blindness
A Blind Man Has Finally Completed ‘Ocarina of Time’ After Five Years
Terry Garrett has slain Ganon without even seeing the Zelda antagonist.
Disability, Deception, and the People Who Pretend to Be Blind
Blindsimmers, or people who pretend to be blind, feel a visceral desire to obscure their own vision, sometimes leading them to take drastic measures.
Playing in the Dark: On Gaming’s Blind Protagonists
"Perception" and "Beyond Eyes" are very different experiences connected by their protagonists' shared disability. We speak to their makers.
A Woman Claims She Blinded Herself with Drain Cleaner Because She Wanted to Be Disabled
She suffers from body integrity identity disorder, a controversial condition in which able-bodied people believe they are meant to be disabled.
This Handheld Device Will Help the Blind Echolocate
Ausion alerts the user of any obstacle within a three-meter radius and indicates how far it is using musical notes.
Rewiring the Brain to Create New Senses
How the brain's neuroplasticity lets us substitute one sense for another—and invent new ones.
How Shining Light Into the Brain Can Switch On an Erection or Switch Off Pain
Blue lights and gene therapy could potentially be used to treat blindness, PTSD, and obesity.
What It’s Like For Someone Who’s Blind to 'See' by Echolocation
Echolocation can be a neurological replacement for vision in people who are blind.
How Losing My Sight Helped Me Express My Gender Identity
With no mirrors to face I saw my beautiful inner self as a girl, a woman slowly pushing away the past.
This Brain Implant Gives Blind Rats a Compass-Like Sense of Direction
Blind rats with the device could tell their way around a maze as well as rats with vision.
Discover This Game World as a Blind Girl Searching for Her Cat
'Beyond Eyes' represents visually how the blind mind-map their surroundings through other senses.