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#BlindNewWorld: empowering the #blind and #VisuallyImpaired community while demystifying #blindness and breaking down barriers to #inclusion. Powered by Perkins School for the Blind. Learn more at BlindNewWorld.org.

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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 8h
Obscured Portraits is a journey through #DisabilityRepresentation that shifts from explaining #disability to giving #disabled artists equal space to experiment, contradict and complicate how we understand perception. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @artreview.bsky.social ⬇️)
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How Disability Reshapes Photography
Surveying the historic representation of the blind and visually impaired in photography – and even simulating their experience – a new show in Taipei expands what ‘seeing’ can mean
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As part of a survey designed to strengthen the case for mandatory #braille food labelling in the UK, researchers are inviting folks who are #blind and #LowVision to share experiences with food packaging. #BlindNewWorld (Story via North Edinburgh News ⬇️) nen.press/new-research...
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New research aims to build evidence base for braille food labelling
Blind and partially sighted people across the UK are being invited to share their experiences of accessing food packaging as part of a new survey designed to strengthen the case for mandatory brail…
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A discussion about "incidental #accessibility" in New Delhi revealed many examples of mainstream consumer technology that's become invaluable #AssistiveTech for folks with #disabilities. #BlindNewWorld (Story via The Print India ⬇️)
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Accessible by accident: How Alexa and AI glasses are assisting disabled people
From an AI-voiced rapper to a wheelchair user's smart-home setup, a Delhi event unpacked how consumer tech is stepping into an accessibility gap, even as cost and policy hurdles remain.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Accessible scores and #braille music make concert prep possible for professional musicians who are #blind and #LowVision. 🎶 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @hypebot.bsky.social l ⬇️)
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What It Actually Takes to Read Music Without Sight (and What AI Can Help Solve)
How accessible scores and Braille music make concert prep possible, and why reliable tools today matter more than AI’s promised future.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Flying through Phoenix? ✈️ The Phoenix Airport Museum encourages travelers to engage with #accessible art, including everything from tactile artwork and sensory-friendly spaces to #braille exhibition signage and immersive audio experiences. #BlindNewWorld (Story via SignalsAZ ⬇️)
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Accessible Art at Phoenix Airport - Signals AZ
Explore how Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport enhances art accessibility for all travelers, featuring tactile, sensory-friendly spaces, and braille exhibitions.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With some simple accommodations for #accessibility and inclusion, people with #disabilities are able to get in the game - including board games, card games, video games and more! #BlindNewWorld (Story via @euronews.com ⬇️)
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Let the games begin: Making video and board games available for all
Gamers with visual or motor impairments are increasingly creating their own ways to keep playing as industry giants Microsoft, Sony and ONCE roll out adapted controllers alongside new video and board ...
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Content creator Hannah Weymouth, also known as "#Blind & Bored," faces her #disability with a sense of humor. Get to know her in this interview on Enable: The Disability Podcast. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @syracuse.com ⬇️)
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Blind & Bored: Vision loss with a sense of humor (Enable: The Disability Podcast)
“Blind & Bored” content creator Hannah Weymouth also shared her superpower.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#AudioDescription goes mainstream? A study indicates that 42% of UK adults expressed interest in listening to television drama - without the screen - after hearing examples of an #AudioDescribed experience! 💬 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @rnib.bsky.social ⬇️)
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Two in five UK adults interested in listening to television drama without the screen, RNIB research finds
If you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Imagine if #accessibility was so commonplace that it became... boring? #BlindNewWorld (Story via @onlys.ky ⬇️)
