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Bundy heading to Nicaragua on mission trip - Madison Daily Leader

Bundy heading to Nicaragua on mission trip
Madison Daily Leader
This year, he and Charles Fullenkamp will make the trip and work with a group of blind people, teaching them how to use a walking stick to find their way around independently and how to use note-taker devices, which allow the user to type in braille .

Stem Cells Show Promise As Blindness Treatment In Early Study
Human embryonic stem cells show promise in an early study involving two patients suffering from incurable, progressive forms of blindness. Both experienced marked improvement in their eyesight. read more..

Stem cells treat blindness
EMBRYONIC stem cells have been used in humans to treat the most common cause of blindness...

FirstAidGlobalWholesale.com Reminds Workers To Help Prevent Blindness By Wearing Proper Safety Eyewear
"More than 700,000 Americans injure their eyes at work each year, yet most of all workplace eye injuries can be avoided by using proper safety eyewear," says safety manager George Galvan of First Aid Global, a Los Angeles company..

Addison Burgess gets ready to compete in the "Braille Wars" competition at . - Orlando Sentinel (blog)

Orlando Sentinel (blog)

Addison Burgess gets ready to compete in the "Braille Wars" competition at .
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Sixteen students competed this morning in EURœBraille Wars,EUR a Star Wars-themed competition for the visually impaired. It was one of four Braille reading competitions being held around the state between January and March. Half of the competitors hailed .

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Stem cell treatment for blindness
Stem cell treatments have yielded positive results in patients who lost their vision because of macular degeneration..

Braille EVMs help visually impaired cast votes - IBNLive.com

IBNLive.com

Braille EVMs help visually impaired cast votes
IBNLive.com
PTI Dehra Dun: Paving way for the visually impaired to have a decisive role in the country's democratic process, the Election Commission is encouraging use of EVMs having braille signs in Dehradun in Uttarakhand where polling is on to elect the state's .

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