (California)
The
joy of giving: After surviving brain tumor, woman celebrates life by sewing
(North Dakota)
Student Lehne Brasseal shows his ambition, optimism (Mississippi)
Disabled use technology to persevere:
Challenges met with advances in
programs (Wisconsin)
Arts
can enhance everyone's life: 500 disabled kids take delight in annual program
(Arizona)
Western New Yorkers Known for Generosity (Buffalo, New York)
Blind
vendor offers smile and a broom (Indianapolis)
Foundation
Challenges the Blind to Tackle the Extreme (Los Angeles)
Organization
raises money for sight preservation (Alabama)
Shore
motel accused of turning away blind man (G D O)(New Jersey)
Exhibit in N
O casts an eye on how people, animals see (New Orleans)
Health:
New Surgery (Macular Translocation) Restores Vision (Pittsburgh)
Obituary:
Shirley Jennings, was blind for 40 years before operations restored
his vision (Atlanta)
Fire
destroys Blind Center, equipment (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Beware
of the dog (law) (Australia)
Drama
festival brings people together: features Taipei's Shin Bao Dao blind
theater group (Japan)
Love
without borders: German "Helen Keller" helps blind children out of darkness
(Tibet)
Team
from Nguyen Dinh Chieu School to represent VietNam at Asian
sightless people's football tournament (Korea)
Weightlifter who trains 20 blind students at her own gym, gets
Vocational Excellence Award (India)
Diwali
burns: Highest in five years (India)
Grant
to let people with disabilities work (Guam, Oceania)
Blind
U C T student runs his way into limelight (South Africa)
Cautionary
tail for dog owners: November 5 advice from G D B A (Berkshire,
England)
Torquay's
Royal National Institute for the Blind centre is threatened with closure (Devon,
England)
Colne
and District Blind Society: Charity's 100-year joy (Lancashire, England)
Liverpool
to have its first centre specially designed for blind children (England)
As
Eurostar opens service to guide dogs...Robbie & Gretel meet Waterloo (Ourdogs.co.uk,
Online)
Reporter
posing as Blunkett gets driving licence(Reuters Online) (U K)
Blind
man left with a wound on his leg after "bite-and-run"
(Cheshire, England)
Abseil
raises £4,000 for audio description equipment (Huddersfield,
England)
New government agreement with Microsoft for students: software for v i p's
planned (Malta)
Technology:
"Justlogin" software redesigned for visually impaired (ft Windoweyes)
(Singapore)
Vision-impaired
teacher lives his dream (Pakistan)
Access
Israel, a non-profit dedicated to making Israel an accessible place
for all (Israel)
Norton wants better access for disabled students (Toronto, Canada)
Guide dog breeder gives sight to blind (Ontario, Canada)
Web Site for People with Disability Celebrates 1st Year with More Than 1.6M
Visitors (Washington)
Halloween can be dangerous for those wearing illegal costume contact lenses
(Online)
A whole new show: Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli to perform November 8th
(Porterville, California)
Support group creator inspires visually impaired to get together
(Montana)
Highways & Byways: Couple in their 80's as much in love as when they
first married (Kentucky)
Dinner a winner for 'blind' baseball (Illinois)
Shimon Peres' son works to help Israeli blind get guide dogs (Los
Angeles)
Dairyland Power Invests in Wind Farm: & funds build & support blind
children in India (Minnesota)
DRC Supports Needs of Disabled Students (George Mason University,
Virginia)
Lighting paths for the blind:
Organization helps the sightless (Corpus
Christi, Texas)
Dot to dot: Technology helping a new world unfold for blind sixth-grader
(Alabama)
Blind boy uses his fire mishap to teach others (Florida)
Wal-Mart sees light in aiding student's sight (Orlando, Florida)
Sight for sore eyes (Corneal transplant article) (California)
Fewer blind children learn Braille (Pittsburgh)
Dozens take walk in dark to fight blindness (Nebraska)
Braille Institute van rolls into town to help (Ventura, California)
U S commercial secretary visits Shaanxi: & Boeing donates to Golden Key
Project (Beijing, China)
For Ambernath kids, Diwali was real blast (India)
Helping the visually impaired carve a niche (India)
AIR launches programme for the blind (India)
Al Shifa Trust chief briefs Pak community (Oman)
Sight For Blind After Free Operations (Botswana)
Cue and Review offers Streaming Broadcasts from Bishopbriggs Blind Charity (U
K)
'Making
the Difference Through Employment' Conferences - 25th November (Cork,
Ireland)
Blind
Centre for Northern Ireland opens web shop (Online)
Minorities
in Malta: Article 13 of E U Treaty not met for many, including blind voters
(Malta)
TecAccess
Receives "Award of Excellence" from Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
(Online)
New
Research: Tetrahydrocannabinol is a potential therapy for the treatment of
Glaucoma (Online)
Yesterday's
News: "Father of the blues" Will Handy made triumphant return in '53
(Kentucky)
'Honey
in the Rock' coming soon: Arts exposure need not be limited by sight or
sound (W Virginia)
U
I freshman who wrestled sightlessly now set on law career (Illinois)
Businessman
has positive outlook on employees (Connecticut)
Blindness
leads to renewed love of life for Bradenton woman (Southwest Florida)
Blind
residents cite dangers crossing streets in Palm Beach County (Florida)
Animal
Rights A Non-stop Fight: West Sider Tackles Dangerous Traffic Lights (New
York)
Retired
guide dog has homecoming with first owners (Arizona)
Dynamo
in sensible shoes: King George custodian, 81, won't retire (Virginia)
Iraqi
lawyer who helped rescue Lynch visits (West Virginia)
Ready,
willing and disabled: Japan's Wataboshi Music Festival to visit (Brisbane,
Australia)
Seeing
the light of music: Takeshi Kakehashi and Kim Ye-ji (Korea)
Help
the blind to help themselves, says Wong (Malaysia)
Reserved
quota for handicapped in 1st class jobs (Bangladesh)
Corn
hybrids to fight blindness (Pakistan)
'Puppy
walkers' are a special breed (South Africa)
Myriam,
the Blind, Forgotten Symbol of Iraqi Children's Suffering (Baghdad, Iraq)
Interview
- Julie Howell, Royal National Institute of the Blind (Sitepoint.com) (U
K)
Charity
in talks bid to save blind school (Shropshire)
Rhyme
of the Century: Poet has touched many people, & donates to the R N
I B (Nottinghamshire)
Cold
Feet, warm heart: (TV Star meets Ann Murphy & her guide dog Dylan)
(Manchester, England)
Hospital
'bed push' to battle blindness (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
N
H S Delay Sends 3,000 Blind (People) (U K)
It's time for voters to back inclusion (Toronto, Canada)
Visudyne
maker QLT doubles profit to $13.15M (Vancouver, Canada)
Technology:
CSS Level 2 - What is it, and How is it Different from CSS Level 1?