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Accessibility should be boring
People with disabilities should get to go to the beach, too.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What does a movie set look like when the actors have a range of #disabilities? For the upcoming film "Being Heumann," it was different than a typical set, but also a lot more #accessible and #inclusive. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @thewrap.com ⬇️)
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How the 'Being Heumann' Crew Built a Set for Its Disabled Cast on the Fly
TIFF 2026: Dozens of disabled performers star in Siân Heder's follow-up to "CODA" dramatizing the San Francisco 504 sit-in protests.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#DidYouKnow that Paul McCartney included a secret #braille message to Stevie Wonder on his 1973 Wings album, Red Rose Speedway? We love little moments of inclusion and allyship in the #BlindNewWorld. 🫶 (Story via @mensjournal.com ⬇️)
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1973 Paul McCartney Album Hid a Secret Message for Stevie Wonder
One of McCartney's earliest albums for Wings had a message printed on its LP cover that millions of fans who bought the record had no idea about.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The First Hello program from Guide Dogs UK gives expectant parents who are #blind and #VisuallyImpaired access to tactile versions of their 20-week ultrasound scans. 👶 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @the-independent.com ⬇️)
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New pilot to turn ultrasounds into 3D-printed moulds for parents with sight loss
The initiative will give those who cannot see ultrasound screens or print-offs the chance to trace the contours of their baby before they arrive.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today, we remember the many people lost 25 years ago, as well as the bravery of the helpers - including #GuideDogs Salty and Roselle, who led their owners down thousands of steps to safety. Both received the Dickin Medal, the highest military honor for animals. #BlindNewWorld
Icons of two guide dogs facing each other. Text: "Salty and Roselle: the unexpected heroes of 9/11."
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Explore outer space in a webinar specifically for #blind and #LowVision attendees: an audio-described video of an RS-25 engine test, Q&A with an Artemis engineer and a panel about #accessibility in space and science. 🚀 #BlindNewWorld (Story via NASA ⬇️) www.nasa.gov/general/nasa...
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NASA Hosts Virtual Artemis Webinar for Blind, Low-Vision Community - NASA
NASA will host a virtual webinar at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 2, titled “The RS-25 Engine and the Future of Artemis Missions: An Accessible Webinar
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Enough said. 🤷 #BlindNewWorld -- Image: Icons of a person navigating with a white cane, a wheelchair user and a person walking with a guide dog. Text: "Access. Inclusion. Equity. (That's it. That's the post.)"
Icons of a person navigating with a white cane, a wheelchair user and a person walking with a guide dog. Text: "Access. Inclusion. Equity. (That's it. That's the post.)"
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Brailled It" is an experimental documentary that follows three #blind and #LowVision students competing in the #Braille Challenge. The best part? It's told almost entirely from the students' perspective. 🧑‍🦯 #BlindNewWorld (Review via @nytimes.com ⬇️) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/m...
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‘Brailled It’ Review: A Matter of Perspective
This experimental documentary follows three students as they compete in an annual Braille tournament in Los Angeles.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
With some ingenuity and a Lego robotics kit, a 12-year-old student created a much more affordable #braille printer. 💡 #BlindNewWorld (Story via Science Blog ⬇️)
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A 12-year-old in California built a working printer for blind readers out of a Lego robot kit for his school science fair, after finding that the machines sold for the job cost about $2,000; the parts...
A twelve-year-old just proved that assistive technology doesn't need to cost thousands when ingenuity and a Lego kit can do the job for under four hundred dollars.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#Accessible packaging makes it easier for people who are #blind and #VisuallyImpaired to shop independently - and can also be a competitive advantage for retailers. #BlindNewWorld (Story via Retail Customer Experience ⬇️)
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How accessible packaging is changing the retail experience
Walk through any store and you’ll see QR codes on packaging, connecting shoppers to recipes, promotions and brand information. But for millions of consumers, that digital doorway has remained partiall...
