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Blindness

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Blindness.

Talks about Blindness

7:47

Susan Robinson

How I fail at being disabled

Posted Jul 2017

11:46

Isaac Lidsky

What reality are you creating for yourself?

Posted Oct 2016

4:49 Under 6 minutes

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish

Posted Jun 2016

11:15

Wanda Diaz Merced

How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars

Posted Jun 2016

9:29

Chieko Asakawa

How new technology helps blind people explore the world

Posted Dec 2015

13:03

Daniel Kish

How I use sonar to navigate the world

Posted Mar 2015

20:34

David Eagleman

Can we create new senses for humans?

Posted Mar 2015

6:33

Andrew Bastawrous

Get your next eye exam on a smartphone

Posted Apr 2014

11:40

Chris Downey

Design with the blind in mind

Posted Nov 2013

15:44

Ron McCallum

How technology allowed me to read

Posted Sep 2013

9:08

Dennis Hong

Making a car for blind drivers

Posted May 2011

Exclusive articles about Blindness

A teeny tiny bike, and other stories you should read today

In today’s Need to Know, a very small folding bike, the suggestion of a new way to tackle climate change, and a happy trip down memory lane to look at a time when drug companies...

Chris Downey: My life as a blind architect in San Francisco

On St. Patrick’s Day in 2008, Chris Downey, an architect in Piedmont, California, reported to the hospital for surgery to remove a brain tumor. The procedure was a success. But...

San Francisco in pictures: A blind architect’s experience

It might seem strange to show a gallery of images of places the narrator can’t actually see. But as architect Chris Downey explains, he picked these locations in San Francisco b...