/tags/blind blind en-US WLRN Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:34:47 GMT /news/2021-07-26/this-miami-9-year-old-excels-behind-his-braille-keyboard A local student is a finalist in an international braille literacy competition. The Braille Challenge encourages blind and visually impaired kids to go to college, develop job skills and socialize. Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:34:47 GMT /news/2021-07-26/this-miami-9-year-old-excels-behind-his-braille-keyboard Jessica Bakeman /2021-05-10/blind-patients-hope-landmark-gene-editing-experiment-will-restore-their-vision The unprecedented study involves using the gene-editing technique CRISPR to edit a gene while it's still inside a patient's body. In exclusive interviews, NPR talks with two of the first participants. Mon, 10 May 2021 09:00:00 GMT /2021-05-10/blind-patients-hope-landmark-gene-editing-experiment-will-restore-their-vision Rob Stein /news/2021-03-18/broward-nonprofit-to-host-vaccine-site-for-visually-impaired-people A Broward County nonprofit that serves the visually impaired has partnered with county health officials to create a COVID vaccine event for those experiencing vision loss. Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:43:55 GMT /news/2021-03-18/broward-nonprofit-to-host-vaccine-site-for-visually-impaired-people Andrea Perdomo /2017-03-13/as-braille-literacy-declines-reading-competitions-held-to-boost-interest As blind children depend more on technology to help them read, braille is seeming antiquated, with literacy rates at just 10 percent. So now, braille reading competitions are held to keep it in use. Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:39:00 GMT /2017-03-13/as-braille-literacy-declines-reading-competitions-held-to-boost-interest Blake Farmer, Blake Farmer