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  • Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
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    Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases). (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto)

     

  • Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    DUKAS_190270367_NUR
    Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases). (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto)

     

  • Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    DUKAS_190270366_NUR
    Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases). (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto)

     

  • Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    DUKAS_190270364_NUR
    Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases). (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto)

     

  • Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    DUKAS_190270347_NUR
    Graduates With Disabilities Protest For Jobs In Dhaka
    A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases). (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269746_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269742_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269738_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269734_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269731_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269728_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269725_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269722_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269719_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    DUKAS_187269713_FER
    Remore controlled squirel helps train guide dogs
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Squirrel 1
    Ref 17026
    25/07/2025
    See Ferrari text
    Picture MUST credit: Guide Dogs
    A guide dog training variety has new aid for preparing its pups for the outside world — remote controlled squirrels.
    The new canine training device is a stuffed toy squirrel strapped to a remotely operated model car.
    When a dog and its handler are out walking, a member of staff activates the squirrel and zooms it across the mutt’s path.
    The dog is then training to ignore the distraction and carry ointment its route.
    The move is designed to help future guide dogs resist one of the canine world’s most chaotic distractions.
    A poll for UK organisation Guide Dogs which commissioned the bot, showed that 35% of everyday pups chase squirrels and 60% of dog owners admitting their pet could never hack it as a guide dog.
    Guide Dogs training and behaviour expert Karen Brady said the aim is get dogs so used to chaos that it becomes background noise.
    She explained that one moment of lost focus could endanger both the dog and its user.
    OPS: A guide dog in training in London being taught to ignore the remote controlled squirrel.
    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    DUK10163096_001
    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    DUK10163096_010
    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
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    Emma hat 'nen Blindenhund: Emma Norman aus Biggleswade hat die ZSD Augenerkrankung und ist auf ihren Assistenzhund Archie angewiesen
    SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis!
    WORDS BYLINE: Deborah Cicurel
    She was just a normal kid, running around with her friends and having fun dancing - until a devastating diagnosis.
    When Emma Norman was six her parents noticed her squinting at the TV but they didn’t think too much of it.
    However, Emma, now 33, would soon find out that she had Cone Rod Dystrophy and would eventually go blind.
    Emma, a Pilates and meditation breathwork instructor from London, living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, believes the stereotypes around blindness made accepting her diagnosis even harder — and she wants to challenge outdated ideas around sight loss.
    “Life before my diagnosis felt pretty normal,” she remembers.
    “I was just like any other kid—running around with friends, dancing around to my favourite TV shows and records. I even skipped crawling and went straight to walking, and I was reading and talking from a very young age, so nobody noticed anything unusual.
    “To me, everything seemed fine because that was just my normal. It wasn’t until my parents started picking up on little things—like me squinting at the TV or struggling to see animals at the zoo when they pointed them out—that they became curious.
    “At first, they thought I was just being cheeky, pretending not to see things, but when I kept squinting at the TV, they decided to take me to the optician. They assumed I was probably just short-sighted and needed glasses.
    “In my early years at school, I only needed to sit closer to the board, but beyond that, I didn’t notice anything different. I guess what I saw—how I saw—was just my normal.
    “When I first started squinting, my parents thought I probably just needed glasses for short-sightedness, like the other kids in my class.
    “The optician gave me my first pair of multi-coloured glasses in the meantime while they arranged for the doctors to refer me to Moorfields Eye Hospital, as they could tell something more was going on.
    “After getting the gl *** Local Caption ***

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
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    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    DUKAS_179754564_BES
    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    DUKAS_179754563_BES
    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    DUKAS_179754562_BES
    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    DUKAS_179754561_BES
    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    DUKAS_179754560_BES
    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    DUKAS_179754559_BES
    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    DUKAS_179754558_BES
    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    DUKAS_179754557_BES
    Une canne connectée pour les personnes aveugles
    Picture MUST credit: WeWalk A smart cane that uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and visually impaired navigate the world has been unveiled.. The Smart Cane 2 can detect obstacles and offer turn-by-turn navigation. It also has an artificial intelligence powered ChatGPT voice assistant that can provide answers to questions while someone is walking, without the need for a smartphone. Its handle is slimmer, replacing the original’s touchpad with tactile buttons and saving weight. It is also equipped with motion sensors to improve navigation, speakers to provide answers and feedback, as well as a flashlight to make users more noticeable at night. It also works as a conventional folding cane when the tech features are switched off. It has all the electronics and tech hidden in the handle with a regular white cane that is inserted into the bottom. There is an ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor that measures the distance between the stick and an object . There is also an inertial measurement unit with six-axis motion tracking, a pulse density modulated microphone and a barometric pressure sensor. When it detects something ahead, it alerts the user with both vibrations and audio feedback. The Smart Cane 2 is an upgrade on an original device released in 2019. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • 'We'd be stuck': alarm as UK's last braille typewriter repairer, Alan Thorpe, ponders retirement
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    'We'd be stuck': alarm as UK's last braille typewriter repairer, Alan Thorpe, ponders retirement
    Alan Thorpe is Britain's last certified fixer of the Perkins brailler, a machine vital for teaching blind children to read and write.

