Visual impairment (VI) is estimated to affect around 1 in 11 US adults aged 65 and older and is associated with an increased risk of falls, social isolation, loss of independence, disability, and ...
Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Key Takeaways Being legally blind means having central visual acuity of 20/200 ...
A quality improvement study found that severe visual impairment was affected by various social determinants of health, including low socioeconomic status, race, and educational level. There are 32 ...
A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a piece of civil rights legislation designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities. It was passed into law in 1991 and guarantees equal rights ...
200 U.S. people with disabilities have been invited to trial the prototype. Deodorant just got a bit more innovative with the launch of a new product from Degree. The company, known for its ...
Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...
Dr Nicholas Bonne is a science communicator at the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, who lives with an eye condition called retinopathy of prematurity Archer Clive ...