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On Tech & Vision Podcast
Restoring Vision: Code Breaking and Optogenetics
Until recently, no one knew the code the retina used to communicate with the brain to create sight. Our guest Dr. Sheila Nirenberg, a neuroscientist at Weill Cornell, and Principal and Founder of Bionic Sight has — using input-output mapping — cracked the retina’s neural code, enabling her to recreate the electric signals to the brain that could restore sight in people with retinal degeneration.
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Magnifying Devices Help Those With Vision Loss
By Angel Pacheco Originally posted on Able News Experts have been assessing and training individuals in assistive technology for decades. Great strides have been made…
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Tele-Support Talks
Developing Self Advocacy Skills
One of the most important skills children with visual impairments can learn is the ability to advocate for themselves. Self-advocacy includes speaking up for themselves and making decisions to help attain their goals. During this discussion, Dr. Joy Harris will provide tips and strategies for parents to help build the skills and confidence your child needs to be an effective self-advocate.
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A Bill of Rights for All Children with Visual Impairment and their Families
The leaders of Council of Schools & Services for the Blind (COSB) and the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually…
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On Tech & Vision Podcast
Seeing with Sound: Using Audio to Activate the Brain’s Visual Cortex
In this episode, we’ll explore how, through sensory substitution, audio feedback can, in some cases, stimulate a user’s visual cortex, allowing a user to — without sight — achieve something close to visual perception.
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Gift Shopping Tips for People with Vision Loss
For some, shopping for gifts can be tricky — the pressure we put on ourselves to find that one item that will bring joy to…
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Technology Gifts for People With Vision Loss
What you give may inspire — from high tech to low tech and everything in between! Whether it is for the holidays, a birthday, or…
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On Tech & Vision Podcast
Beyond Self Driving Cars: Technologies for Autonomous Human Navigation
Today’s big idea is about exciting and emerging technologies that facilitate autonomous navigation for people who are blind or visually impaired.
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Low-Vision Apps, Devices, and Virtual Assistants Expand the View for the Visually Impaired
Originally posted on Everyday Health By Susan K. Treiman As the crest of the baby boom crashes into old age, hundreds, possibly thousands, of assistive…
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OT Can Help People With Visual Impairments
By Inna Babaeva, Originally posted on Chelsea News. Occupational therapy, commonly called OT, is a form of therapy for people with temporary or permanent disabilities…
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