BOSTON — While October is designated as White Cane Awareness Month, the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind and Perkins School for the Blind chose Friday to bring its membership, local and national ...

National Development Bank PLC (NDB Bank) has partnered with the Women’s Blind Organisation of Sri Lanka in support of the International White Cane Day 2025, an event dedicated to recognising and ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – This Getting Results Award segment checks in with a past winner. The Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired has been a part of Daytona Beach for more than 40 years. This ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Today marks the 60th anniversary of White Cane Safety Day, celebrated on October 15th to recognize the significance of the white cane for the blind and visually impaired ...

North Carolina Central University researchers are testing smart canes aimed at helping blind or visually impaired people. Standard folding canes are used to scan or detect things around a person, like ...

The white cane for the 21st century. While many tech companies have increasingly worked to make technology more accessible for the blind and visually impaired, canes haven’t benefited much from these ...

'Taylor Swift Bills' to tackle ticket bots pass Michigan legislature Lawmakers blame scalpers for the high prices and say all types of entertainment are impacted. Man on parole for prior robberies ...

The Kenya Union of the Blind has unveiled an advanced smart cane for the visually impaired and blind to enable them to navigate safely in their surroundings. The smart cane is quite similar to the ...

Inside a small, makeshift classroom in a village in Nangahar Province in eastern Afghanistan, a group of blind young women are gathered for a lesson in communications. Socially isolated and frequently ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) – Tim Runstrom has been visually impaired his entire life after he was born with aniridia – a rare eye condition that causes the iris to be partially or completely absent.