Blindness and visual impairment

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• A blind man in Bishopsgate

  7 Sep 2014: Recent experiences have brought home the challenges faced by visually-impaired people using public transport in London
  

• Blind nine-year-old jazz pianist Jose Andre Montanho shows his skills – video

  Video (1min 49sec), 7 Sep 2014:

  At nine years of age Bolivian boy Jose Andre Montanho is already developing a fan base, playing gigs around Latin America – showing off skills that are all the more remarkable because he is blind

• Seeing the light: smart glasses boost vision for partially sighted people

  31 Aug 2014: Developers use cameras and laser to help wearers recognise everyday objects and navigate surroundings

• The new technologies helping visually impaired people navigate cities

  29 Aug 2014: New smart technologies are helping the two million Britons with visual impairments to get around urban areas more easily

• Can maps and mobiles prevent blindness?

  Guardian Professional, 22 Aug 2014: Trachoma, the leading cause of infectious blindness, affects 21m people. Could mobile mapping help? Alex Pavluck explains

• Nicholas Russell obituary

  20 Aug 2014:

  Other lives: Tireless campaigner for disability rights and a Labour councillor in Waltham Forest

• Supporting deafblind children in Romania

  Guardian Professional, 8 Aug 2014:

  Cristiana Salomie, director of Sense International Romania, on how her typical day at work unfolds

• Mock trial to examine whether ban on deaf jurors is warranted

  9 Jul 2014: Trial will look at the impact of having a deaf juror and Auslan interpreter in the deliberation room

• Wilfrid King obituary

  3 Jul 2014:

  Other lives: Special educational needs teacher who provided invaluable tuition and support for blind pupils

• The medical horror that drives my writing career

  21 Jun 2014:

  The author Harriet Lane has been losing her sight since 2008 – but she has learned to spin something rewarding from her fear

• A day in the life of… a visual impairment rehabilitation officer

  Guardian Professional, 30 May 2014: Simon Labbett helps people who are blind or partially-sighted to develop the skills and confidence to re-order their lives

• What university is like when your eyes don't work well

  28 May 2014:

  New technologies are transforming the way visually impaired students study

• What is it like to live with parents very different from you?

  24 May 2014:

  Yuen Har Tse is blind, her children are sighted. Alex Huntesmith is academically bright, his parents both have learning difficulties. Sally Williams meets five singular families

• Braille isn't 'embattled' – we're on the cusp of a golden age for blind people

  22 May 2014:

  Ian Macrae: Far from heralding the death of a great medium, technology may be ushering in a new era of access and greater independence

• I was victimised for being blind, but body cameras helped catch my abusers

  12 May 2014: Siobhan Meade: The cruelty I was subjected to in public made me feel pathetic, but wearing a body-cam gave me both confidence, and police evidence

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