Information can help stop the spread of COVID-19 but not everyone has equal access to critical lifesaving information about the pandemic. This is because most websites and apps related to COVID-19 around the world are inaccessible to people with disabilities. You can do something to change this! Put your accessibility skills to the test and become a part of the global Bug Bounty campaign. launched by BarrierBreak to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2021. The #CovidAccessibilityBugBounty campaign is open to people around the world.

Artificial retina’ created using a biomedical printing press

A Sydney engineer is developing a low-cost, 3-D printed electrical device that uses absorbed light to fire the neurons that transmit signals from the eyes to the brain, acting as an artificial retina for those who have lost this capacity.

A researcher at the University of Sydney is developing a printable device that acts like a retina and could one day restore sight to blind people. 

Nearly one and a half year after the novel coronavirus was first detected, countries in various parts of the world are still implementing rolling lockdowns and curfews while encouraging mask-wearing and social distancing. While these are designed to prevent the spread of the virus, people with disabilities may have difficulty observing these rules in public places.
 

New Delhi: After Delhi government announced vaccination for  ..journalists at their offices, people with disabilities have   demanded that they be vaccinated at home or at separate  facilities.
Disabled rights activist Abha Khetarpal said . she was infected with Covid-19 when she went to get  vaccinated. “The centre was very crowded. Because of it,  my mother also got Covid and she couldn’t take her second  dose,” said Khetrapal.

In the clamour for beds and vaccines, the voices of the differently abled are drowned out