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Blind - General

Within Blind Life

An adult holds a child's hand while they run together on a concrete pad as other children look on. Caption. Never, ever make a excuse that you can't do something.

Young, blonde girl in a blue graphic tee-shirt sits and talks in front of a dark green curtain. Caption. I'll support whatever decisions he makes.

Senior man lays down on a couch with a woman standing behind him and touching his shoulders in an indoor space. Caption. Come on, I wanna dance!

Page from the illustrated story, "Adventures with Darian: A Pirate at (Sea) See," displaying a scene with a girl and a pirate boy examining the contents of a treasure chest. Another picture shows the pirate boy looking warily at a treasure map. Text reads, “Rummaging in his loot, he got out a rag. Carefully he tied it around his head, attached a seashell, and covered his eye. ‘Great idea, Cap’n!’ said Victor the Vicious. Darien’s prosthetic eye was safe. But more disasters came as he tried to read the treasure maps.”

Cam, a young blind boy, wears a green jacket and sits in front of a grand piano in his house. He places his hands gracefully on the keys as he plays the piano.

Mary, a blind woman, swims the butterfly stroke in an Olympic-sized pool. Her arms are out like big wings and her head is lifted out of the water. She wears black goggles and a black swimmer's cap as water splashes up around her.

Young girl in a white shirt sits behind a large drum with her hands on it. There are other drums and instruments nearby in what appears to be a music classroom. Caption. She is the only student at her school with severe visual impairment.

Wide shot looking down a New York City street at dusk. Caption. My ears are my eyes.

Closeup of a woman's hands reading braille.

Man in a black shirt holds a baby in a light pink frilly dress and headband. 2 young girls look at the baby as their mother looks on from behind. Caption. I look at her as, here's my youngest daughter.

Woman in an office setting stands in front of camera, looking slightly down. Caption. And distributed them to blind people in the community.

Two women walking. Both wear sunglasses, one walks with a dog in a guide harness. Caption: I got a guide dog about 12 years ago.

Overhead view of 2 people in long pants looking toward a brown and beige dog seated on the floor in front of them. Caption. I like her because she's docile.

Classroom with children seated at desks. Caption. Jessica as narrator. I work so hard so I can do the same stuff they do.

Boy sits and looks at an open book in a library setting. Another boy leans over him and a woman stands behind him. A girl sits next to him with an open book as she looks toward him. Caption. Yeah, dude. Hannah confused me.

Title text reads, “Surfing,” against a yellow background.

Two people looking up at a kite flying in the sky. Caption: {Rory) I've been flying the kite with James five or six times now,

Girl and boy sit at a desk across from 1 another and play Connect 4. Caption. You see what she's doin'? What do you need to block her?

Illustration of a sphere with an uneven surface. Caption: Scientists strip away the virus's harmful genes

A D N A strand labeled, mutación, has its section highlighted and labeled, proteina Spanish Caption: El principio de la terapia genica.

Framed image of a woman smiling at camera in an outdoor setting. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Soft Skills and Hard Skills."

Tan brick building with grass, a tree, and a sign indicating it's a school for the blind and visually impaired. Text reads, "Photo courtesy of S, D, S, B, V, I."

Closeup of a small group of children surrounding a pyramid of blue plastic cups. They hold strings that are wrapped around the cups. Caption. Forward, forward, forward.

2 men in suits smile at each other and shake hands, 1 wears a white face mask over his eyes. Caption. This audio description has really been wonderful.

Black and white frame of slave men, women and children walking on a dirt path. Caption. To lead nearly 300 slaves to freedom.

Man walks a dog on a sidewalk. Caption. And then he goes two blocks south and turns.

Still image from: Heart of a Champion: Vision Quest

Still image from: Helen Keller for Kids

A chubby baby wearing a blue long sleeved shirt and white cap lays on a white blanket. Caption. The Horstmeyer's only child requires round the clock care.

Senior woman wearing a white sweater and sunglasses demonstrates how to load paper into a blue Perkins Brailler.

Blurry city in background. Hearing.

Blurry city in background. Orchestra of the senses.

Blurry city in background. Sight.

A comparison of passive echolocation used in vehicles and active echolocation in dolphins.

Closeup of toddler laying on bed looking at camera with another toddler looking at a man behind him.

Young man wearing business attire speaks directly to camera. Caption. Images into spoken words.

White man reaches out to touch a Black man who is gesturing with one hand and in mid-speech. Behind them, a group of people seated in chairs look on.

Still image from: Make48: Kansas City, KS / Kansas State School for the Blind 2022

Still image from: Make48: Kansas City, KS / Kansas State School for the Blind 2023

Womans wearing blue jeans and a gray top uses a white cane to walk down a tree-lined dirt path towards the camera.

3 teenagers in formal attire stand next to 1 another. A smiling boy in center wraps his arm around a smiling girl to his right. Caption. It's about dressing for success.

Clay animation of a young boy with brown hair and a green shirt holding onto a yellow handrail. Spanish caption. El cierra y abre sus ojos.

Smiling young woman looks off camera. Text over image reads, "Bingo!" with a check mark below. Caption. Selena comes in with a smile.

Low shot of a person holding a baby resting in a handheld carrier. Caption. Jen as narrator. Look at who is coming home for the first time!

Group of teenagers sit in a row facing a woman with a guitar. Caption. Tell me what you think the topic of the song is.

Instructional video. Red-headed man wearing glasses and a green hoodie stands in front of a white wall, where a white cane leans against it.