(About.com, Online)
Technology:
A O L Subscribers: Your M S N Messenger feature is disabled (Net4Nowt.com,
Online)
2003
Secretary of Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award (Department of Labor) (Online)
Music
for Life: Jazz Savant Tony DeBlois plays 20 instruments, knows 8,000 songs
(Boston)
Guys
and Dolls' shows off talents of disabled cast (Connecticut)
This
mayor's gotta mow, legally blind or not (Roanoke, Virginia)
Operation
Access connects disabled residents with jobs (Illinois)
Sometimes
a visit to the principal's office turns out to be a dream (Missouri)
A
man who led slaves to freedom (Historic article on David Ruggles)
(Massachusetts)
People
in need losing food pantry. v i p among volunteers (Maine)
Students
raise money for hearing dog guides for the deaf (Florida)
Seido
Karate Jamaica cop 14 medals: Demo by
hearing & v i practitioners a "high point" (Jamaica)
Festive
treat for the elderly and underprivileged (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Deepavali
makes no difference to them (India)
Al-Shifa
Seeks Help to Set Up New Hospitals (Saudi Arabia)
Gerald
Fox shooting tragedy - Comrades runner shot by robbery bandits (Claremont,
South Africa)
Help Stamp Out Poverty In Britain: Today Is "Here To Help" Day (Daily
Mirror) (U K)
"Bookstart" Charity to
include
"Booktouch", for blind & partially sighted children (Guardian, U K)
Culture Online's "The Dark" In Production - "an interactive virtual world
using 3D sound" (U K)
Book Review: "Red Queen: The Authorised Biography of Barbara Castle"
(Guardian)(U K)
Elsie Is Flying High! 98 Year Old's Wish Granted (Leicestershire,
England)
Guide dogs go racing at Newbury! (Berkshire, England)
Backing the blind: R N I B Cymru paricipate in Right To Read Campaign
(Gwent, South Wales)
Tablers' boost for Guide Dogs branch (Tenby, Wales)
Young stars shine bright at special showcase event (Lanarkshire,
Scotland)
Staff at Blindcraft Factory Vote to Strike (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Rendezvous: 48th Annual College Women's Association of Japan (CWAJ)
Print Show (Japan)
Technology: Now, talk to your computer (India)
Sacrifice gift of sight (Calcutta, India)
Eye hospital pioneer urges support (Pakistan)
Blind children get new facilities at society (Bahrain)
HSBC donates $18,000 to students with special needs (Brunei)
Govt Grants N.3m Scholarship to Blind Graduate (Nigeria)
Hair-raising stunt helps deaf & blind horse rider get nearer
Paralympics dream (Bradford, England)
M
P in running for award: piloted Bill which gave guide dog owners Taxi
rights (London, England)
Taxi firms & drivers rewarded
for sensitive approach to disabled people (Huddersfield, England)
Children are football crazy! features blind footballer Steve
Cunningham (Oxfordshire, England)
Childhood blindness more common than previously thought, experts have
found (BBC) (U K)
Crime
Warning: Distraction burglars in new strikes (Surrey, England)
"100 Days 100 Ways" Campaign launched to support disabled (Ireland)
Blind girl caught up in council row over school (Scotland)
Figures on registered blind and partially sighted (Scotland)
O N C E International Prize for R&D in Biomedicine &
New
Technologies for the Blind (Spain)
Profit soars on Visudyne sales, ups outlook (Toronto, Canada)
`Big breakthrough': for triathlete Dave Bigoney (Florida)
Local couple get loving home care from their trained assistance dogs
(Winston-Salem, Oregon)
Volunteers take visually impaired to heights not seen by many with full
vision (New Jersey)
Blind man won't let any obstacles stop him (Chicago)
Adulation for 1,900 war-wounded, but long road lies ahead
(Pennsylvania)
Critics say blind organization is ignoring its historic mission (New
York)
Dearborn spotlights options for disabled (Detroit)
New Grant Programs Available to Optometrists: Optometric Glaucoma
Society (Online)
Colour it Orange for Blind Week (New Zealand)
Lions roaring silently for kids at Lucnab (Phillippines)
Seeing with your heart: Publisher teams up with artists to raise funds for
Braille books (Thailand)
Council promotes "Science 180"
radio program: useful
tool for blind learners (Taiwan)
White Cane - symbol of blind citizens: by the President of the Blind
Citizens Front (Sri Lanka)
Tragic death of the great G Fox: marathon runner's grief after
losing guide (Africa)
UltraCane
bounces high frequency signals off objects up to three metres away (BBC) (U
K)
Boy
asks for more Braille books (CBBC) (Includes audio) (U K)
Bring
Light Into Darkness: "The Here To Help" Scheme (Daily Mirror)(U K)
Sport
For All Embraced At Teignbridge (Devon, England)
Volunteers
respond to call for help: Guide Dog charity to be set up (Bedford,
England)
BlindCraft
staff await ballot result (BBC) (Edinburgh, Scotland)
North-east
pensioner claims he's going blind because of the "postcode lottery"
(Scotland)
N O A A Selects TVWorldwide.com for 2004 Webcast (audio described)
October 21-23 (Online)
Associated Services for the Blind hold 44th Annual Louis Braille Awards
Ceremony (Philadelphia)
Blind
performers put on a show to honor Disabled Awareness Month
(U C L A, Los Angeles)
New Book "The Vision Aide Manual: by Mildred Frank (Daytona, Florida)
Focus
is on abilities: systems analyst Barry Vaughn to speak at awards
luncheon (Georgia)
Ole
Miss observes Disability Awareness with events (Mississippi)
Dog
guides blind owner to safety (Northwest Indiana)
Dog
free after week behind bars: for barking aggressively at a service dog
(Florida)
Despite
challenges, Ross stays close to sports action (Nevada)
Fear
of Flying: Pot for pain cuts no ice at DFW Airport (Fort Worth, Texas)
Groups
team to provide free reading service (Muscatine, Iowa)
Western
Movie Villain Jack Elam Dies (Oregon)
Blind
pilot eyes off Bundaberg Airport (Australia)
Let's
hear it for the talking Gazette (Australia)
Rene
totally focused on sharing her gift of sight (Australia)
Balls
beep and bases buzz for blind baseball players (Taiwan)
The
season of understanding, by Chang Young-hee (South Korea)
Blind