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Abel Simbani is a #VisuallyImpaired educator teaching at a mainstream school in Malawi - and he's using his lived experience to give his students perspective on the importance of digital inclusion. #BlindNewWorld (Story via UNDP Malawi ⬇️)
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From Braille to Bytes: Abel Simbani Is Opening Digital Doors for Others
Abel Simbani is teaching Malawi to see digital inclusion differently.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
With primaries in many states today and midterms in the U.S. looming, the Center for American Progress is tracking barriers to #accessible voting as well as opportunities to strengthen election #accessibility for disabled Americans. 🗳️ #BlindNewWorld (Story via @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️)
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Mapping Disabled Americans’ Access to Democracy
CAP’s Accessible Democracy Tracker identifies barriers to accessible voting across U.S. states as well as opportunities to strengthen election accessibility for disabled Americans.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thomas Panek, CEO of Lighthouse Guild, and his #GuideDog Shadow took an unconventional approach to their work together, starting with on-the-job training on the streets of Manhattan. 🏢 🦮 #BlindNewWorld (Story via Parade Pets ⬇️)
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Blind CEO Is Raising His Guide Dog Differently With Manhattan as Their Training Ground
Pet dog turned service dog due to his skills.
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Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩‍🦯 @veron4ica.com · 29/08/2026
Here is a post from Paths to Literacy with more information about Braille Tales! www.pathstoliteracy.org/dolly-parton...
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Dolly Parton’s Literacy Legacy – Paths to Literacy
Paths to Literacy Dolly Parton’s Literacy Legacy. For teachers, families, and others interested in literacy for children and youth with visual impairments
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We join the world in remembering the incredible Dolly Parton and the impact she had on children's literacy - including providing free #braille and audiobooks for kids who are #blind and #LowVision. 🦋 📚 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @todayshow.com ⬇️)
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Has Sent Over 100,000 Braille Books to Low-Vision Kids: She ‘Cared About Everyone’
“None of my son’s needs are special,” Jessica Caromile says of her 12-year-old, who is blind — and she believes the late country music legend understood this, too.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Concerts designed to incorporate #disability access are creating more inclusive, imaginative experiences for artists and audiences. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @hypebot.bsky.social ⬇️)
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Can We Make Accessibility More Than Just an 'Accommodation?'
Two live music acts are designing concerts around disability access to create more inclusive (and imaginative) experiences for artists and audiences.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A new digital archive aims to tell the history of Britain's #DisabilityRights movement through oral histories, films, photographs and personal collections gathered from the people who lived it. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @museumsassociation.org ⬇️) www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
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Q&A | ‘The disability rights movement is presumed to have been small and niche, but it was huge’  - Museums Association
David Hevey tells us about a new digital archive dedicated to the civil rights struggle that Britain forgot
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Engineers at Harvard have invented a new navigation app that gives #blind and #LowVision users turn-by-turn directions, path guidance, and obstacle avoidance via their smartphone. 📱🧑‍🦯 #BlindNewWorld (Story via Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ⬇️)
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A Smartphone Navigation App for People with Blindness and Low Vision
Mobilio uses AI, built-in sensors to give users continuous guidance
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Curb cuts make navigating sidewalks and crosswalks more #accessible for everyone - from wheelchair users to bicyclists and parents pushing strollers. This teen advocate in the UK has launched a campaign to create more. #BlindNewWorld (Story via BBC ⬇️)
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Disabled teen's dropped kerb campaign to get 'independence back'
Jack is lobbying Liverpool City Council to install dropped kerbs near his home.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Andre Adom is an amateur boxer knocking out assumptions about what it means to be a #blind athlete. 🥊 #BlindNewWorld (Story via South West Londoner ⬇️)
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'I'm not letting anything stop me': The blind Brixton boxer....
Athletic in build and kitted out in mismatched sports gear, Andre Adom appears no different from the other amateur boxers
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A volunteer art teacher at @brailleinstitute.bsky.social teaches Abstract Expressionism and printmaking to #blind and #VisuallyImpaired artists, and their work will be showcased at an upcoming exhibition. #BlindNewWorld (Story via Downtown News ⬇️)
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Art as Universal Language: Braille Institute student exhibition expands how art is experienced
Lenny Gerard knows firsthand about disability. He had been volunteering as an art teacher at the Braille Institute for a few years when he had a freak accident that paralyzed
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New tactile #braille maps at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport make navigation more accessible for #blind and #LowVision travelers. ✈️ #BlindNewWorld (Story via @cbsnews.com ⬇️)
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Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport's new 3D braille maps are helping visitors help themselves
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is the first airport to create a new path for people living with blindness or low vision, centering around what may be the most important rooms in the comple...