Screenshot. Apple iOS "Display and Text Size" section under the "Accessibility" section of its Settings panel. The "Reduce Transparency" setting is toggled to the on position.

Man stands on a paved driveway in front of a house and demonstrates the "touch and slide technique," holding a white cane in front of him.

Man holds up two sections of a partially folded white cane as he demonstrates how to fold it up.

Standing close to us, a man grips the handle of a white cane with one hand as his other hand loosely holds the elastic cord.

First-person perspective looking down as a man demonstrates how to hold a white cane loosely like it's a pencil, with the handle between his thumb and index finger.

First-person perspective looking down as a man holds a white cane with his thumb pointed down on the handle's flat side and his other fingers wrapped around the handle grip.

Close-up of a person holding white and red adjustable walking stick that has been folded into sections.

Red-headed man looks toward us while speaking and standing in front of a white wall, where a white cane leans against it.

Red-headed man stands in front of a white wall, looking towards us as he speaks and gestures with his hand.

Red-headed man uses both hands to hold a white cane up in front of his face as he shows us the cane's black handle grip.

Red-headed man holds up a rigid white cane with one hand, using the other hand to gesture as he speaks to us.

Man wearing a black winter coat and hat stands in the snow while holding up a white cane with a special attachment at the end.

Closeup of a young girl with blonde hair and bangs wearing a pink shirt while looking down. She has a few freckles on her nose.

Teenage boy wears a red tee-shirt, blue shorts and baseball cap, tall red-striped socks, and baseball cleats. He kneels with a padded knee on a grassy baseball field as he prepares to throw a yellow softball. Caption. Don't let anyone else tell you what your child can or cannot do.

Side view of a young girl with long brown hair sitting in a white wooden chair with a pink pillow behind her at a white desk as she uses a gray Perkins Brailler. Caption. She is a top student with a wildly vivid imagination.

White C, G, I puppy smiles as it walks across a fenced walkway. A park and some construction barriers appear in the background.

Young woman is surrounded by people, some of whom reach toward her with concern. Caption. Woman as narrator. What's going on? What happened?

Young woman with white cane walks on the sidewalk past a grassy field lined with trees. Title card reads, "Rewind button." Caption. Female as narrator. Have you ever just wanted a rewind button?

Man in suit, tie and Santa hat standing next to man dressed as Santa.

People in an operating theater with a patient on the table. Caption: is implanted surgically and stimulates nerves

Graphic of spherical object with multiple web-like tubular connections. Caption: They can't see any information in their visual world.

Man's hand holding a cup with orange object. Caption. Is too flat, and/or the eyeball itself is too short.

Woman sits at a desk and looks down at a few papers while a girl in glasses sits across from her. Caption. Today we're going to talk about problems.

Color illustration of a person looking up at a tall tree. Caption. There were majestic trees to give shade.

Dr. Phil speaks to camera. Caption. Of the world's only deaf-blind triplets.

Man and woman sit on a couch with big red patterned pillows. The man holds a smiling toddler in a bright yellow shirt between his legs. Caption. The Smith-Levins remain positive about Max's future.

Still image from: Sol

3 boys sit around a table. 2 have their hands raised. They look toward a woman sitting across from them with her back to camera. Caption. All right, who wants to start?

Still image from: The Cane Kids

Still image from: The Day the Clouds Went Away

Wide shot looking down a busy urban street with 4 lanes in both directions, buzzing with cars and pedestrians. Street leads to a towering modern building in the distance.

Frame shows 2 teenagers and 2 adults around a table with artistic streams of light illuminating the scene. Spanish caption. Por eso es que esta fotografía es.

Teenage boy looks into an eye exam machine while the hand of a person off camera touches a button on a small screen next to a computer. Caption. It is caused by a change, or a mutation, in a gene.

Closeup of a hand adjusting a lens. Title card reads, "Retinitis Pigementaria." Spanish caption. Narradora. R, P es la abreviatura para retinitis pigmentaria.

Man wearing a business suit presents an architectural rendering of an exterior building to a man seated at a conference table. Caption. It's called Emily's Home.

Rear view shot of a woman seated at a desk looking at a computer. She appears to be in the midst of a video call with a woman in medical scrubs standing in front of floral wallpaper. Caption. Miss Drummond, it's so nice to hear back from you.

Aerial view of green and brown fields divided into sections with building complexes to the sides.

Person in a kitchen preparing a slice of buttered toast. Caption. Could you check? Is the butter everywhere?

Still image from: Touching the Sun With Solar Stones

Girl reaches out with both hands to touch a boy's face, white cane leaning against her shoulder. Caption. You have a nice face, but sad.

Senior man wearing a baseball cap and soccer jersey looks off camera, gesturing with his hands. Spanish caption. Y cuando uno es niño es muy inquieto me esto.

Man using a wheelchair, waiting on a sidewalk. A person stands nearby. Caption. I remember them well some years ago.

Closeup of a human eye. Caption: of specialized cells called receptors

Woman wearing dark sunglasses. Caption: Never be afraid to pursue your dreams,

Many images in a grid. The center image is of a traffic light pole surrounded by various traffic signs with a red brick building behind and encircled with a neon blue light. Caption. How does this term relate to traffic violations?

Boy resembling Louis Braille with his eyes closed and hands on table. 1 hand holds a stylus. Caption. Louis, you've been work on that for days.

Still image from: Zoocios: My Guide and My Best Friend (Spanish)