TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Car for Blind Drivers
Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed,...
Read Works
Read Works: Three Blind Mice
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read the song lyrics to "Three Blind Mice." A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Three Blind Mice
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is the nursery rhyme about three blind mice. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
Read Works
Read Works: Device May Help Blind People See
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a new device that can give sight to people blinded because of retinal damage. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Blind Men and the Elephant
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Blind Men and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Blind Spot: To See, or Not to See
The blind spot in human vision is described and illustrated.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Blind Spot
Did you know that there is a part of your eye that does not give you any visual information? In this activity learn about this part of the retina called the "blind spot".
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Tsbvi: Information About Color and Color Blindness
Provides a list of links about color blindness. Split into two categories: living with color blindness, and color blindness tests and simulations.
Other
Blind Readers' Page
This Blind Readers' site provides links to hundreds of resources for students who are blind or vision impaired and their families. They include spoken word resources, information on assistive technologies, speech recognition, Braille...
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Blind Readers' Page
This Blind Readers' site provides links to hundreds of resources for students who are blind or vision impaired and their families. They include spoken word resources, information on assistive technologies, speech recognition, Braille...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice by E. Caldwell
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice by E. Caldwell (1887), the song/nursery rhyme of "Three Blind Mice."
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Blind Man" by Guy De Maupassant
This is the text of the short story "The Blind Man" by Guy de Maupassant, a short piece that examines the experience of the blind man and the severe treatment he experienced at the hands of his family and the community.
Other
"Blind" Boone: History
This resource provides a thorough biography of one of the most influential but overlooked Ragtime composers, John William "Blind" Boone. The emphasis is on his lifetime and the tremendous success of his musical career despite his...
York University
York University: Blind Spot Test
Take this little test about the blind spot, then click on the red "explanation" button at the bottom of the page to find out what you just experienced.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Blind Spot" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "The Blind Spot" by H. H. Munro, a murder mystery.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Blindness of Madge Tyndall
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of The Blindness of Madge Tyndall by Silas K. Hocking, a book of children's fiction.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Blind Alice and Her Benefactress
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of Blind Alice and Her Benefactress by Maria Jane McIntosh, a fiction book for children.
Other
Vision Technology for the Totally Blind
An interesting application of wearable computing that is helping blind people "see". vOICe technology uses synthetic (bionic) vision through auditory video representations, combined with current brain implant and retinal implant...
Other
American Foundation for the Blind: Optical Character Recognition Systems
Explains the different types of optical character recognition technology available for the blind and visually impaired.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Country of the Blind" by h.g. Wells
This is the complete text of the short story "The Country of the Blind" by H.G. Wells.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Blind Man's Holiday" by O Henry
This is the text of the short story "Blind Man's Holiday" by O Henry; John Lorison, self-exiled to New Orleans, meets Norah Greenway in a cheap restaurant. They soon become friends, but each night, Norah inexplicably leaves John at 8...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Kingdom of the Blind by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1916, one publication is "The Kingdom of the Blind." This story was written by E. Phillips Oppenheim.
Other
Perkins School for the Blind: Object Functions
This activity helps students who are blind or visually impaired to identify the functions of common objects. Alternatively, for other students a blindfold could be used.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Three Blind Mice
"Three Blind Mice", written in 1987 by John W. Ivimey, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 37 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
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