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Innovators at Purdue University created an app that converts handwritten text to HTML, making handwritten and printed lecture notes, diagrams and equations #accessible to screen readers. #BlindNewWorld (Story via Purdue ⬇️)
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Purdue University is a world-renowned, public research university that advances discoveries in science, technology, engineering and math.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Disability is a spectrum. As they say: if you've met one person with a #disability, you've met one person with a disability. Be kind. Don't assume. Be an ally in the #BlindNewWorld. (Story by Tracy Stine ⬇️)
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Helen Keller Ruined it for Us
Why the public still treats one extraordinary woman as the standard for an entire spectrum of people.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jackie Schiemann, who is legally #blind, is on a mission to visit every national park in the U.S. And her #GuideDog Tyrus ensures that she can navigate safely and confidently on the way to her goal. 🏞️ 🦮 #BlindNewWorld (Story via Fox Bangor ⬇️)
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Legally Blind Woman Hiking National Parks, Makes Stop in Acadia
Acadia National Park, Maine -- An Ohio woman who is legally blind is traveling across the nation's parks with her best friend, her guide dog.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pittsburgh, a national leader in supporting #blind tennis, recently hosted the premiere of the U.S. Blind Tennis National Championship. 🎾 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @nextpittsburgh.bsky.social ⬇️) nextpittsburgh.com/sports/blind...
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Blindness won't stop these championship tennis players in the Pittsburgh area
Enthusiasts says that the sport boosts fitness, balance and coordination, which can be challenges for people with low vision.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#GuideDogs help people who are #blind navigate and travel independently - even through long lines at TSA. 🦮 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @people.com ⬇️)
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Artist with Vision Loss Paul Castle Goes Viral After His Guide Dog Receives TSA Pat-Down. Here’s What He Wants People to Know (Exclusive)
Paul Castle shares what traveling with vision loss and a guide dog is really like after Maple’s viral TSA moment, from airport security to flight prep.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thanks to VoiceCorps, residents of central Ohio who are #blind, #LowVision or have #PrintDisabilities get everyday audio access to local and national news, magazines, grocery ads as well as books and comics. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @dispatch.com ⬇️)
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VOICEcorps is a lifeline for central Ohio listeners - AOL
VOICEcorps has read news to the blind for 50 years but now faces a funding decline that threatens its future.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This adaptive "Surf for All" program gets kids and teens with disabilities stoked to catch some waves. 🏄 #BlindNewWorld (Story via Long Island Herald ⬇️)
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Skudin Surf offers lessons to deaf-blind young adults from Helen Keller National Center - Herald Community Newspapers
In mid-July, six participants in the Summer Youth Vocational Program at the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults spent a week in Long Beach with adaptive surf instructors from...
