Blind and low-vision students at the University of Minnesota have the same concerns as students without disabilities in navigating their academic and social lives in addition to the unique ...

People who are blind or have low vision report facing discrimination while using ride-share services such as Uber and Lyft at “far higher” rates compared with other modes of transportation, according ...

Colin Wong, a blind Ph.D. student, can't forget having to pay US$100 for an Uber when he needed to take a standardized test. There was no testing center in San Francisco, where he lived, that could ...

Screen reader software converts text to audio for people who are blind. Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through ...

The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out free at-home Covid-19 tests that are designed to be more accessible for people who are blind or visually impaired. White House Covid-19 response ...

Despite more than 7 million Americans having some form of vision loss, many places in our communities are still not accessible for people who cannot drive and rely on public transportation. Recently, ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

A hand is holding up a smartphone that has the ReBokeh app opened to see a building more clearly. “Bokeh is a photography term and it’s those balls of light you get in the background of an image when ...

All Day Medical Care Clinic, a healthcare clinic based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, settled allegations from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that it refused to accommodate and then ...

Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through half the form and then come to a question with drop-down options the ...