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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Forwarding FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Sila Miller<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 22, 2022 8:06 PM<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Ebrima'>DBS Media Report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Ebrima'>Friday, August 19, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/corneas-made-pig-skin-restore-194406620.html">Corneas Made from Pig Skin Restore Sight in Humans</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:115%;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#1D2228'>Corneal implants made from pig skin have restored eyesight into 20 people with damaged or diseased corneas, a new study claims. Corneal impairments are the fourth leading cause of blindness, according to </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>the WHO</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#1D2228'>. Researchers hope that the study’s findings mean the implants can serve as an alternative to corneal transplants from humans, which can be hard to come by. <span style='background:white'>Experts estimate that there are about 12.7 million people who are waiting for donated corneas, with only one cornea available for every 70 people in need of a transplant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:115%;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#1D2228;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X04HKyW-3hc">What a Legally Blind Person Can See</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'>In this New York Times Opinion video, the filmmaker James Robinson introduces us to Yvonne Short, who is legally blind. But unlike the stereotype of the blind living in a lightless world, Ms. Short, like most other legally blind people, lives in a nuanced existence between those who see well and those who can’t see a thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><a href="https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/08/17/watertown-man-teaches-braille-talks-blindness/">Watertown Man Teaches Braille, Talks Blindness</a><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=text style='margin:0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212529'>After losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa at the age of 37, the first thing Timothy Monaghan did was attend a school for the blind. Now, at the age of 64, he’s taken on the role of teacher himself by offering braille lessons and talks on blindness to passers-by at the farmer’s market.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=text style='margin:0in;line-height:115%;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212529'>“I just come every Wednesday thinking I might be able to be a positive figure in somebody’s life - and I have been,” Monaghan told a reporter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><a href="https://www.today.com/health/health/social-media-star-molly-burke-recalls-going-blind-14-due-retinitis-pig-rcna42901">Social Media Star Molly Burke Recalls Going Blind at 14 Due to Retinitis Pigmentosa</a><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'>When Molly Burke lost her vision at 14, teens bullied her. She had been speaking publicly at events since she was 5, but the taunting and harassment stopped her from wanting to continue. “I didn’t want to put myself out there for more ridicule or judgment. I was so angry at the world. I wanted to hide,” Burke told TODAY. “I realized that I can be either angry at society’s ignorance, or I can do something to actively educate society and change that.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/speaking-in-tongues/202208/the-infantilization-elders-and-people-disabilities">The Infantilization of Elders and People With Disabilities</a><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#2C2D30'>Talking down to older people or people with disabilities is a form of infantilization, when an adult is treated like a child. This kind of language is often offensive to those on the receiving end because it is interpreted as patronizing and condescending.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'> Rather than using offensive infantilizing language it is preferable to establish boundaries and ask how a person wants to be addressed, especially for older people and people with disabilities who may have a loss of control over their lives and are offered few choices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'><a href="https://www.natlawreview.com/article/department-justice-announces-it-intends-to-publish-regulations-related-to-website">DOJ to Publish Website Accessibility Regulations</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=rtejustify style='margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it will begin the rulemaking process related to “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Governments.” The DOJ’s <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>announcement</span> states that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that “no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity.” The DOJ “intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its Title II ADA regulation to provide technical standards to assist public entities in complying with their existing obligations to make their websites accessible to individuals with disabilities.” <span style='background:white'>While Title II of the ADA only applies to <i>“public entities,” </i><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal'>private entities may want to pay attention to these developments.</span></em> </span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Ebrima'>Do you have news from your District, an employee you’d like to spotlight, blind services information, events to share, or a favorite recipe you’d like to feature in the DBS Visionary newsletter or in this weekly media report? Please share it with us by emailing <a href="mailto:communications@dbs.fldoe.org">communications@dbs.fldoe.org</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>