MIT fellow Elizabeth Goldring works with scientists and produces art to help the nearly blind see more than light and shadows. Images: Visuals for the nearly blind In a software-driven world, it's ...

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 ...

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 ...

ASHEVILLE – The last thing Joseph Rehmatullah wanted to do when he immigrated to America was to be reliant on government assistance. Despite becoming blind after contracting measles as a 5-year-old, ...

Smart glasses that use a technique similar to a bat's echolocation could help blind and low-vision people navigate their surroundings, according to researchers. ustralian researchers have developed ...

The case marks the first time sight has been partially restored using optogenetics, a type of biological research aimed at controlling nerve cells via light. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, ...

This article is the first in a series on “Tech that Unites Us," which explores emerging technologies that help people connect on a deeper level. Imagine waking up one morning to find yourself blind ...

In some forms of blindness, certain parts of the eye still work but damage to light-sensitive cells disrupts vision. Now, researchers at a company called Nanoscope have used gene therapy to bypass ...

Adults with a hereditary form of childhood-onset blindness experienced dramatic improvements in night vision within days of receiving an experimental gene therapy. The corresponding study was ...

John Jameson might not have believed in miracles a year ago, but breakthroughs in modern science have made certain that he does now. The Tatum, Texas man had been blind for more than 40 years after an ...

Filmmaker Rodney Evans is still making movies, despite having lost much of his vision. His new documentary is about how he and three other blind or visually impaired artists continue to do their work.

Keith Haley and Sietska Morgan share a passion of playing blind ice hockey. Keith Haley and Sietska Morgan are both legally blind. Yet they don't let that disable their lives. Their shared passion of ...