[NFBF-L] DBS Media Reports August 24 - 28, 2020

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Friday, August 28, 2020

 

Cision PR Web: Prevent Blindness To Kick Off Virtual Persons Of Vision Award
Event Honoring VSP Global
<https://www.prweb.com/releases/prevent_blindness_to_kick_off_virtual_person
s_of_vision_award_event_honoring_vsp_global/prweb17353745.htm> 

Prevent Blindness, the nation's oldest eye health and safety non-profit
organization, announced today that the 2020 Persons of Vision Award
ceremony, honoring VSP Global, will be held through a series of virtual
celebrations in September. The Prevent Blindness Persons of Vision Award
recognizes an individual, corporation and/or organization whose inspired
outlook champions healthy vision and its importance for a healthy life. VSP
Global was selected as the recipient of the Persons of Vision Award for its
65-year commitment to a mission of helping people see, as well as its
long-term support and partnership with Prevent Blindness. 

 

Thursday, August 27, 2020

 

Healio: Education Campaign Promotes Vision Screening For Vulnerable Youth
<https://www.healio.com/news/optometry/20200825/education-campaign-promotes-
vision-screening-for-vulnerable-youth> 

The goal of the recently launched All Children's Health Initiative for Eye
and Vision Excellence is to promote awareness among low-income and racial or
ethnic minority households whose children are disproportionately more likely
to have an undiagnosed vision disorder. "Without early detection and
treatment, uncorrected vision disorders can impair child development,
interfere with learning and even lead to permanent vision loss," Prevent
Blindness said in a press release. The campaign - a joint effort between
Prevent Blindness and the National Optometric Association (NOA) - launched
this month to mark Children's Eye Health and Safety Month. The HHS
recognizes Children's Eye Health and Safety Month as a national health
observance.

 

Yahoo Lifestyle:
<https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/kmart-inclusive-doll-win-has-cane-like-me-vi
sually-impaired-boy-052232718.html> Kmart's Inclusive Doll Win: 'It Has A
Cane Like Me!'

A Kmart fan has taken to Facebook to share a touching post about her son and
some inclusive toys she found at her store. Emma Evert took to the Kmart
Mums Australia Facebook group and shared photos of her son Harlen with a
doll that is vision impaired, just like him. She wrote, "Kmart absolutely
killing it with the new range of inclusive dolls. It is so important that
kids with disabilities are represented in TV, books and toys. "It's equally
important [their] typical developing peers have exposure to these things."

 

Eye Health

 

Herald Leader:
<https://hl.nwaonline.com/news/2020/aug/26/a-glimpse-into-aging-eyes/>
HEALTHY LIVING: A Glimpse Into Aging Eyes

As we get older, many of us will experience loss of vision to varying
degrees. But for some, vision loss can interfere with the activities they
enjoy, such as reading or other hobbies. Read on to learn more about vision
loss and ways you can cope with these changes. What it means to lose vision.
When a person is suffering from blindness, it doesn't necessarily mean
complete blindness--the total loss of sight and light to the eye. It can
mean that part of your vision is impaired, such as peripheral vision or
focus, and some vision impairments do not lead to complete loss of sight.

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

 

Eye Health 

Cision PR Web: Prevent Blindness Data Shows Basketball As Cause Of Most
Sports-Related Eye Injuries
<https://www.prweb.com/releases/prevent_blindness_data_shows_basketball_as_c
ause_of_most_sports_related_eye_injuries/prweb17345649.htm> 

According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), 90 percent of
serious eye injuries could be prevented by wearing appropriate protective
eyewear. Additionally, the AAO recommends that spectators at sporting events
should also be careful. Balls, bats, and players can end up in the stands at
any time.

 

Technology

 

Forbes:
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2020/08/25/amazons-joanna-hunt-ta
lks-her-passion-for-accessibility-and-how-kindle-makes-reading-accessible-to
-everyone/#449b0b5ffbef> Amazon's JoAnna Hunt Talks Her Passion For
Accessibility And How Kindle Makes Reading Accessible To Everyone

The impact its devices have on people with disabilities is not lost on
Amazon. For them, delivering quality assistive technologies is part and
parcel of being "customer obsessed." This sentiment was shared by Director
of Amazon Devices Accessibility at Lab126, Peter Korn, in a recent interview
about Fire TV's new Text Banner functionality. "When we build a product, we
start with the customer in mind and work backwards to earn and keep their
trust," he said to me. "Our philosophy on accessibility is no different."

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

 

The New York Times: When The World Shut Down, They Saw It Open
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/style/disability-accessibility-coronavir
us.html> 

Since March, when the coronavirus pandemic placed limits on public life, Ms.
Sotnikova has had many more chances to join in: House parties, professional
conferences, activist meetings and improv classes, often held in spaces that
she cannot fully access, have suddenly opened to her through her screen. "At
some point, nondisabled people had decided that such things were
unimaginable," said Aimi Hamraie, a disabled scholar who directs the
Critical Design Lab at Vanderbilt University, which takes a
multidisciplinary approach to designing for accessibility. "And then
overnight they became imaginable by necessity."

 

Monday, August 24, 2020

 

News Wise:
<https://www.newswise.com/articles/american-cleaning-institute-partners-with
-nih-s-national-eye-institute-on-ocular-safety> American Cleaning Institute
Partners With NIH's National Eye Institute On Ocular Safety

The American Cleaning Institute launched a partnership with the National
Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Eye Institute (NEI) as part of the
Packets Up! campaign to help educate families on the simple steps to prevent
accidental eye exposures among children in the laundry room. Coinciding with
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month, the partnership features educational
materials, including a Facebook and Twitter animation in English and Spanish
illustrating simple steps to properly handle and store liquid laundry
packets, to ensure they are out of sight and reach of young children.

 

Yahoo Sports:
<https://sports.yahoo.com/cookware-designed-visually-impaired-170230684.html
> Cookware Designed For The Visually Impaired (VIDEO)

Cooking is no easy task for the visually impaired, and this prototype
kitchenware is the newest solution. This is a prototype and there is no link
for purchase.

 

Eye Health

 

Science Times:
<http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/26984/20200821/healthy-lifestyle-linke
d-cardiovascular-ocular-health.htm> A Healthy Lifestyle Is Linked To
Cardiovascular And Ocular Health

A healthy lifestyle often helps protect people from the risk of diseases
such as diabetes, cardiovascular illnesses, and high blood sugar. Scientists
have recently linked cardiovascular health to eye health, particularly
diabetic retinopathy. The new paper has been published in Elsevier's
American Journal of Medicine. The team suggests that preventing
cardiovascular diseases can also help lower the risk of ocular disease.

 

Technology

 

Campus Technology:
<https://campustechnology.com/articles/2020/08/20/sas-intros-free-tool-for-c
reating-and-sharing-non-visual-digital-maps.aspx> SAS Intros Free Tool For
Creating And Sharing Non-Visual Digital Maps

Analytics company SAS has introduced a free browser extension that converts
graphs and charts into sound, allowing users to create digital maps that can
be explored using non-visual methods. Using the SAS Graphics Accelerator,
students with visual impairments or blindness can access maps of their
college campus, including points of interest such as intersections, bus
stops, buildings and other landmarks, to help prepare for life on campus.

 

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