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Blind and visually impaired Americans are finding it difficult, and in some cases impossible, to schedule vaccination appointments because so many are being scheduled online. Currently, about 12 million people above the age of 40 in the United States have vision impairment, including 1 million who are blind, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over 3 million people…

A new brain implant is being called a remarkable breakthrough in neurosurgery, helping people who are blind see light patterns they were never able to see before.

When a mother of six asked on social media for someone to walk with her blind son with autism in his graduation ceremony a Fountain Valley firefighter stepped up.

A new company has developed a service for people who are blind or visually impaired that lets them connect with someone to describe their surroundings.

Advocacy groups have sued Hulu in an effort to force the subscription streaming service to provide an audio track that helps people who are blind and visually impaired enjoy TV shows and movies. The federal lawsuit filed in Boston on Monday accuses Hulu of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act for failing to make its services accessible to blind customers....

The creators of an upcoming movie about a Boston Marathon bombing survivor are getting pushback after they cast Jake Gyllenhaal to play a double amputee — allegedly without considering actors with disabilities.

Alec Baldwin’s portrayal as a blind man has been equated to wearing “blackface.” The Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading disability organization, condemned the actor’s performance as a blind man in the upcoming film “Blind,” according to the Daily News. “Alec Baldwin in ‘Blind’ is just the latest example of treating disability as a costume,” said Jay Ruderman, the foundation’s...

Alec Baldwin said in an interview with CNN on Monday he would return to “Saturday Night Live” this fall to continue his impersonation of President Donald Trump.

Jimmy and Alec Baldwin take turns trying to stump each other about what items are hidden inside their mystery boxes.

A 72-year-old woman has not let her loss of vision stop her from finding joy in the arts.

Authorities say a legally blind Tampa man shot an intruder who had broken in through a window in the house.