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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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Woman speaking to a camera in a lunchroom setting at the Meadows Museum.

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.

Still image from: NASA Goddard SFC: Touching the Sun With Solar Stones

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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