152 media results found for 'blind'
In this episode, host Joe Hanson and YouTuber Molly Burke, who is blind, discuss echolocation. They work through a series of active echolocation exercises to help the brain construct images of their environment. Part of the "It's Okay to Be Smart"...Read More
Recognizing off-topic and on-topic conversational comments and questions are key areas for this social skills video lesson. Through the lesson's activities, students with visual impairments will become more familiar with how to build conversations...Read More
Gene therapy is a method for treating inherited diseases by delivering corrective versions of genes to patients. Dr. Jean Bennett and Dr. Albert Maguire focused their careers on developing a successful gene therapy for an inherited form of childho...Read More
Watch the story of how gene therapy restored the sight of a nearly-blind young patient. Told from the perspective of two researchers who spent over 25 years working to develop this breakthrough technology, this short film chronicles their successe...Read More
This an archive video of the Video Description Research and Development Center webinar #4 - Going Pro: Using YouDescribe in the Classroom and Beyond. The webinar occurred December 11, 2013. Previous VDRDC webinars have introduced YouDescribe, the...Read More
This online training module was developed and designed for students who are blind and visually impaired and the professionals who work with them. Focusing on the transition from school to work, the training offers a series of activities, supportin...Read More
This module offers an overview of description and why it is essential to providing access for individuals who are blind or have low vision. The module reviews guidelines for description, discusses laws pertaining to description, and explains the u...Read More
Sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell send sensory messages to the brain at a speed of 430km/hr. The brain deals with 11 million information signals per second, and this continual flow of information is sorted and analyzed by the brain, which di...Read More
Technology and science are working to restore, replace, and supercharge the powerful human sense of hearing. Meet a man who is blind whose hearing is so acute that he can navigate a bicycle by the sound of the echo of a click. This episode also hi...Read More
This online module was developed and designed for students who are blind and visually impaired and the professionals who work with them. Focusing on the transition from school to work, the training offers a series of activities, supporting documen...Read More
The videos in this series are part of an online module designed for students who are blind and visually impaired and the professionals who work with them. Focusing on the transition from school to work, the training offers a series of activities, ...Read More
Make48 is a 48-hour competition where teams are presented with a challenge and tasked to build a physical prototype, create a sales sheet, produce a 1-minute marketing video, and pitch their big idea to a panel of judges. This fall, the competitio...Read More
Make48 hosted a competition at the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, KS. With access to expert tool technicians and high-tech equipment, competing teams will have the power to build almost anything. Part of the "Make48" series.
With support from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, psychologist Brad Duchaine and his team are studying the brains of 20 people with "face blindness." The team hopes to better understand ...Read More
Viewers will explore the dynamics of family relationships through the eyes of children. Everything that can happen within a family is presented in various real-life situations. A boy explores his home with his eyes closed so he can understand how...Read More
The most applauded film project connected to blindness. Young Venezuelan director Argimiro Wanadi Siso Saldivia focused on blind photographer Sonia Soberats, who lost her two sons and developed techniques of no-visual photography "…as a therapy in...Read More
The most applauded film project connected to blindness. Young Venezuelan director Argimiro Wanadi Siso Saldivia focused on blind photographer Sonia Soberats, who lost her two sons and developed techniques of no-visual photography "…as a therapy in...Read More
Starting from the simple definitions of regular people about common words like rose, sky, usage, a deeper analysis is made about what significance is and how reality is satisfied with the sum of significances that surround us. Puns, regionalisms, ...Read More
The parakeet starts with a monologue about the differences between people. The first guest, the, jaguar, is upset that his friend the turtle was not at his tree party. But the turtle is also upset because she went to the party, but she couldn't ge...Read More
