It's there for those people who can't see the lights, like visually impaired or blind people.
It is too important to fall prey to pure partisanship or blind ideology.
Together with individuals who are blind or visually impaired, service providers, educators, and employers, we will uphold our country as an inclusive, welcoming place for blind or visually impaired people to work, learn, play, and live.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation--White Cane Safety Day
Both also had ground-based lasers that could temporarily dazzle or permanently blind the optics of satellites.
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"Perhaps having renal dialysis or going blind is worse than dying suddenly, which is quick, cheap and painless, " he said.
Shining a laser can distract or temporarily blind pilots and comprise the safety of passengers, posing a serious risk that violates federal law, experts say.
Approximately 11.4 million Americans are blind or visually impaired, according to the World Health Organization, and one person goes blind every 11 minutes.
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Importantly, the data is then translated into a driver warning when a hazardous traffic scenario occurs such as an impending collison at a blind intersection or a car changing lanes in your blind spot.
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Ford's prototype system aims to lessen distraction by taking readouts from biometric sensors and combining the data with information from the car, including speed, steering-wheel angle, and data from radar sensors or cameras used in blind-spot obstacle detection or cruise control.
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In the UK today, 66% of blind or partially sighted people of working age are unemployed.
And in pregnant women it can result in the baby being born blind or with brain damage.
So who needs to think about gender or race and who is entitled to be gender- or race-blind?
Stopping in the middle of a trail or in a blind spot.
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My Administration is working to increase information access so Americans who are blind or visually impaired can fully participate in our increasingly interconnected world.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation--White Cane Safety Day
The number of Scots who are blind or partially sighted could double in the next 20 years, according to a report by RNIB Scotland.
Bus drivers in Worcester are being given a chance to understand what it is like for a blind or partially sighted person to use public transport.
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Questioning Mr Barner, Italian centre right MEP Erminia Mazzoni said that using braille from an early age helped blind or visually impaired people with their educational development.
The white cane, in addition to being a practical mobility tool, serves as a symbol of dignity, freedom, and independence for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation--White Cane Safety Day
Preferred Alternatives works with the disabled -- people who are deaf, blind or have some other physical impairment -- to train them on how to find a job.
My Administration is committed to ensuring that electronic readers and other electronic equipment used by schools, including postsecondary institutions, are accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation--White Cane Safety Day
Patients who retain even a minor amount of natural insulin production are far less likely to go blind or fall into a coma from insulin overdosage than those who lose all their islet cells.
Mobile Accessibility has been specifically designed by Code Factory for people who are blind or visually impaired and for elderly individuals or those who cannot read print on smartphones because of physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive or learning disabilities.
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By joint resolution approved on October 6, 1964 (Public Law 88-628, as amended), the Congress designated October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day to recognize the contributions of Americans who are blind or have low vision.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation--White Cane Safety Day
Under the settlement agreement, the library will not acquire any additional e-readers for patron use that exclude persons who are blind or others with disabilities who need accessible features such as text-to-speech functions or the ability to access menus through audio or tactile options.
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The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act will make it easier for people who are deaf, blind or live with a visual impairment to do what many of us take for granted -- from navigating a TV or DVD menu to sending an email on a smart phone.
In 1990 American diabetics were twice as likely to go blind or need their limbs amputated as their British fellow-sufferers, because Britain's National Health Service, which has a limited budget to cover the entire population, worked harder to make sure that they took their insulin injections and turned up regularly for eye tests.
Banking and other regulators turned a blind eye or were reigned in by Congressional pressure.
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I'm not talking about an idle hope that's little more than blind optimism or willful ignorance of the problems we face.
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