school Diwali mela enthralls buyers (India)
£158m
Sales Success For Remploy, Biggest Employer Of Disabled Workers (U K)
Reporter's
'fear factor' at losing vital sense of sight (Buckinghamshire, England)
Epilepsy
row trust slow to act: Inquiry says carers' complaints poorly handled
(Leicester, England)
Mayor
goes blind for a day (Rugby, England)
Guiding
hand for blind at library (Basildon Essex, England)
Libraries
& Association for the Blind celebrating "Make a Noise in Libraries Week"
(Kent, England)
Blind
centre to mark 25th year (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Provost
backs books for blind (Glasgow, Scotland)
Forfar
deafblind housing project opened (Scotland)
New
spokesperson for the Association Québécoise de la dégénérescence maculaire
(Canada)
Scientists
Identify Eye Disease Gene (AMD) (Portland, Oregon)
Historic
concert series to involve churches & highlight composing giant
Jean Langlais (Minnesota)
Blind-run
TV show illustrates capabilities of the non-sighted (Iowa)
Troupe
dancers perform on wheels (Oklahoma)
Festival
promotes disability awareness (UCLA, Los Angeles)
Blind
marathoner meets his goal (Michigan)
Resident
artist teaches 'holistic approach' to birds, bees (South Dakota)
Lina
Jones: Wants to win support of community leadership for education
(Louisiana)
Rehab
panel honors can-do spirit (Alaska)
Joplin
Association for Blind breaks ground on new facility (Missouri)
Visually impaired strive for independence (features Lighthouse International)
(Miami, Florida)
Plan
To Shrink Agencies Open To Public: Texas Commission for the Blind is dissolving
(Texas)
Book
Review:"Hearing Gesture: How Our Hands Help Us Think"
(Online)
New
N O store offers many aids for blind (New Orleans)
Woman
charged in her pet's attack on man, guide dog (Florida)
This
Diwali, they will all hear (India)
Blind
people enjoy national employment loans (Vietnam)
Sakhr
launches new intelligent software solutions at Gitex Dubai 2003 (United Arab
Emirates)
General
Welfare for the Blind (GWB) Employees in danger of losing their jobs (London,
England)
Historic 'first' as guide dogs travel on Eurostar (G D B A, U K)
Trust
agrees £750,000 payout to girl with cerebral palsy (Hertfordshire,
England)
Joining
the abseil of the century (Newcastle, England)
Tale
of the Missing Books a Sad Story (Northern Ireland)
'Book
famine' for blind people (BBC) (Scotland)
Saints:
Church reject healing as miracle because
only 90% of man's sight was restored (Scotland)
Technology: Are You Sabotaging Your Site's Visibility? (Internet Search
Engine Database, Online)
Students Unveil Research Discoveries: inc
New computer interface & software
for v i p's (Texas)
General
Electric website can be accessed by blind (Baltimore)
Back-seat
driver: Ban sought on fast-moving, slow-selling Segways (California)
Verizon
awards $25,000 to Abilities Plus (Illinois)
Agency
helps people with disabilities help themselves (Wisconsin)
Communicating
Just Got Easier: Work Connection program receives grant (East Texas)
Mountain
State University home to new A T M (West Virginia)
Box
holds 'treasure' of papers: blind vendor's grandson's discovery (Iowa)
City
man allows blind to see (Organ Donor article) (Maryland)
Woman
who lost children, sight in Iraq struggles to cope (San Diego, California)
Blind
pilot flies for charity (Australia)
Technology: Programmer turns to Esperanto: features new
ESPTAP
web & mail reader (Japan)
Blind
athlete begins charity run around Taiwan (Taiwan)
Making music out of darkness (China)
Add
your name to the "Right to Read" Charter to fight discrimination (R
N I B) (U K)
Windermere
tradition undermined by speed limit (features Mark Threadgold) (Cumbria,
England)
Tackling
Poverty More Important Than War: R N I B a partner in 'Here to
HELP' scheme (Scotland)
Love
it or loathe it when the blind lead the sighted ("Blind Sight" play
review)(Glasgow, Scotland)
Regaining
vision a medical first for Hidden Valley woman (Calgary, Canada)
Jeff
Healey's Jazz Wizards slated to play the Ironwood on October 19 (Calgary,
Canada)
N
C A M announce upcoming Accessible Movies schedule (Online)
Technology:
Codepoetry Text Reader 1.2: new Text-To-Audio Solution for Macintosh
(Online)
Protect
Your Child from Eye Injuries This Halloween: Prevent Blindness America
(Online)
Blind
lead bikers to awareness (Florida)
W
O R S A, A L Y C Host Successful Annual Sail For The Blind, Visually Impaired
(California)
Disabled
Baseball Writer A Sight to Behold at Series (Connecticut)
Jobs
help disabled persons thrive (Danville, Illinois)
Visually
impaired get a break: State gives OK to fill vacant counselor's position
(Delaware)
Horse
from therapeutic riding center undergoes treatment for cancer (Missouri)
Meeting
special needs: Southeastern Community College (Iowa)
Early
detection protection key to life-long sight (New Zealand)
Blind
masseurs get fashionable image (Taiwan)
Private
firms slow to employ disabled (Malaysia)
Gujarat's first visually-impaired woman to get PhD is felicitated (India)
Jazzy Jeff Healey: Rocker sees the light and picks up a trumpet (Edmonton,
Canada)
Rights on red coming by 2006: Public rejected idea during consultations
(Montreal, Canada)
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise gets back to his roots with new
record (Tennessee)
"Never Give Up" The Inspirational Story Of John Malkow (California)
Blind men's vision on display: library exhibit features photographers' lens
work (Los Angeles)
Serious music fan: Andres Castellanos (California)
Security is four legs and a wet nose (Washington State)
Dogs - A Fundraiser's Best Friend (New York)
Puppies keep ears open for sirens (New Jersey)
PV church members help man, best friend (Features Bob Warren & Guide
Dog Karl) (Florida)
Building of Special Olympics Gymnasium and Arts Center complex set for
January (Florida)
Texas man tapped to head agency for the visually impaired
(Pittsburgh)
Association of Visually Handicapped launches car wash programme
(Singapore)
Group reaches out to blind (Vietnam)
This woman set her sights high: lecturer Sonal K Mehta (India)
