It was no exaggeration a few years ago when consumers began reading that the cars of the future would be so quiet that blind pedestrians would be in danger. Electric cars and plug-in hybrids, which barely make a sound, are coming on the market more steadily now and really ...

The National Federation of the Blind says it considers NBC's "Saturday Night Live" skit making fun of New York Gov. David Paterson an attack on all blind Americans. Federation spokesman Chris Danielsen says the portrayal on Saturday's television show suggesting Paterson as befuddled and ...

Blind people quarantined in a mental asylum, attacking each other, soiling themselves, trading sex for food. For Marc Maurer, who's blind, such a scenario — as shown in the movie "Blindness" — is not a clever allegory for a breakdown in society. Instead, it's an offensive ...

Most teens listen to their music on digital players, but Cory Cadlik, who is blind, had to ask for help when he wanted to buy songs for his iPod from the online music store iTunes. To Cadlik, a self-described tech "geek," that was too frustrating to tolerate ...