The Benefits of Assistive Technology Devices for Organizations

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What is Assistive Technology?

Types of Assistive Technology Devices for the Vision Impaired

Organizations Outperform by Hiring Disabled Persons

Notable Visually Impaired Personalities

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Susan Townsend

An English novelist and playwright, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole books. She was registered blind in 2001 due to diabetes. The Leicester City Council announced that Townsend will be given the Honorary Freedom of Leicester in 2009.

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Richard H. Bernstein

An American lawyer by profession, and served on the Wayne State University Board of Governors for one eight-year term, including two years as vice chair and two more as chair. Bernstein has been declared legally blind since birth, as a result of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. Richard Bernstein has been a passionate advocate for disability rights.

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David Alexander Paterson

An American politician and the former Governor of New York. He is the second legally blind governor of any U.S. state after Bob C. Riley (Governor of Arkansas). At the age of three months, Paterson lost sight in his left eye while limiting vision in his right eye due to an ear infection that damaged his optic nerve.

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Marla Runyan

Is a legally blind marathon runner.  She is a three-time national champion in the women’s 5,000 meters and has also won 1,500-meter race in 1999 at the Pan American Games. Having participated at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, made Runyan the first legally blind athlete to not just compete but also finish highest by an American woman.

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Dr. Abraham Nemeth

An American mathematician, inventor and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Nemeth also developed the rules of MathSpeak, a system for orally communicating mathematical text. Dr. Nemeth has been an active member of the National Federation of the Blind.

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Stevie Wonder

An American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.  Blind from infancy, Wonder is a prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, having recorded over thirty  top ten hits in the US, securing twenty-two Grammy Awards (the most ever won by a solo artist) as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award.  He has also been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters halls of fame.

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