Leidy woke up blind one morning in 2011. Francia could not see it anymore. Deprived of sight, these women have developed another meaning: the touch through which today in Colombia they detect breast cancer. Leidy Garcia and Francia Papamija are two of five blind or partially sighted people trained in Cali (western Colombia) to prevent …

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Shock calendar for 2015 published by the Federation of the Blind. It puts in scene politicians and other personalities, in order to “wake up the consciences”. Its slogan: “Accessibility 2005-2015, we still do not see anything coming”! The Federation of the Blind of France (FAF) made public on January 22, 2015, a shock calendar, putting …

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A first in Paris! The Valentin Haüy Association opens a space to make life easier for blind and visually impaired people. This SAVS offers them solutions on a daily basis. Inauguration on November 26 and open day on the 27th. To live, quite simply, for a blind or visually impaired person, it’s a real fight! …

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A long-standing international copyright treaty is expected to be concluded Thursday in Marrakesh, Morocco, to allow hundreds of millions of blind and partially sighted people to have better access to books. A long-standing international copyright treaty is expected to conclude Thursday in Marrakesh, Morocco, to allow hundreds of millions of blind and partially sighted people …

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  Ophelia lost her sight following a horse kick in her face. On November 3 and 4, 2018, she is in the running for the para-reining world championship, which is being held at Equita’Lyon. The queen of western riding.  Western riding for all: the Lyon Horse Show, which is the largest gathering of western riding …

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The animated series Mimi & Lisa returns to talk blindness to children and prove to them that anything can happen with their eyes closed! The two heroines, indoors from November 21, 2018, offer children other ways to see the world. Two years. This is the time it took to find Mimi & Lisa, the two …

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Shocking are the details that come to light in a new case of “detention” of disabled people in the Care Center for Children with Disabilities in Lechena Ilia in cages while this time a tragic heroine of another shame story is a 7-year-old blind girl Shocking are the details that come to light in a …

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