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The Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 is now more than three decades old, but the roots of disability rights go much deeper. Historian Felicia Kornbluh examines the efforts of the National Association of the Blind (NFB) to…

The Ghanaian women's rights activist Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame has won a high-level international award for the empowerment of women in recognition of her lifelong commitment to the rights of women and girls with disabilities. The…

The Ghanaian disability activist Yaw Ofori-DebraMr. Yaw Ofori-Debra, a Ghanaian disability activist and chairman of the National Council for People with Disabilities, was elected second vice president of the World Blind Union…

Accra Lions Club donates The Accra Ubuntu Lions Club, a member of Lions Club International, a group that conducts philanthropic work, has donated 70 white walking sticks to visually impaired people in the Ghana…

Blind voters in North Carolina now have permanent access to an online voting system previously reserved for foreign and military voters, a federal judge ruled on June 15. The ruling also expands other…

Researchers are testing a new way to make science, especially chemistry, accessible to blind students. This method creates edible and inedible rubbery versions of models of molecules that students can feel with their tongues.…

A blind Winn-Dixie customer who couldn't refill a prescription with a computer wants the entire Eleventh Ward to overturn a ruling that was the first time a federal appeals court said websites were not covered by the Americans with…

A team of scientists announced Monday that they partially restored a blind person's eyesight by building light-trapping proteins in one of their eyes. Their report, published in the journal Nature Medicine, is the first published study…

According to the WHO, 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired and 90% of this population live in poverty. It goes without saying that visually impaired people face challenges every day. However, it is also refreshing…

If you're like me, you love memes! Sometimes it's very easy to walk into a meme rabbit hole and laugh as a cat, or Gene Wilder makes some cheeky statements by referring to '90s pop culture. Often times, you can also speak in…