How to Use visually impaired in a Sentence
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While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event.
— Christina Larson, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024 -
At Guiding Eyes for the Blind, our guide dogs are offered at no charge to people who are blind or visually impaired.
— Rachel Chang and Thomas Panek, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2024 -
This ensures that blind and visually impaired viewers will be able to take in all the action occurring on the screen.
— Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2024 -
Lighthouse for the Blind of Fort Worth will have special activities at the garden for the visually impaired.
— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2024 -
Those who are blind or low-vision can receive 12 at-home tests approved for the visually impaired, while supplies last.
— Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 25 Sep. 2023 -
Chloe says their mother also takes care of her two brothers, who are visually impaired.
— Sarah Scanlan, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Both William and Kate tried their hand at goalball, a Paralympic sport for the visually impaired where all the players wear eyeshades or blindfolds.
— Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023 -
No, Miya Cech is not blind or visually impaired, even though the casting call did say that such actors were encouraged to submit.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 -
Items demonstrated by Sweet and other staffers ranged from beeping softballs used by the visually impaired to a sled for ice hockey.
— cleveland, 28 July 2023 -
Minecraft Access is a mod that seeks to make Minecraft accessible to blind and visually impaired players.
— Geoffrey Bunting, WIRED, 10 July 2023 -
Goalball is a Paralympic sport for the visually impaired where all the players wear eyeshades or blindfolds.
— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023 -
What happened As millions of people watch the April 8 total solar eclipse, blind and visually impaired people will feel and listen to it with special tools.
— Peter Weber, theweek, 1 Apr. 2024 -
In 2015, a team of blind Egyptian athletes travelled to Poland to take part in a tournament for goalball, a sport specifically designed for the visually impaired.
— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Scattered throughout the egg hunt, there were also audio-sensory eggs that beeped for children and parents who were visually impaired to find.
— Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023 -
Serious ones, such as guide dogs for the visually impaired or as therapy pets to help people reduce their anxieties.
— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024 -
But the best feature of all is the organizer’s finishing touch: braille markings on each compartment lid to assist those who are visually impaired.
— Amari Pollard, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2023 -
The center will be unique in having accommodations for blind, visually impaired and deaf students.
— Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2022 -
There are certain exemptions available, such as for people on Pension Credit, students living away from home, and the visually impaired.
— Marc Shoffman, theweek, 3 Jan. 2024 -
Now in its second year, the Sport Ambassadors spread awareness and visibility of sports for the blind and visually impaired community.
— Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Two local high school students have taken the classic white cane to the next level and created an innovative prototype for the visually impaired.
— Ebonee Burrell, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2023 -
Troopers said Hovsepian is visually impaired and sometimes uses a cane.
— Dennis Romero, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2023 -
The library's extensive book collection for students who are visually impaired includes fiction and nonfiction books written in Braille, audio books and books with large print.
— Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2023 -
The ability to listen to the eclipse also creates an opportunity for those who are blind or visually impaired to experience the celestial event.
— Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Kirk Adams, president of the American Foundation for the Blind and longtime advocate for the visually impaired, shared that transportation is a constant theme when talking about inclusion.
— Axios Events, Axios, 24 July 2024 -
Those could include providing text descriptions for photos for the visually impaired who use screen readers and captioning for government videos.
— BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023 -
Holding onto floating barriers and ropes, safe in the knowledge that attentive lifeguards are nearby, almost everyone here is blind or visually impaired.
— Mariam Ehab, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023 -
Museums and schools have planned viewing events, and researchers have developed technology for the visually impaired and those with hearing loss so more people have the opportunity to experience the eclipse.
— Geoffrey Bradford, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2024 -
The Streetcar Authority will also schedule a handful of test rides before the official opening to get feedback on the new route’s features from specific communities, like wheelchair users and the visually impaired.
— Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024 -
Or book a private adventure with Tours Accolade, which offers tours based on your genealogy and multi-sensory excursions for the visually impaired.
— Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023 -
The organization originally focused on helping the blind and visually impaired learn independent living skills and enter the workforce.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2023
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