

If you know of a discrepancy on this page please contact us so we can amend the entry. NOTE: We have assembled this list from online and offline resources. We also offer 508 document remediation services so you can be sure all of your electronic documents are compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you have any materials you’d like produced in braille, large print and/or audio for your customers who are blind or have low vision you can request a free quote or call 1-80 (M-F 8:30am to 5pm EST). Listed below are historically famous people with visual impairments including total blindness, sight conditions, or blindness in one eye.

People who are blind or visually impaired have devised a number of techniques that allow them to complete daily activities using their remaining senses and recently created accessible technology such as screen reading software enables visually impaired people to use mainstream computer applications including the Internet. Eye injuries, mostly occurring in people under 30, are the leading cause of monocular blindness (vision loss in one eye). Complete blindness is the total lack of form and light perception and is clinically recorded as “No Light Perception” or “NPL”. Historically Famous People with Blindness or Visual Impairmentsīlindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological and/or neurological factors.
