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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: the four contenders to become flag-bearers for the French delegation
Olympics.com· 6 days agoThis Friday evening, at 8pm during the French TV channel France 2's news, the French flag-bearers'...
Wali Noori: 'I stepped on a bomb in Afghanistan - blind running saved my life'
BBC News· 4 days agoWali Noori was working as an interpreter for the British Army in Afghanistan in 2009 when he stepped...
Quebec ophthalmologists confirm a handful of eye burns from April's solar eclipse
Montreal Gazette· 7 days agoThree cases of burns to the retina and three of burns to the cornea have been confirmed following...
I'm deafblind - but Scotland doesn't recognise my disability
BBC News· 6 days agoThe charity Deafblind Scotland estimates that 34,000 people in Scotland are deafblind - a condition...
Gareth Southgate changed English football forever - and ultimately paid the price
The i newspaper online iNews· 1 day agoIt took until 16 July, 2024 for Gareth Southgate to unite every England supporter. In his farewell...
Eyecan hosts walk in St Helier with white cane users
BBC News· 6 days agoPeople with visual impairment walked together in two of Jersey's busiest streets to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by white cane users. Jersey...
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Alexis Hanquinquant and Nantenin Keïta named flag-bearers for the...
Olympics.com· 5 days agoAlexis Hanquinquant and Nantenin Keïta will be carrying the French flag at the opening ceremony of...
Letters to the Editor: Biden is refusing to go. Will that tank or save U.S. democracy?
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoTo the editor: President Biden, angrily pushing back on the suggestion that he be replaced on the...
Man who went blind at 17 helping others to feel 'less alone'
BBC News· 6 days agoHarvey Dyer, from Gloucester, said he had to "find life out" by himself after his sight slowly deteriorated at the age of 17 due to optical neuropathy. Mr Dyer, 23, has now set up a support ...
Discovery could help with early detection of vision loss in age-related macular degeneration
Medical Xpress· 7 days agoThis discovery could help to improve the treatment and monitoring of this eye disease in older...