VISIONS In The News
Founded in 2011, Ezvid Wiki was the world’s first video wiki, and is now among the top 3,000 websites in the United States. Their YouTube channel has over 500,000 subscribers, with nearly 300 million views since founding. Those with visual impairments deserve the same opportunities as the rest of society, regardless of where they live. These organizations are all working in their own ways to level the playing field through advocacy, community support, educational initiatives, and services intended to help the blind and visually impaired learn, work, and interact with their neighbors. The full video can be accessed by visiting 6 […]
Ford has developed a “new haptic visual language” that allows blind people to experience the view through a car window. The Feel the View smart window captures an image of the surrounding scenery and translates it into vibrations on a tactile display that a passenger can explore through touch. Ford’s Feel the View smart window lets blind passengers enjoy the landscape […]
Coping with vision impairment has become a necessity for many more people as the baby boom generation ages, but some simple improvements can help aging homeowners stay independent and safe. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/realestate/simple-home-improvements-for-the-vision-impaired.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times&action=click&contentCollection=todayspaper […]
Tune in to QPTV to view the Visions Queens Advisory Board awards ceremony that honored Lion Charles W. McBride, PMJF, District Governor for the Lions Club of district 20-K1, for his many contributions to the community. http://www.qptv.org/content/queens-perspectives-visions-party-purpose […]
On Thursday, March 8 more than 150 people gathered at Tosca Marquee on East Tremont Avenue for the 25th annual Dinner and Award Ceremony for Visions VCB, the renowned organization that provides free services for the blind and visually impaired. http://www.thisisthebronx.info/visions-annual-dinner-features-fun-and-inspiration/ […]
Nancy D. Miller has worked with people of all ages who are blind and multi-disabled since 1971, and as Executive Director/CEO of VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired for over 30 years. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bhp/2017/11/30/employment-of-people-with-disabilities-with-nancy-miller […]
“Six in the morning,” said Sharon Lash, “I’m headed to the Malibu.” Ms. Lash, a petite woman, taps her way along 23rd Street with a white cane. She counts the doors, noting the sound each one makes as the cane hits it, then turns right. […]
The NYPD on Tuesday recognized the owners of a 23rd Street diner for stepping up when their neighbors needed them and helping feed first responders and the residents of a nearby home for the blind in the chaos that followed the Sept. 17 Chelsea bombing. https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161117/chelsea/malibu-diner-chelsea-bombing-selis-manor-ahmad-rahami/ […]
Words on the Council of the City of New York Proclamation, framed and hanging near the front door of the Malibu Diner, honor the character and service of everyone there, and eloquently recall Sept. 17, 2016: “It began as a beautiful September day, not so different from a Tuesday in September 15 years ago, with New Yorkers of every age and background simply going about their lives,” the Proclamation reads, continuing, “In an instant, however, the beauty of the day was shattered… Around 8:30pm, on West 32rd Street in Manhattan, a homemade bomb exploded in a dumpster, injuring 31 people, […]
Three days after an explosion rocked Chelsea and injured 29 people, Mayor Bill de Blasio visited a nearby home for people with vision impairments, where the residents praised the city’s response and weighed in on how it affected them. http://observer.com/2016/09/de-blasio-praises-residents-at-home-for-blind-people-near-chelsea-explosion-site/ […]
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