    Thorpe, 60, is the only certified repairer in the UK of Perkins braille typewriters, the world’s most widely used braille machines. Despite advances in digital technology, these 6kg analogue machines are still a vital communication tool for blind users and are especially crucial for teaching blind children to read and write.

    Alan Thorpe at home in Sheffield where he services and repairs Perkins Brailers, the classic braille writing machine.
    Sheffield, UK. 17 December 2024.

    Christopher Thomond / Guardian / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
    T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
    E: info@eyevine.com
    http://www.eyevine.com
    (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

    Christopher Thomond

     

  • 'We'd be stuck': alarm as UK's last braille typewriter repairer, Alan Thorpe, ponders retirement
    DUKAS_179343043_EYE
    'We'd be stuck': alarm as UK's last braille typewriter repairer, Alan Thorpe, ponders retirement
    Alan Thorpe is Britain's last certified fixer of the Perkins brailler, a machine vital for teaching blind children to read and write.

    Thorpe, 60, is the only certified repairer in the UK of Perkins braille typewriters, the world’s most widely used braille machines. Despite advances in digital technology, these 6kg analogue machines are still a vital communication tool for blind users and are especially crucial for teaching blind children to read and write.

    Alan Thorpe at home in Sheffield where he services and repairs Perkins Brailers, the classic braille writing machine.
    Sheffield, UK. 17 December 2024.

    Christopher Thomond / Guardian / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
    T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
    E: info@eyevine.com
    http://www.eyevine.com
    (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

    Christopher Thomond

     

  • 'We'd be stuck': alarm as UK's last braille typewriter repairer, Alan Thorpe, ponders retirement
    DUKAS_179343044_EYE
    'We'd be stuck': alarm as UK's last braille typewriter repairer, Alan Thorpe, ponders retirement
    Alan Thorpe is Britain's last certified fixer of the Perkins brailler, a machine vital for teaching blind children to read and write.

    Thorpe, 60, is the only certified repairer in the UK of Perkins braille typewriters, the world’s most widely used braille machines. Despite advances in digital technology, these 6kg analogue machines are still a vital communication tool for blind users and are especially crucial for teaching blind children to read and write.

    Alan Thorpe at home in Sheffield where he services and repairs Perkins Brailers, the classic braille writing machine.
    Sheffield, UK. 17 December 2024.

    Christopher Thomond / Guardian / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
    T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
    E: info@eyevine.com
    http://www.eyevine.com
    (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

    Christopher Thomond

     

  • Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
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    Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
    Last day of the general policy debate in Parliament, where the votes are held, including the most notable one, which is the request for the immediate application of the Amnesty Law.

    òltimo d’a del debate de pol’tica general del Parlamento, donde se realizan las votaciones, entre ellas la que m‡s destaca es la solicitud de aplicaci—n inmediata de la Ley de Amnist’a.

    In the pic:

    News, politics,Barcelona_Spain

    Thursday, October 10, 2024 (Photo by Eric Renom/LaPresse)

    Eric Renom/LaPresse

     

  • Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
    DUKAS_176117173_LAP
    Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
    Last day of the general policy debate in Parliament, where the votes are held, including the most notable one, which is the request for the immediate application of the Amnesty Law.

    òltimo d’a del debate de pol’tica general del Parlamento, donde se realizan las votaciones, entre ellas la que m‡s destaca es la solicitud de aplicaci—n inmediata de la Ley de Amnist’a.

    In the pic:

    News, politics,Barcelona_Spain

    Thursday, October 10, 2024 (Photo by Eric Renom/LaPresse)

    Eric Renom/LaPresse

     

  • Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
    DUKAS_176117172_LAP
    Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
    Last day of the general policy debate in Parliament, where the votes are held, including the most notable one, which is the request for the immediate application of the Amnesty Law.

    òltimo d’a del debate de pol’tica general del Parlamento, donde se realizan las votaciones, entre ellas la que m‡s destaca es la solicitud de aplicaci—n inmediata de la Ley de Amnist’a.

    In the pic:

    News, politics,Barcelona_Spain

    Thursday, October 10, 2024 (Photo by Eric Renom/LaPresse)

    Eric Renom/LaPresse

     

  • Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
    DUKAS_176117171_LAP
    Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
    Last day of the general policy debate in Parliament, where the votes are held, including the most notable one, which is the request for the immediate application of the Amnesty Law.