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In Vermont, @vermontadaptive.bsky.social takes an "adaptive-optimized" vs. "adaptive-friendly" approach to making mountain biking trails - both existing and new - #accessible for every rider. 🚵 #BlindNewWorld (Story via Mountain Times ⬇️)
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Vermont Leads Effort To Make Trails Accessible For All Abilities | Mountain Times
By Polly Mikula Vermont Adaptive was one of the first organizations to offer adaptive mountain biking (aMTB) in the East, launching its program in 2017.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A study from researchers at Indiana University explores how #blind and #LowVision musicians approach bowed string instruments, building technique through touch, sound, and memory rather than sight. 🎻 #BlindNewWorld (Story via Violin Channel ⬇️)
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New Study Designs Accessible String Instrument Learning for Blind and Low-Vision Musicians
World's Leading Classical Music Platform
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Perkins Library @perkinslibrary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Such an important recommended read. Authentic representation matters! 👩‍🦯
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#MyBlindStory: In Roxie in Color, Stacy Cervenka shares an authentic perspective on parenting blind while demystifying #disability for young readers. And thanks to support from @perkinslibrary.bsky.social, #blind and #PrintDisabled readers can borrow it free! #BlindNewWorld
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Roxie in Color: authentic blindness representation in middle-grade fiction – BlindNewWorld
In this novel, author Stacy Cervenka shares authentic perspective on parenting blind while demystifying disability for middle school readers
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#GuideDogs Idabelle and Jazzy are two of the very best girls in the #BlindNewWorld. 🦮😍
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Chef Lay Alston, a wheelchair user, wants everyone to experience the power of gathering for a meal - so she designed her restaurant, Yaya's Crib, in ways that specifically foster #accessibility and #inclusion. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @nytimes.com ⬇️)
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The Chef Imagining a More Accessible World, One Meal at a Time
After a spinal cord injury left her unable to walk, Lay Alston turned to her first love: gathering for dinner.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The emphasis on #inclusion at the Glasgow 2026 #CommonwealthGames extended to the medals, which feature #braille and tactile elements that make them more #accessible for #VisuallyImpaired athletes. 🏅 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @Firstpost ⬇️)
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Reliable, #accessible public transportation is critical for people with #disabilities to live independently. In Calgary, a new pilot program aims to improve transit #accessibility with tactile, high-contrast signs that include raised text and #braille. 🚏 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @calgary.ca ⬇️)
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Tactile bus stop signs help Calgarians navigate transit with more confidence
Calgary Transit is improving service for customers who are blind, Deafblind or have low vision. As part of a pilot effort, 89 tactile and high contrast signs are now in place on Route 90 (Bridgeland/U...
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The beauty industry is embracing #UniversalDesign - so the team at @nytwirecutter.bsky.social went on a quest to find the best #accessible beauty tools and makeup. 💄 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @nytimes.com ⬇️)
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These Beauty Tools Are Designed for Accessibility. They Make Application Easier for Everyone.
We tested 41 beauty products and tools designed for people with dexterity challenges and/or low vision. Our nine favorites make applying makeup easier.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#DisabilityPride has its roots deep in the #DisabilityRights movement. In this episode of The Sunday Story, explore the historic victories that got us to where we are today - and where we need to go from here. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @npr.org ⬇️)
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‘We want to ride’: the 1978 protest that sparked the disability rights movement : The Sunday Story
Thirty-six years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, guaranteeing civil rights for millions of Americans. But the movement that made that day possible began years earlier. ...
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The UK has announced funding to support an increase in interpreters available for people who are #deafblind. More interpreters means more access to information - the key to education, work and community life. #BlindNewWorld (Story via Limping Chicken ⬇️)
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Government funding aims to increase Deafblind interpreter numbers: a welcome step with cautious optimism (BSL)
There has been encouraging news for the Deafblind community in the UK, with the government announcing new funding aimed at increasing the number of specialist interpreters available for Deafblind p…
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Netflix is making children's programming more #accessible, adding #ASL to existing #accessibility features that include subtitles, dubbing and #AudioDescription. #BlindNewWorld (Story via @disabilityscoop.bsky.social ⬇️)
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Netflix Making Kids' Shows More Accessible
Through a new arrangement, Netflix will make hundreds of hours of programing for kids and families more accessible to those with disabilities.
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BlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The World Cup may be over, but #blind athletes are staying in the game. In North Carolina, the Blind Soccer Expo brought together players for shooting drills and learning the fundamentals. ⚽ #BlindNewWorld (Story via @wfae.bsky.social ⬇️)
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Game on: Blind Soccer Expo brings the action to Matthews
The excitement of the FIFA Club World Cup extended beyond professional stadiums and into Mecklenburg County over the weekend, where visually impaired community members gathered in Matthews to show tha...
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