It’s been a sad time here in Long Beach. Like many communities across California, the city where our office is located has been battling COVID-19, and late last month our mayor, Robert Garcia, announced that his mother had died of the virus at the age of 61. Gabriella O’Donnell was a...
Monthly injections can stop the progress of dry age-relation macular degeneration, the UK’s Sunday Express reports. The treatment stops the body’s own immune system from attacking healthy eye cells. Experts said the breakthrough signaled a new era for patients suffering from dry...
Hawkeye has long been portrayed as deaf in comics, but not in movies. Marvel superhero Hawkeye has a history of being deaf and hard of hearing, as well as using hearing aids, yet that’s never been represented on screen, Polygon reports. But many fans wonder why Marvel Studios hasn’t brought that...
If you’ve been to our office over the past couple of months, you’ve heard the racket. We’re in a modest two-story building with a courtyard in the middle, which is now a construction zone. It’s a bit of a pain, but the reason for the mess is a good one: an elevator is being...
Over the past 30 years, it has profoundly changed the deaf community. “For young people who have grown up with the ADA, the results of this landmark legislation are part of everyday life – sometimes in ways they may not even realize,” says Gerard Buckley, President of the National...
t’s turning into a long, strange summer, isn’t it? Like a lot of you (I suspect), I’m feeling just a bit restless. Sure, I like working from home, and I love my family. But still, this new normal takes some getting used to. There is one silver lining, though. I’m spending a...
It counts for 10% of the score on high school entrance exams. Parents of students in a city in North China are angry that their children’s eyesight will account for almost 10 percent of their score on senior high school entrance exams beginning in 2022, Global Times reports. They say the...
Text appears on smartphone in real time. Scientists have developed a glove that translates sign language into speech in real time, CNN reports, potentially allowing deaf people to communicate directly with anyone, without the need for an interpreter. The wearable device contains sensors that run...
‘The Last of Us Part II’ brings blind gamer to tears. The video game ‘The Last of Us Part II’ breaks new ground with features for disabled players, USA Today reports. It’s part of an ongoing process as video game consoles have evolved. ‘Gears 5,’ an Xbox...
PLAYground is making summer camp more accessible during the pandemic. A group from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis is transforming summer camp for deaf students, KARE TV reports. They are working with the PLAYground, an 8-week virtual camp for kids in Kindergarten through 8th grade....
Every now and then, I get a sharp reminder of just how important our mission is. That happened this week when I came across a report from the Alzheimer’s Association. We’ve known for some time that hearing loss increases the risk of dementia in older adults. But that’s not the...
Computer vision syndrome is a real thing. Now that so many people are spending even more time in front of screens, the Vision Council is becoming concerned about an epidemic of eye strain. “With an increase in digital technology,” the council warns on its website, “many...
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