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By Linda Bartram September is Guide Dog Awareness Month. Hear from one of our members on her experiences. I retired my fourth guide dog...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has simplified its travel rules. Earlier this year, as part of their efforts to prevent dog-variant...

Mattel, Inc. recently announced the addition of a blind Barbie doll, created to allow even more children to find a doll that represents...

We are so pleased to share the news that AEBC Member, Penny Bennett, has been chosen as one of three individuals this year to be inducted...

By Linda Bartram Most Canadians take Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) for granted these days and even those of us who rely on talking ATM...

By Linda Bartram I discovered a relatively new feature on my iPhone recently. I have used “Be My Eyes” for years, calling occasionally to...

By Linda Bartram Myth # 4: People who are blind can't work. Reality: With training and opportunity, people who are blind can indeed work. Along with career qualifications, training in life and blindness skills prepare persons who are blind and partially sighted for the workforce. So why is there still an unemployment rate of 75% for this demographic? The missing element is unfortunately opportunity. All too often, employers pass over qualified blind job seekers once their vis

By Linda Bartram Myth # 3: Most blind people read braille. It would be good if this was not a myth but the reality is that very few...

By Linda Bartram Myth # 2: If someone is blind, they can’t see anything at all. Untrue!! Very few people who are blind (under 20%) live...

By Linda Bartram Myth # 1 – People who are blind have super hearing. We don’t!! We do not hear any better or worse than sighted folks. We...

By David Lepofsky Reproduced from Metroland published article: https://www.toronto.com/opinion/columns/canadians-living-with-disabilities...

By Linda Bartram In the two articles “Protected Bike Lanes Endanger Blind Bus Riders” and “More Protected Bike Lanes Threaten to Endanger...

It is with sadness that we confirm what some of you already know—that David Greenfield, a lifetime member from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,...

By Diana Brent As most of you are aware, we sadly lost a long-time member and supporter of the Alliance For Equality of Blind Canadians —...

Reprinted from infonews.ca https://infotel.ca/newsitem/in-video-kelownas-not-listening-to-blind-kelowna-womans-concerns-about-bus-stop/it...

58% DON'T TRUST THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT TO DELIVER. In a survey conducted by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI), in partnership with Daily...

By Linda I carry a big stick!! It just happens to be white, rigid and very long. And I refer to it as a cane, not a stick. It has been...

By Vic Here is a short story where using a mobility cane helped. Some time back when I lived in Calgary, I went to a movie with a group...

By Robert I started using a cane in 1961, when I enrolled in a travel training program at the old Halifax School for the Blind. For two...

Here are two short stories from members on their experiences using a white cane. You Don't Look Blind By Marie Some years ago, I had to...