World news | The GuardianNaples museum to allow visually impaired visitors to experience art through touch https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/mar/12/sansevero-chapel-museum-naples-visually-impaired-visitors-experience-art-through-touch #Museums #Italy #BlindnessAndVisualImpairment #Culture #Europe #Society #WorldNews
Four in five blind people struggle with gap at UK train stations, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/22/blind-partially-sighted-rail-travel-anxiety-survey #BlindnessAndVisualImpairment #RailTransport #PublicTransport #Transport #UkNews #Society
Blind man who fell on to the tracks at Manchester Piccadilly wins payout https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/21/blind-man-who-fell-on-to-the-tracks-at-manchester-piccadilly-wins-payout #BlindnessAndVisualImpairment #RailTransport #Manchester #Disability #UkNews #Transport #Society #NetworkRail
UK glaucoma cases will rise to 1.6m by 2060 amid ‘demographic timebomb’, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/20/uk-glaucoma-cases-will-rise-to-16m-by-2060-amid-demographic-timebomb-experts-say #BlindnessAndVisualImpairment #Health #UkNews #MedicalResearch #Ageing #Nhs
Science | The GuardianThe ‘remarkable’ implant that can restore sight – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2025/oct/23/the-remarkable-implant-that-can-restore-sight-podcast #Blindnessandvisualimpairment #Medicalresearch #Science #Health
The ‘remarkable’ implant that can restore sight – podcast
An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential ‘new era’ in tackling blindness. Madeleine Finlay finds out what this implant means for patients and what the future could hold
Lifestyle | The Guardian USA moment that changed me: I froze in a job interview – and it made me stop hiding my disability https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/01/a-moment-that-changed-me-froze-job-interview-it-made-me-stop-hiding-disability #Blindnessandvisualimpairment #Lifeandstyle #Youngpeople #Disability #Society
A moment that changed me: I froze in a job interview – and it made me stop hiding my disability
I had always been hyper-independent, preferring to get the wrong bus than ask for help with my visual impairment. When I finally acknowledged it, I was overwhelmed by the love and support of friends and strangers
Technology | The Guardian US‘Amazing for blind people’: app helps cricket fan find way around Lord’s https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/26/blind-navigation-app-lords-cricket-sports-stadiums #Blindnessandvisualimpairment #Disability #Technology #Cricket #Society #UKnews #Sport #Apps
A moment that changed me: I went to read to a blind man - and discovered his hidden gay heroism https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/14/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-went-to-read-to-a-blind-man-and-discovered-his-hidden-gay-heroism #Blindnessandvisualimpairment #LGBTQ+rights #Lifeandstyle #Culture #Society #Health
A moment that changed me: I went to read to a blind man - and discovered his hidden gay heroism
As a 21-year-old student, I embarked on one of the most intimate experiences I have ever shared with another person. The friendship was an insight into the underground that existed when homosexuality was still a crime
I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with methanol https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/29/i-was-19-and-on-the-trip-of-a-lifetime-then-i-drank-a-cocktail-laced-with-methanol #Blindnessandvisualimpairment #Travellingwithdisabilities #Health&wellbeing #Gapyeartravel #Lifeandstyle #Disability #Alcohol #Theatre #Health #Stage
Experience: I went blind after doing 13 cartwheels in a row https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/25/experience-i-went-blind-after-doing-13-cartwheels-in-a-row #Blindnessandvisualimpairment #Lifeandstyle #Disability