Advocacy

Dear Students: The National Federation of the Blind is committed to exploring how technology helps blind students live the lives they want. Exciting new technologies are fundamentally altering [...]

Hello My dear friends….I am pleased to announce that I have joined Aira and the Director of Strategic Sales! Here’s a note from our CEO, Suman Kanuganti, on his relationship with Me: [...]

I was mentioned in this blog post by BY CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT | June 5th, 2017   Flying with a disability is never easy, but in the past, airlines have lightened the burden a little by [...]

Lawsuit Alleges Blind People Cannot Use Greyhound Website or Mobile App San Francisco (June 12, 2017): In February of 2015 Tina Thomas, who is blind, was planning a trip from her home in Los [...]

After beta testing technology that provides remote assistant services for the blind, San Diego-based Aira has raised $12 million in a Series B round that it says will enable the company to expand [...]

San Francisco, CA – April 28, 2017 – AMC Theaters (AMC) has reached an agreement with several blind individuals, the California Council of the Blind (CCB), and the LightHouse for the Blind and [...]

Like most Americans I have been appalled and mystified by the recent treatment of passengers by U.S.-based airlines. A doctor was dragged off one aircraft even though he had a paid and ticketed [...]

The recent execution of Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe by dentist Walter Palmer has created a media firestorm and a general outcry of anguish and anger throughout the world. If you were to ask most [...]

In the name of “religious freedom” the Indiana state legislature passed and the Governor signed into law a bill that state politicians claim is designed to uphold freedom of religion in the state [...]

Recently Wired magazine published an article entitled, “Meet the Team That Makes It Possible for the Blind to Use Facebook”.  In the article the author, Cade Metz, introduces Wired readers to the [...]