Z F B bemoans marginalization of the visually impaired (Zambia)
Railways
360 degrees better: New accessible trains being introduced (BBC) (U
K)
Transport Museum "Artworks for All" Exhibition: includes tactile art
& audio descriptions (London)
R
N I B New College receives an Investors in People Award (Worcestershire,
England)
Margaret Maxwell is a feisty fighter for elderly care (BBC) (U K)
Visually
impaired Students in charity effort (Bolton, England)
Television
'without the boring bits'? (mentions BBC audio description service) (Telegraph,
U K)
Surprise
honour: for Welfare worker Mary Gregory (Oxfordshire, England)
Enjoying
the great outdoors in a wheelchair
(Buckinghamshire, England)
Boarding
pupils kept from school (Coventry, England)
Library
shuts for half term (accessibility) upgrade (Berkshire, England)
Mother's
anguish after Lords case (Teesside, England)
Making
the connection: feature on Alexander Graham Bell (Scotland)
Therapy
pool bid a splash hit in Forres (Scotland)
Raising
'Eye q' Could Lower Blindness Risks (Scotland)
W
A Blind reduces T C O with health C R M (Western Australia)
The
blind can surf, but not on local websites (Singapore)
Special unit to look into disabled people's work needs (Malaysia)
Blind
people make great strides in poverty reduction (scroll down) (Vietnam)
Blind
'must learn to be independent' (Bahrain)
Limpopo
patients get wheels: & Braille project for Limpopo Blind Workers
launched (South Africa)
County
group help blind football (features the England Blind Football Team) (Hereford,
England)
Equality
for people with disabilities in medicine (British Medical Journal, Online)
Care
dog on £8.50 a week (The Sun) (Surrey, England)
Eye
Care campaign projected in London by Guide Dogs (London, England)
Breaking
down barriers (London, England)
Award
for our Jessica (Worcestershire, England)
Award
to blind mother reversed (Co Durham, England)
Technology:
Looking for large print keyboards (Telegraph) (U K)
Technology:
"From the Keyboard" Tutorials updated to include Abyy Finereader Pro 7
(Online)
Javits-Wagner-O'Day
(JWOD) Saving the Government More Than $46 Million a Year
(Washington)
New
Verizon Center Answers the Call for Customers With Disabilities
(California)
Iris
Network Holds Very Special Art Show For Vision Awareness Week (Maine)
Flying
with the big dogs (features v i p Gary Shockley) (Alabama)
Friendly
dog turns into healing force (New Orleans)
Expansion
of audible pedestrian signals expected (Indiana)
Blind
Lottery Vendor Losing Braille Machine (California)
Striving
to vault life's barriers: Daytona Beach Community College (Florida)
Science:
Researchers
working on corn hybrids to prevent blindness, malnutrition (Iowa)
School
for Blind has a field day (Kentucky)
Volunteers
pitch in to make life easier for 100-year-old (Arkansas)
Visudyne
Approved for Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Japan)
Going
all natural: L'Occitane natural products from France have Braille packaging (Malaysia)
Cabrera:
Crisis revealed my strength (Guam)
Observers Report No Major Violations in Election: &
ballots for the blind are a
first (Azerbaijan)
Talking
computers boost Ghana's blind (BBC, Ghana)
Ex-soldier
breaks blind water speed record (at 91.66mph)(Cumbria, England)
Blind
man set to race car around Goodwood (Surrey, England)
P
M
praises design of GCHQ's new "doughnut" headquarters (London, England)
'Tina's
my canine-9-9 heroine!' (Lancashire, England)
Puppy
love to help the blind: couple have trained 77 guide dogs (Scotland)
600
women voted Mr Darcy `top of the snogs' in a survey for the R N I
B's Right to Read week (U K)
Calabria, A Portal For Disabled Students (Italy)
Kurzweil
Educational Systems Announces Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh Version 2
(Online)
HP
& Partners Build on Pocket PC Platform to Bring Assistive Technology
Advances (Online)
White
Cane Safety Day, 2003: A proclamation by the President of the United States (America)
Blind
Association Hopes To Educate People On White Cane Law (Pennsylvania)
La
Crosse man depends on his cane - and courteous drivers (Wisconsin)
Drivers
fail to yield for visually impaired : "motorists forced V I
students off the street" (Wisconsin)
Business
Voices: Employing people with disabilities makes sense (Washington State)
Performance
by savant Leslie Lemke celebrates abilities of 'disabled' (San Diego)
Concert
series begins with blind pianist (Florida)
Disabilities
commission gives Scdoris award (Oregon)
New bowling league for the blind proves to be fun (Michigan)
ATMs
help visually impaired, if they dare (Oregon)
Blind
man opens students' eyes (Washington State)
Seen in a different light (Missoula, Montana)
Sight
for sore eyes: doctor can see agan thanks to Scleral lenses (Missouri)
Meth
user shares 'reality check' (Washington)
Venice
woman blind after cosmetic eye surgery (Florida)
Group says publisher is neglecting Braille texts (New York)
Canine
Cures: How Humans' Best Friend Could Also Become Their
Savior (Australia)
New
inexpensive lightweight braille machine among research projects to be funded
(Australia)
Canes
based on bat sensors to guide blind Queenslanders (Australia)
C
W A J (committed to supporting v i p's) artists &
Scholars create a good impression (Japan)
Millions
regain eyesight (China)
Grants
to voluntary organisations: New Sarawak Society for the Blind Centre opened
(Malaysia)
Proper nutrition, sleep elude these students (India)
Wooing people to shop for a cause this Diwali (India)
Everybody should encourage the blind, says General Zarrar (Pakistan)
Sultanate observes World Blind Day (Oman)
The Blind mark 40th anniversary of the White Cane (Ghana)
Blind Passenger Left Alone On Platform (Bristol, England)
Absence of bleeps not a danger (North Warwickshire, England)
State-of-the-art lodge opened by Viscount (Cheshire, England)
Spread a little Magic: Magic A M launch Puppy Magic Appeal for Guide Dogs (Yorkshire, England)
