Read more blindness stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5771/blindness.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:04:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74468/blindness-cure-could-be-1st-human-stem-cell-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first-ever clinical trials of stem cell treatment of humans could be under way early next year if a Massachusetts biotech firm wins FDA approval. Advanced Cell Technology yesterday applied for a license to use embryonic stem cells left over from IVF treatment, to aid people suffering from a rare...http://www.newser.com/story/74468/blindness-cure-could-be-1st-human-stem-cell-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 5:41:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74286/rupe-disses-in-the-dark-blind-ny-gov.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagContinuing his streak of casually slamming black Democrats, Rupert Murdoch yesterday said New York's blind governor, David Paterson, "can't read braille and doesn't really know what's going on." Murdoch's comments about Paterson, coming a week after he agreed with Glenn Beck that President Obama is a racist, support Michael Wolff's...http://www.newser.com/story/74286/rupe-disses-in-the-dark-blind-ny-gov.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 6:54:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72907/blind-actors-blast-breslin-pick-for-keller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAdvocates for blind and deaf actors complain that they were never given a chance to audition for the role of Helen Keller in an upcoming revival of The Miracle Worker . The part has instead been given to Abigail Breslin, best known for playing Olive in Little Miss Sunshine . The Broadway...http://www.newser.com/story/72907/blind-actors-blast-breslin-pick-for-keller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 2:54:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68846/japanese-mull-noisier-hybrids-to-protect-blind.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJapanese automakers are looking into ways to make their super-quiet hybrid cars a lot louder after more than half of blind people surveyed said they were terrified of the vehicles, AP reports. The automakers are considering equipping the vehicles with radar to sense pedestrians and make sounds like engine noises...http://www.newser.com/story/68846/japanese-mull-noisier-hybrids-to-protect-blind.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 4:08:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67426/ancient-rite-fades-in-japan-communing-with-the-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFar from Japan's hypermodern cities, a few old, blind women are among the last of a centuries-old tradition—they are mediums, or the "itako," calling forth the spirits of the dead for paying visitors. In medieval times, Japan was full of women communing with spirits, but now so few remain...http://www.newser.com/story/67426/ancient-rite-fades-in-japan-communing-with-the-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 7:47:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67154/beep-ball-gets-blind-in-the-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaseball isn’t the national pastime only for those lucky stiffs who can see the ball. The blind have their own version of baseball, the Wall Street Journal reports, played with a beeping softball. Players use that beeping to time their swings and dive for balls. Some aspects are simplified—batters...http://www.newser.com/story/67154/beep-ball-gets-blind-in-the-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 8:20:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64353/conductor-downes-wife-end-lives-in-swiss-suicide-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish conductor Edward Downes and his wife, Joan, have died at a Swiss suicide clinic, ending their lives “under circumstances of their own choosing,” the couple’s children said today. Downes, 85, was largely blind and Joan, 74, had cancer, the Times of London reports, which their children say prompted their...http://www.newser.com/story/64353/conductor-downes-wife-end-lives-in-swiss-suicide-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:18:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55892/muslim-woman-leans-on-guide-horse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMuslims consider canines unclean, which was a problem for a blind Muslim woman who wanted a guide dog. So she got a guide horse. Mona Ramouni of suburban Detroit is getting used to 3-year-old miniature horse Cali—“this is a really awesome little horse,” she told the AP—but it’s...http://www.newser.com/story/55892/muslim-woman-leans-on-guide-horse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 15:08:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54464/braille-read-by-less-than-10-of-blind-americans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLess than 10% of blind Americans know how to read Braille, and just 10% of blind children are being taught the printed language, the AP reports. A study by the National Federation of the Blind also pegs Braille illiteracy to unemployment. While the blind population faces 70% unemployment overall, that...http://www.newser.com/story/54464/braille-read-by-less-than-10-of-blind-americans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 12:20:25 CDT