    òltimo d’a del debate de pol’tica general del Parlamento, donde se realizan las votaciones, entre ellas la que m‡s destaca es la solicitud de aplicaci—n inmediata de la Ley de Amnist’a.

    In the pic:salvador illa

    News, politics,Barcelona_Spain

    Thursday, October 10, 2024 (Photo by Eric Renom/LaPresse)

    Eric Renom/LaPresse

     

  • Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
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    Barcelona_Last day of the debate in the Catalan Parliament
    Last day of the general policy debate in Parliament, where the votes are held, including the most notable one, which is the request for the immediate application of the Amnesty Law.

    òltimo d’a del debate de pol’tica general del Parlamento, donde se realizan las votaciones, entre ellas la que m‡s destaca es la solicitud de aplicaci—n inmediata de la Ley de Amnist’a.

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    Thursday, October 10, 2024 (Photo by Eric Renom/LaPresse)

    Eric Renom/LaPresse

     

  • Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman Rieko Hirosawa keeping a music tradition alive.
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    Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman Rieko Hirosawa keeping a music tradition alive.
    Goze - women who earned a living as musicians despite sight impairments - are all but forgotten in Japan but Rieko Hirosawa has learned their songs.

    Rieko Hirosawa sits on a stone bench outside her home, tunes her instrument and takes a deep breath. She unleashes an impossibly high note while her bachi plectrum slaps the three strings of her shamisen, a traditional instrument.
    That she now plays with the composure of a veteran is remarkable for two reasons: not a single goze uta musical score exists, and even if the chords and notes had been written down, Hirosawa would not be able to read them.

    Rieko Hirosawa, with her guide dog Sophia, performs the music of the goze – itinerant blind and visually impaired women who earned a living playing the shamisen. Japan

    Justin McCurry / Guardian / eyevine

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  • Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman Rieko Hirosawa keeping a music tradition alive.
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    Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman Rieko Hirosawa keeping a music tradition alive.
    Goze - women who earned a living as musicians despite sight impairments - are all but forgotten in Japan but Rieko Hirosawa has learned their songs.

    Rieko Hirosawa sits on a stone bench outside her home, tunes her instrument and takes a deep breath. She unleashes an impossibly high note while her bachi plectrum slaps the three strings of her shamisen, a traditional instrument.
    That she now plays with the composure of a veteran is remarkable for two reasons: not a single goze uta musical score exists, and even if the chords and notes had been written down, Hirosawa would not be able to read them.

    Rieko Hirosawa, with her guide dog Sophia, performs the music of the goze ñ itinerant blind and visually impaired women who earned a living playing the shamisen. Japan

    Justin McCurry / Guardian / eyevine

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  • Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman Rieko Hirosawa keeping a music tradition alive.
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    Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman Rieko Hirosawa keeping a music tradition alive.
    Goze - women who earned a living as musicians despite sight impairments - are all but forgotten in Japan but Rieko Hirosawa has learned their songs.

    Rieko Hirosawa sits on a stone bench outside her home, tunes her instrument and takes a deep breath. She unleashes an impossibly high note while her bachi plectrum slaps the three strings of her shamisen, a traditional instrument.
    That she now plays with the composure of a veteran is remarkable for two reasons: not a single goze uta musical score exists, and even if the chords and notes had been written down, Hirosawa would not be able to read them.

    Rieko Hirosawa performs the music of the goze ñ itinerant blind and visually impaired women who earned a living playing the shamisen. Japan

    Justin McCurry / Guardian / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
    T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
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    (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

     

  • ROYALS - ESC 2021: 2. Halbfinale
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    ROYALS - ESC 2021: 2. Halbfinale
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rolf Klatt/Shutterstock (11910787by)
    Blind Channel of Finnland performs during the Second-Semi-Final of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam on May 20th, 2021.
    65th Eurovision Song Contest, Semi Final 2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 20 May 2021

    (c) Dukas

     

  • ROYALS - ESC 2021: 2. Halbfinale
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    ROYALS - ESC 2021: 2. Halbfinale
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rolf Klatt/Shutterstock (11910787ca)
    Blind Channel of Finnland performs during the Second-Semi-Final of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam on May 20th, 2021.
    65th Eurovision Song Contest, Semi Final 2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 20 May 2021

    (c) Dukas

     

  • ROYALS - ESC 2021: 2. Halbfinale
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    ROYALS - ESC 2021: 2. Halbfinale
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rolf Klatt/Shutterstock (11910787bz)
    Blind Channel of Finnland performs during the Second-Semi-Final of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam on May 20th, 2021.
    65th Eurovision Song Contest, Semi Final 2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 20 May 2021

    (c) Dukas

     

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