Vision & Health Blog

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• Guest Speakers

  An Evening with Haben Girma

  Originally presented November 17, 2022 Haben Girma, noted human rights lawyer, disability justice advocate and author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, sat down…

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  New Approaches in Access: Smart Tools for Indoor Navigation and Information Transfer

  This podcast is about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss.

  

• Gift Shopping Tips For People With Vision Loss

  By Jeremy Morak and Jeff Ambury For some, shopping for gifts can be tricky. The pressure people put on themselves to find that one item…

  

• Blog

  Losing Vision Doesn’t Mean Job Loss, there is Help Available

  When someone is losing vision for the first time or losing additional vision due to a progressive condition and finding the function of how they…

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  AI Revolutionizes Vision Tech, Ophthalmology, and Medicine as We Know It

  In 1997, Gary Kasparov lost an epic chess rematch to IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue, but since then, artificial intelligence has become humanity’s life-saving collaborator. This episode explores how AI will revolutionize vision technology and, beyond that, all of medicine.

  

• Blog

  The Cooking Without Looking TV Show Lighthouse Guild Edition

  “Cooking Without Looking,” hosts Allen Preston and Annette Watkins are joined by three guests from Lighthouse Guild – clients Cathy Phillips and Laura Good, along…

  

• Blog

  BACK-TO-SCHOOL: Learning For Visually-Impaired Children & Teachers 

  By Wendy Devitt and Margaret Walters   Originally posted on Able News Going back to school is an exciting time full of new beginnings. This…

  

• Blog

  Tech for Everyone: Making iPhones Accessible to Users with Vision Loss!

  Angel Pacheco, Program Administrator at Lighthouse Guild speaks at the recent DOROT Tech Event about how to make iPhones accessible to users with vision loss.…

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  Balancing Innovation and Ethics: Who is Protecting the Early Adopters?

  Innovations in implant technology are advancing at lightning speed, profoundly impacting the lives of people who are blind or visually impaired. In ON TECH AND VISION, we’ve profiled some amazing new implant technologies that have the potential to restore people’s sight. But in this episode we pump the breaks — because we need to address a critical part of the innovation process: the ethical frameworks that protect participants in early clinical trials.

  

• Blog

  For Blind Internet Users, the Fix Can Be Worse Than the Flaws

  Companies say their A.I.-powered tools are the best way to fix accessibility problems online, but many blind people find they make websites harder to use.…