Feature Writer John Christie – Blind Man Starts Organization Which Will Help...
Albert Rizzi started My Blind Spot soon after he lost his vision 8 years ago mainly because he was running into barriers finding employment because of accessibility issues. He found that the jobs he...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – New Machine Brings Magic to Blind Children in...
A new machine is being used at the Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired in Tokyo, Japan. The machine actually prints toys for blind children. The machine operates by Voice search...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – Guide Dog Users Fight For Law to Protect Guide...
A frightening occurrence is happening to our guide dogs. According to Guide Dog Users, Inc., an increasing amount of guide dogs are being attacked by uncontrolled dogs that are encountered on our city...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – Airlines Mishandle Wheelchairs for the...
Yomi Wrong, a disabled passenger who depends on a motorized wheelchair for mobility flew to Florida for a conference. When she got to her destination, she waited for an hour until finally the airline...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – Advocates for the Disabled Try to Improve the...
Mental Asylums live on in some parts of the world. For instance, in Guatemala City, Donald Rodas, a man in his late twenties with paranoid schizophrenia murdered his parents a year ago and was placed...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – Job Fair Assists in Putting a Dent in the High...
The third annual Job Fair for the Blind and Visually Impaired was held at the former Radcliffe College gymnasium. A variety of employers were there including State Street Bank, Massachusetts Eye and...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – Man Decides to Take Himself Off of Life Support
Tim Bowers, an avid outdoorsman and hunter died after taking himself off of life support. Bowers was a newlywed and dad to be. He was badly hurt in a hunting accident one recent Saturday. He fell 16...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – Class Action Settlement Will Make New York...
On a recent Friday, New York City settled a class action settlement. If the settlement is approved, half the fleet of taxis would have to be wheelchair accessible by 2020. This drew praise from...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – The History of Christmas
Christmas is both a religious and secular holiday and has been celebrated throughout the world for 2,000 years. People around the world celebrate it by going to church, giving and receiving gifts and...
View ArticleFeature Writer John Christie – Six Tips To Make Your New Year’s Resolution a...
People in the New Year try to set goals and attempt to follow through with their New Year’s Resolutions. However, in a recent University of Scranton study, only 8 percent of people keep their New...
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