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A Young Boys Vision Brings Braille to Whole Foods

Clever 7 year old boy helps to bring Braille labels to grocery stores starting with Whole Foods Market in Thousand Oaks, CA & Newtonville, MA.

Captain America, The First Avenger

Movie Review by the Nations Premier Blind Movie Critic Jay Forry: Captain America, The First Avenger. The last “superhero” installment that focuses on a specific Avenger, the action / sci-fi film Captain America makes viewers hungry for more with a fabulous plot & script.

Tampa’s Blind Movie Critic to Appear on Kimmel Show

Forry, who lost his eyesight to diabetes when he was 28, has been a movie critic since the 1990′s. But there’s renewed interest in his novel abilities and he’s been invited to be a guest on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday (7-19) night at midnight (EST).

Transformers, Dark of the Moon

Jay Forry’s Blindside Movie Review of Michael Bay’s Transformers, Dark of the Moon: Just like the first 2 Transformer films this movie is still too big, too long, too loud and the dialogue is too corny. It’s too loud when my drink is vibrating during action scenes, it’s too long at almost 2 and a half hours of action and no real plot. It’s too corny when you hear dialogue such as “You didn’t let me down, you let yourself down”…………….

Cars 2

Blind movie critic Jay Forry gives his Blindside Review of Cars 2, staring Owen Wilson & Larry the Cable Guy: Pixar Animation and Disney team up once again and this time they make a spoof of the James Bond movies with the animated film, Cars 2………

Rio

Blindside Movie Review by Jay Forry. Rio (Opened in Theaters April 15th) – The creators of Ice Age have a special treat for the kids with the infamous squirrel making an appearance in a short clip just before the animated adventure film, Rio. Blue, (voice of Jesse Eisenberg) a domesticated, cowardly McCaw who never learned to fly is living a plush life in Minnesota with his companion Linda (voice of Lisa Mann).

Social Network Community for Parents of Visually Impiared Children

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and the National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI) today announced the launch of an innovative social network for parents and caregivers of visually impaired children. FamilyFriends is the latest extension of AFB’s web community, FamilyConnect. For the last three years, visitors to www.familyconnect.org have connected with other families through message boards and have explored resources related to raising children with visual impairments.

Braille Works Reduces the Cost for Medicare and Medicaid Compliance

Today Braille Works Int., Inc. announced the launch of their premium service Accessible Document Solutions (ADS). ADS will enable insurers to provide insurance plan and benefit information in Braille, Large Print and Audio at a dramatically reduced cost. ADS also provides a low cost solution to the CMS Marketing Mandate (June 4, 2010) requiring companies to provide information to the visually impaired.

Blind Man to Take to the Road at Daytona International Speedway

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest organization of blind people in the nation, announced today that Mark Anthony Riccobono, a blind executive who directs technology, research, and education programs for the organization, will be the first blind individual to drive a street vehicle in public. Mr. Riccobono will be behind the wheel of a Ford Escape hybrid equipped with nonvisual technology allowing a blind person to drive it independently as part of a historic demonstration scheduled during pre-race activities leading up to the Rolex 24 at the Daytona International Speedway.

No Strings Attached

Blind Movie Critic Jay Forry gives his Blindside Review of No Strings Attached; staring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. Friends with benefits is the phrase for people who want to have sex with no attachments and it’s the basic premise for the romantic-comedy No Strings Attached.