by Deidre Ballard | 29 Aug 2018 | Education and related issues, Family support, Featured, Information on eyes and vision, News
International Symposium on Usher Syndrome USH2018 July 19th-21st 2018 in Mainz, Germany Over 250 people from the Usher community joined together for 3 days in Mainz, Germany this month. The first 2 days of the Symposium focused on the latest Usher syndrome...
by Deidre Ballard | 28 Aug 2018 | Braille and low vision aids, Education and related issues, Featured, News, Resources, Technology supporting vision impairment, Useful Websites
TACO Playbits and Robobricks Tangible Coding from Robotix Indian educational technology company, Robotix, have announced two ranges of hands-on coding products for kids. Both TACO Playbits and TACO Robobricks are aimed at preschoolers and little kids aged 3 to 7....
by Deidre Ballard | 1 Aug 2018 | Featured, News, Uncategorised
Food for thought for all parents/caregivers. Attentive readers (they’re mostly lawyers) will recall I wrote a story a few months ago about headphones for kids, stressing how easily damage can be done by too much volume. This struck a chord with a man named Dave...
by Deidre Ballard | 1 Aug 2018 | Featured, News
We are pleased to announce that following the declaration by the United Nations (UN), International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) will be celebrated annually on the 23rd September as part of the International Week of the Deaf (IWDeaf).
by Deidre Ballard | 1 Aug 2018 | Featured, News, Useful Websites
With SpeakSee deaf people don’t have to avoid group conversations anymore Dutch start-up SpeakSee aims to make (group) conversations accessible for people with hearing loss. SpeakSee is an assistive device that uses advanced speech recognition algorithms to...
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