Sprout it out . . Tin's going for expansion (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Dundee woman won an array of prizes in Sight Savers International charity
prize draw (Scotland)
Oxfam tops charity boss poll: former G D B A head " most admired
chief executive (Telegraph, U K)
D D A: Why an audit can be worth it (ThePublican,com, Online) (U K)
Bravo! profiles Steppenwolf singer John Kay (Toronto, Canada)
Phil Collins Joins Blind Boys of Alabama for soundtrack
to new Disney movie (Online)
Site Has Vision-impaired In Mind: VisionConnection.org developed by
Lighthouse & RNIB(Online)
Freedom Initiative Awards Recognize Achievements on Behalf of People
with Disabilities (U S A)
Andrea Bocelli to play the Arena in Oakland on November 8th (Nevada)
Girl touches other lives despite losing sight to cancer (Texas)
Sight-impaired
local man deals with death of his wife by speaking to organizations (Virginia)
Nonprofit
receives grant for impaired seniors (New Jersey)
Police check white cane law compliance (Wisconsin)
'White
Cane Safety Day' is October 15th (New York)
Sight First China Action helps 2.6 million cataract patients (China)
S L F V H organises International White Cane Day programme (Sri
Lanka)
White cane: an eye for the sightless (India)
Jamali, Nilofar urge private sector to help blind children (Pakistan)
Walk to celebrate the independence of the blind (Bahrain)
Help Combat Blindness - People Urged (Ghana)
Guide dog Gretal makes historic 185mph trip to Paris on Eurostar (U
K)
Taxi drivers to be shown a new video about travelling with guide dogs
(Huddersfield, England)
T U C to train 35,000 reps to ensure employers do not use health
& safety as an excuse to discriminate (U K)
Interview: Jasper Gerard meets Sue Townsend (The Times) (U K)
Teshigawara's "Luminous" inspirational: features blind
dancer Stuart Jackson (London, England)
Man
who always has to act hard (mentions new film "The Penalty
King") (Times) (U K)
Acting
as the eyes for the blind: features actor Nigel Cooke (North London,
England)
£110,000 bus station boost for visually impaired (Bolton Lancashire,
England)
Being blind ... the things we miss most (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
ReadyGo(R), Inc. Announce Major New Release of ReadyGo Web Course Builder
Software (Online)
Luthanen is one of Ely's musical treasures (Minnesota)
Catherine
McLean Armstrong: From bus to board: nominee praised (Pittsburgh)
Blind
man running for House, sees what's wrong in state (West Virginia)
Dorr
teen paces U S goalball team (Michigan)
Hearing
is believing: Senior student undaunted (Kentucky)
For
these folks, disabilities don't mean defeat (Texas)
Blind
students tackle dreams (San Antonio, Texas)
White
Cane rules outlined for sighted drivers (Massachusetts)
Sioux
City event will cover issues, concerns for blind (Iowa)
Local
activities to mark Blind Awareness Month (Mobile, Alabama)
Macular
Degeneration: Systems of Sight's low-vision eyewear could help (Florida)
Recycling eyeglasses provides vision to millions (West
Texas)
Student
is receiving a dog's eye view of the world (California)
Puppy
raiser guides dogs to lives of service (Washington State)
Vet heads panel for Animal Hall of Fame: (lifesaving lab
Paxton inducted posthumously) (Alabama)
Disabled athletes an inspiration who should encourage everyone:
netball star (New Zealand)
Education punished: U S economic blockade means braille machines cost $1000
per unit (Cuba)
Stress on the need to control sight deficiency (Lalitpur, Nepal)
Exhibition of products made by the disabled (India)
Seeing
Within: Hohmuth-Lemonick uses photographs to tell the stories of the
blind (Zimbabwe)
V
P
Donates to Victim of Rare Disease (Nigeria)
"End
the Discrimination On the Visually Impaired" (Africa)
Baaba Sillah - Anybody's Role Model (Africa)
Named:
the baby boy who was Nazis' first euthanasia victim (Telegraph Online) (U
K)
Over
Protected: Man Refuses To Be A Victim Of Bullies (Bristol, England)
New
regional library for children with impaired vision opened (Exeter Devon,
England)
Our
bond of tears: TV girls visited blind children in Bangladesh with Sight Savers
(Scotland)
Flies
On Wheels: Grandmother "Horrified" By State Of Meals-on-wheels Lunch
(Scotland)
Research: Is word recognition different in central & peripheral vision?
(Science Direct, Online)
Review: "Dark Harbor: Building House & Home on an Enchanted Island." by Ved
Mehta (Online)
Musician
A J Croce finds peace with the legacy of a famous father he barely knew (San
Diego)
An
Inspiring Music Man: Tony DeBlois has been making
music since the age of 2 (South Dakota)
35
years after anthem controversy, Feliciano returns to baseball's postseason
(Miami)
Minority
Report: by Kenneth Silberman, Engineer at NASA Space Flight
Center (Washington)
Training
helps novice faith-based nonprofits access federal funding (Chicago)
Group
for blind urges scooter ban (California)
Traffic
Must Yield for White Canes (Wisconsin)
White
Cane Day is play with a purpose (Indiana)
Back
to nature in school gardens (Sensory Horticulture article) (Boston)
100's come to Yorktown Heights for Guiding
Eyes walk-a-thon
(includes video clip) (New York)
Canine
therapy: Work is rewarding, sometimes sad for volunteer and her dogs
(Idaho)
Vision-impaired
guests have fun at zoo (Evansville, Indiana)
Craft
show goes well: at regional blind center (Washington, North Carolina)
Rankin
soccer coach noted for caring: founded TOPSoccer V I (Mississsippi)
Lighthouse
of Broward County agency provides help for the blind (Florida)
Love
story transcends cruel disease (Carson City, Nevada)
Obituary:
'Captain' Morton Chapman, 91 (Ohio)
Stem
cell growth could herald cure for blindness (Australia)
Hospital memorial to bombing dead: Australia to give $3
million to Memorial Eye Centre (Bali)
Technology
still Twintech's forte: Institute's founder also chair of Blind Association (Malaysia)
Awareness
on eyecare poor: Study (India)
So,
was it worth it? Afghanistan: Mike O'Brien took braillers to a blind school to
replace those
detroyed by the Taliban (Guardian) (U K)
Ready
to speed for good cause: blind man off to race track (Huddersfield,
