Old-school news, just in time
by Robert McCoppinChicago Tribune CHICAGO — A federal judge has ordered Chicago to install audible crossing signals at intersections with traffic lights to help people who are blind or have problems seeing to cross public streets. The order would require the city to install at least 75 accessible pedestrian signals this year and more …
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by Daniel Rogers Vogue Magazine It took a matter of seconds for Lucy Edwards to make history on Sinéad O’Dwyer’s spring/summer 2024 catwalk, and the hairstylist Anna Cofone four months to make it happen. The broadcaster—who has been an informative and spirit-raising presence on the For You Page since she started uploading TikToks …
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by Kevin Burton You hear this phrase a lot: “don’t judge.” Well in this case, go ahead. Be my guest. Judge, and jump in with both feet, or both wagging index fingers, if you want to. I don’t care. On our first regional beep baseball trip, to Indianapolis in late May, I …
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by Kevin Burton Dialogue magazine for the blind used to have a column called Abapita. Abapita is an acronym standing for “ain’t blindness a pain in the anatomy.” Sadly that magazine stopped publishing in 2019. Also sadly, for the blind, the pain in the anatomy continues. I get all manner of news …
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by Kevin Burton Researchers are testing what they believe will be a revolutionary robotic mobility device for the blind. This is not your father’s cane. The device, called “Glide,” was demonstrated Saturday at the sixth annual Robot Block Party, a celebration of robotics, held in Boston. “The device incorporates robotics, sensors, and …
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by Lisa Steacy CTV News The owner of a B.C. café has been ordered to pay a woman, who is legally blind, $12,000 in compensation for discrimination after she was refused service because she had a guide dog. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruled on the case last week and the decision was …
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by Kevin Burton Two more stories today from the Good News Network. God bless that website for reminding us that not every news story has to end in a shootout or a lawsuit. In the first story a pregnant mother takes action to save four children: A pregnant mom is being hailed …
by Kevin Burton I don’t know what this story will do for you, but it could save my family a ton of cash. WalletHub, an online finance company that I had never heard of before last week, ranks Wichita in its top ten of travel destinations. And Wichita is way up high …
by Kevin Burton A Michigan seventh-grader steered his schoolmates and himself out of danger by taking the wheel of an out-of-control school bus. The story of Dillon Reeves’ quick thinking is one of two stories we present today from the Good News Network. There is abundant gloom and doom coming from news outlets. …
by Kevin Burton Gonna make myself a sign, and I’ll tell you why. First, by way of explanation, a bit from my coaching days. When I began coaching the Wichita Sonics beep baseball team, I adopted the three rules that the late John Madden, the old Oakland Raiders coach, had for his …
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