There was a scale card at the local library for White cane week that had 6 eye conditions simulated through lens. What was surprising to me was blind is not like when you close your eyes it is a soupy white. One condition is like looking through  bridal lace, and macular degeneration just fuzz’s the letters some, on a card.

A number of people suffered some sort of blindness including the retired radio personality Al Clark. Al had  a marvelous  voice on the local Q101 giving no inclination of any disability, however he was not able to secure a driving licence and was years ahead of bicycle and helmet usage.

Editors note: The channel 888 here is looking for 1000 sight challanged people for a consultation group to recommend services for the  blind. the channel narrates programs for people to enjoy that would have to guess at visuals in shows. They are also applying to renew their licence with the CRTC.

Check them out at AMI.ca

The Accessible Channel or AMI  promotes media access for 6.6 million Canadians who are blind, deaf,,vision impaired or hard at hearing.It was launched in 2008, and goes by TAC for short.

Today in History: February 6,1918

Women in Britain over 30 get the vote.

Today in History: February 7, 1976

Darryl Sittler gets 10 points in a single NHL game

Related articles