England)
Abused
Special Needs Pupils Accept Damages (West Sussex, England)
Navantis
wins Microsoft Collaborative Solution of the Year Award: for C N I B
work (Online)
Deaf
& Deaf/Blind Patients to Receive Video-Interpreting for Sign Language (PRWeb, Online)
Visually
impaired teens learn to play jazz (New Orleans)
White
Cane Safety Day Wednesday (Wisconsin)
Roses: to Mike Yontz, power lifter & International Blind Sports
Federation gold medallist (Delaware)
Speakers
tell how their lives were transformed at University (scroll down)
(Wisconsin)
Pope
supports local man's vision to end blindness (South Carolina)
Blind
couple freed in Chile baby buying case (Santiago, Chile)
Kalaimamani
awards: visually impaired violinist T K Padmanabhan among winners (India)
Be
an amateur counterfeit spotter: Rs500 note includes a braille mark (India)
Dreams
unlimited for couples without sight (India)
Promising
Signals For Deafblind (India)
Hush-hush
role for Vale: "Blind Sight" actress's guide dog (Manchester, England)
Post
office closure hits the blind (Essex, England)
Threat
of strike at Blindcraft factory (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Thanks
for the support: community makes C N I B Campaign a huge
success (Canada)
ScanSoft's
36 Voices & 22 Languages Comprise Comprehensive Text-to-Speech
Offering (Online)
Site
Unseen: General Electric website made accessible by Deque Systems (Online)
New
E E O C Fact Sheet Details A D A Rights (U S A)
Ogden
Resource Center Dedicated - Blind School Thanks Val (Washington)
Helping
hand: Florida Center for the Blind christens new facility (Florida)
Criminal
Justice Center opening: keynote speaker "has painted his white
cane blue" (Louisiana)
County
cheating the blind? (Oklahoma)
Fourth-grader
doesn't see blindness as a roadblock (New England)
Blind
youth is an inspiration (Wisconsin)
Pianos
kept him busy, sweets happy: Ernest W Nageley (Oregon)
Blind
Thais go to the movies (Thailand)
Friends
go to the aid of blind couple (Malaysia)
A
day to remember the blind (Malaysia)
Gift
from Kobe: Japanese folk tales in braille (Bhutan)
McGill
University Health Centre - The Genetics of Blindness (RP Research
article)(Canada)
Millions
Saved From Going Blind, through Vision 2020 (Calgary, Canada)
Author's
Life Lessons: bestselling author Tom Sullivan to discuss new book (New
York)
Audio
newspapers a noteworthy cause: Musicians will jam to benefit NFB's
Newsline (Ohio)
An
opportunity to see golf from a new perspective (Wisconsin)
Acute
senses guide freshman (Ithaca, New York)
V
S D B
students learn about space exploration (Virginia)
Disability
council honors 'broken barriers' (Louisville, Kentucky)
Universities get grant to research impact of air travel on disabled (Portland,
Oregon)
Universal
design promotes access (Texas)
United
Way helps fund aid to visually impaired (Michigan)
World
Sight Day: 180
million suffer from vision loss worldwide (Missouri)
Suzanne
Ament welcomes newest faculty member: Nikita, a 2 year old yellow Labrador
(Virginia)
Downtown
Los Altos a training ground for Dogs Against Darkness (California)
Infamous
Library Cat Dies: Cat Sparked $1.5 Million Lawsuit after attacking guide dog
(San Diego)
Verizon,
Audiovox continue settlement talks with O'Day (Washington)
A
blackout for the blind: since Newsline service was terminated (Boston)
Bunting
beats Buller: Blind skier dominated National Alpine
Championships (Australia)
"Not
just a pet, a guide for getting on with the rest of life": guide dog Danny
(Australia)
Stem
cell conference (Melbourne, Australia)
The
Conscience of Cuba: features imprisoned blind lawyer Juan Carlos González Leiva
(Cuba)
Bank
employees mark World Sight Day with lunch in complete darkness (Singapore)
Bank
marked World Sight Day by sponsoring a visit by 150 blind people to the Cinema
(Thailand)
50,000
people to get free eye care (Ha noi, Vietnam)
Blind
man named new sports commissioner (Philippines)
Experts
set sights on health care (Bahrain)
200
cataract persons see in Mangochi (Malawi, Africa)
Africa
urged to revise blind policy (BBC) (Africa)
Flying
doctors Eye-surgeons bring sight to blind Kenyan nomads (BBC) (Africa)
Making sense of taste
(Telegraph Online) (U K)
Blind
people can 'see with sound' (Children's BBC, Online) (U K)
Gene
therapies may save sight (MD article)(The Times, Online) (U K)
Sheltered
Housing scheme
wins R N I B award (London, England)
Lavender
Lodge built for deaf blind women (Cheshire, England)
Planning permission `a great present' for
Multi-sensory
therapy centre (Worcestershire,
England)
School
reunion 'a fantastic success' (North Warwickshire, England)
Sensory
Company International offers wide range of products (U K)
New
VISION 2020 tool kit lets Ottawa set its sights on preventing blindness
(Canada)
Access
Plan a big step closer (Peterborough, Canada)
White
House Faith-Based Initiative May Help Nonprofits Get Government Funding (U S
A)
Speech
Technology Industry Names Top Performers for 2003 (New York)
Helping
the blind go online: N F B (Maryland)
'The
next life you save may be my own' Rod Powell (Philadelphia)
Lack of sight can't keep students out of the driver's
seat (Colorado)
Goal
Ball Scores Big (Arizona)
Team allows challenged kids to compete in soccer games
(California)
Talking books for the visually impaired (Arizona)
La Nacion: News site for vision-impaired online (Buenos Aires,
Argentina)
Visionary
(Jonathan Mosen) Acknowledged By Blind New Zealanders (N Z)
N
Z Herald Commended For Offering That Extra Touch (New Zealand)
Eyes
focus on World Sight Day (New Zealand)
Guide
dog association seeks homes for puppies (Taiwan)
Blind
people press massage rights (Taiwan)
Joy
of restored vision (Malaysia)
Car
rally to mark `White Cane Day' (India)
Site
on visually impaired launched (India)
Emma
flies the flag in Florida: British Goalball squad at U S
Championships (Rochdale, England)
R
N I B Strategic Directions for 2000 to 2006: A Summary (U K)
Guide
Dogs launches The Guide Dogs High Street Charter (U K)
Guide
dogs In & Out of the harness: Fireworks Bill Article (Ourdogs.co.uk,
Online)
Safe
Work Leads To Books Gift: for National Blind Children's Society (Devon,
England)
Teenage
drivers in desert test: to donate car to Gambian V I P's (Suffolk, England)
Blind
man twice stranded at railway station (Nottingham, England)
Graeae
Theatre Company bring Peeling to Dublin (Northern Ireland)
'Don't
panic' over new rules (Disability Access article) (Scotland)
Envox
Worldwide Responds to Market for Cost-effective Speech Solutions
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Trekker
for PAC Mate - GPS-Based Orientation Solution - officially launched (Montreal,
Canada)
Taxi
operators who refuse guide dogs will risk their licences,
council agrees (London, Canada)
Freedom
Scientific Selects ScanSoft Technology for OpenBook (Online)
VeriSign
Service Criticism : Sitefinder "not good for web page reader devices" (Online)
TDK MOJO MP3 Players Deliver Innovative Design, Leading Features & Pristine
Sound (Online)
Braille
based cell phone to get speech interface (Online)
Colorful,
new $20 bills hit banks on Thursday (U S A)
White
Cane Etiquette: Lack of Courtesy Adds Danger for Sight-Impared Walkers
(Florida)
Disabled
racers set sights on 'bone run' (New Jersey)
Woman
picked for Port Authority board (Pittsburgh)
City
likes idea of disability council (Evansville, Kentucky)
Dog's
eyes mean safety for local woman (Engelwood, Florida)
Puppy
earns stripes one paw at a time (Tennessee)
Three-year
V S D B fight ends with a whimper (Virginia)
Emerson addresses Vision Impairment Group (Arizona)
Blind,
Disabled Woman Claims Police Brutality (Portland, Oregon)
Blind
athlete on charity flight (Australia)
The
Blind Petition Parliament (Ghana)
R
N I B appoints new boss (SocietyGuardian) (U K)
United
Launch Pioneering Accessibility Website (Manchester, U K)
Praised
For Enormous Contribution To Campaign: leading figure in blind association
(Cornwall)
Student
Of Fashion, 86, To Showcase Her Designs (Cornwall, England)
Where
Are the Disabled People in Your Work? (Action on Disability &
Development) (Online)
Blind
Man Told To Take Number (Exeter, England)
How
council failed a devoted father (Hertfordshire)
New
mobile phone caters to blind users (Electricnews.net, Ireland)
For
A Blind Person, A Trip To The Shops Can Be A Minefield Of Hidden Dangers (North
Scotland)
Street
'clutter' could be banned (Inverness, Scotland)
Top
marks for game aimed at teaching Braille (Wales)
Councillor
discovers first hand the obstacles in Malaga City for the
visually challenged (Spain)
Vatican
Amongst Those On Waiting List To Create Talking Foods (Vatican City?!)
Seniors
Matter: Blind teacher had vision (Kingston, Canada)
Private
sector urged to be more accessible (Mississauga, Canada)
Technology:
Making
Linux accessible for Granddad (Newsforge.com, Online)
Technology:
Tools to Help You Listen (Online)
A
B V I
gets U S contract: to run Environmental Protection Agency hotline
(Rochester, New York)
Helping People On Both Ends Of The Phone (Rochester, New York)
Disabled
workers to prepare documents for ScanDirect (Albany, New York)
Paul
Stark: A life of sweet music (Montana)
Rotary
hosts noted motivational speaker (Craig MacFarlane) (Los Angeles)
Disabled
Crew Sails Trans-Pacific Race (San Francisco)
Bruno's
chocolate factory and shop has new owners (Fort Pierce, Florida)
Legally
blind parents still see plenty (Minnesota)
Solar
and strawberries: Ogden Resource Center to be dedicated Thursday (Washington
State)
Sight
substitutes: Ann Morris Enterprises at York County Blind
Center (Pennsylvania)
Newsstand
makeover a hit (Albany, New York)
Braille
Institute offers variety of services promoting independence (California)
Tempe
radio station (Sun Sounds) caters to blind listeners (Arizona)
Woman
enjoying new guide dog (Florida)
Hernando
County Animal Services focusing its efforts: features guide dog mauling victim
(Florida)
Meet
the PDA that can hold a conversation (Australia)
Provisions
donated to Home for Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor (Myanmar, South East
Asia)
Let's
play pool: features the All-India Blind Women's Welfare Association
(India)
Fighting
for Uganda's blind (BBC) (Uganda)
First
Lady opens paralympic games (Zimbabwe)
'Mother
Teresa of Somalia' killed by gunmen (Somaliland)
Small
firms failing to act on disabled access (Telegraph Online, U K)
NHS
stories: 'I had a stroke': Jane Elliott looks behind the scenes of the NHS
(BBC, U K)
Focus:
Coping with Dyslexia (Malta)
C M U
student taps brain's game skills: online game could improve web for v i p's (also mentions
CAPTCHA's) (Carnegie Mellon University)
Perfect
harmony: Henry Butler finally realizes dream: to teach v i teens
to play jazz (New Orleans)
A Feel for Music: Blind Tuner Warren Mullen Learned the Piano by Taking One
Apart (Washington)
Disabled
fishermen surprise experienced anglers at tournament (Illinois)
Sculptor,
85, won't let visual impairment stop him (Florida)
Making
Braille competition finals just part of 9-year-olds' success story
(Minnesota)
Profile:
The Information Access Association (Wichita, Kansas)
Opinion
column: Politician Johnson supported laptops over Dial-a-Lift
(Washington State)
Class
offers help in dealing with public transportation (San Diego)
Wanted:
Donations for Winter (for A B V I Goodwill) (Rochester, New York)
Blind
busker lands concert performance (Melbourne, Australia)
For
blind surfer, it's fun, fun, fun (Australia)
Audio
service gives blind readers access to the Herald (New Zealand)
Many
tourist sites still inaccessible to disabled (Japan)
One
lakh visually impaired people in Lanka (Sri Lanka)
Blind
student: NHWC asks CM to order probe (India)
Israel
first in the world to develop Alzheimer's guide dogs (Israel)
TNAUK Talking Newspaper Association Competition 2003: COTIS announce results
(U K)
Henshaws Marks World Sight Day (Oct
9) With Bigger & Better Celebrations
(Merseyside, England)
Government
accused at first disabled parliament (Ananova, online) (U K)
Drivers
turn blind eye to road safety (Huddersfield, England)
Love
at first sight after eye op (BBC) (South Wales)
Seeing into the future: Sight Savers International (Scotland)
Helping
the disabled: Awareness-raising event at Mdina (Malta)
Theatre
and dance: Blind play breaks ground (Manchester, England)
A
cuddle can make it better: Animals help keep us well (Telegraph, U K)
Donnie
eyes up Everest: (former rock star Donnie Munro) (Scotland)
Dunblane's
Tartan Day Is Special: Blind Association to run Tearoom (Dunblane,
Scotland)
Street
signs put blind in danger (Inverness, Scotland)
Entries now
being accepted for the Marathon Goalball Tournament 28-30 November
2003 (Sweden)
Résonances
2003 International Convention on Music Technology - October 15-24 (Paris, France)
Study
determines source of gene mutation that leads to retinitis pigmentosa
(Drkoop.com, Online)
Touching
The Universe - In Braille (Sciscoop.com. Online)
TTS
engine supports Linux devices on ARM/XScale (Linuxdevices.com, Online)
Little
Buster's R&B Tour brings benefit show to Variety Playhouse (Gwinnett County,
Georgia)
Western
singer Wesley Tuttle dies (Los Angeles)
Blind
powerlifter aspires to be 'The best athlete out there' (Pennsylvania)
Author
urges inclusion (South Dakota)
Humane
Society recognizes Nevadans (Nevada)
Kids
get empathy lesson (Michigan)
Blind
Center weaves awareness (North Carolina)
Center
for the Blind moves to new home (Florida)
Vision
Impairment day set Saturday at Northfield Square (Kankakee, Illinois)
Friday
Last Chance To Try Touchscreen Voting At Most Locations (Los Angeles)
Family
opens home, hearts to raise guide dog for blind (Chicago)
Disabled
students meet Disney creatures (Hampton, Virginia)
Blind
bowlers challenge 'Bridge RSL (Australia)
Welfare
group seeks to train guide dogs for the blind (Taiwan)
Is Africa taking good care of its eyes? (BBC) (Africa)
Over
150,000 Lagosians Are Blind - Health Commissioner (Lagos, Nigeria)
Arlecdon Woman Celebrates 100th Year (Whitehaven, England)
One year to provide disabled access: for companies (U K)
R N I B to close school early (Condover Hall) (Shropshire, England)
Pavement hazards causing danger spots for the blind (Berkshire,
England)
Michael Watson to front new campaign for the Disability Rights
Commission (Telegraph) (U K)
Guide dog group aims to set up a new branch (Bedford, England)
City diary: features story involving David Blunkett &
his guide
dog, Sadie (The Guardian) (U K)
Blind Patient In 12-hour Ordeal (Falkirk, Scotland)
IPC Equestrian World Championships:
Anne-Cecile Ore from
Norway demonstrated riding in the arena with
sound boxes (Belgium)
All set for Swimathon 2003: event to include DJ from Torball
Association for the Blind (Malta)
Call for traffic lights to sing like birds (Dusseldorf, Germany)
Svetluska project lights a path for the blind (Prague, Czech
Republic)
Town asked to outline accessibility efforts (Northumberland, Canada)
John Williams: Assistive Technology Is Creating a More Inclusive
America (Nod.org, Online)
Now Hear This, Quickly: Company
make devices that shorten recordings by up to 12% (New York)
A different venture: Diversity Theatre addresses social issues through live
theater (Indiana)
To artist, knowing is seeing (Oregon)
Blind keep streak alive, beat HPD in beep ball game (Birmingham,
Alabama)
West Coast premiere of blind Everest climber's film (San Francisco)
Blind students face unique challenges (Minnesota)
Guide meets Lickdale students (Pennsylvania)
Disabled students, faculty recognized (Long Beach, California)
Her story being replayed across state: 77 year old insists she is
independent (Kentucky)
Blind attorney asks those responsible for improving bus service to ride
it themselves (Michigan)
Blind Workers Say They're Owed State Benefits (Connecticut)
Lions promote safety for blind (Wisconsin)
Blind lawyer writes from prison (Cuba)
Japan grants 75000 USD to braille library (Vietnam)
Blind moves: It's there in the mind (v
i chess story) (New Delhi,
India)
Kalam inaugurates second phase of Herbal Gardens (New Delhi, India)
No hope in sight yet: For Susheela Chaurasia (India)
London
Borough (of Brent) website can now talk to its visually impaired users (London,
England)
Bid
to make shops easier for the blind (Wiltshire, England)
N
H S 'condemns 2,800 to blindness' (Telegraph online) (U K)
Fans
(of West Ham United) are not just any old Irons! (London, England)
Blind
woman takes the plunge (Shropshire, England)
(Blind
Golfing Champion) Mayo Meets Up With Razor Ruddock (North Devon, England)
New
sports club for visually impaired children launched (Huddersfield,
England)
Princess
Anne to visit Pinchbeck Sense centre next week (Lincolnshire, England)
Province
misses accessibility deadline (Ontario, Canada)
Usablenet release
new LIFT product: "the 1st Customizable 'Text-Only' web site
generator"(Online)
Fonix
Releases Version 5.0 Of Finix DECtalk TTS Technology (Online)
U
S National Park Service offers free lifetime Golden Access Passport to
blind & disabled (Online)
Ayanna
Hobson & Little Buster's Soulbrothers Band to play Friday 3rd
October (Kansas City)
Rockin' George Leh and His Band: Concert beneficiaries include the Iris
Network (Maine)
Freshman
draws on her artistic abilities (Youngstown, Ohio)
Fleet Launches `Access for All' Initiative; Effort Honors National
Disability Month (Boston)
Many writing systems exist (language history article, features Moon)
(Arkansas)
Greatest
hurdle for the disabled is prejudice (Nevada)
Sports clinic offers recreation for blind, training for U D students
(Delaware)
Policy
may cut funds for blind Pa. students (Pennsylvania)
Gift
to fight glaucoma (University of Tennessee)
Research Offers Insight On Treatment For Hereditary Eye Disease (RP)
(ScienceDaily.com, Online)
U
S C awarded $17 million to develop biotech implants (Los Angeles,
California)
Puppy
love in their golden years: Daily dog visit cheers up nursing home (New
Jersey)
Sakhr Software launches new Arabic software & solutions at GITEX 2003 (United Arab Emirates)
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