Zimmerman Low Vision Simulation Kit

10/27/2025

Happy Halloween!!!

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10/15/2025

Recognizing White Cane Safety Day.

In 1921 James Biggs, a photographer from Bristol who became blind after an accident and was uncomfortable with the amount of traffic around his home, painted his walking stick white to be more easily visible.[7]
In 1931 in France, Guilly d'Herbemont launched a national white stick movement for blind people. On February 7, 1931, Guilly d'Herbemont symbolically gave the first two white canes to blind people, in the presence of several French ministers. 5,000 more white canes were later sent to blind French veterans from World War I and blind civilians.[8]
The first special white cane ordinance was passed in December 1930 in Peoria, Illinois, after intervention of the Peoria Lions Club, granting blind pedestrians protections and the right-of-way while carrying a white cane.[9][10][11]
The long cane was improved upon by World War II veterans rehabilitation specialist, Richard E. Hoover, at Valley Forge Army Hospital.[12] In 1944, he took the Lions Club white cane (originally made of wood) and went around the hospital blindfolded for a week. During this time he developed what is now the standard method of "long cane" training or the Hoover Method. He is now called the "Father of the Lightweight Long Cane Technique". The basic technique is to swing the cane from the center of the body back and forth before the feet. The cane should be swept before the rear foot as the person steps. Before he taught other rehabilitators (or "orientors") his new technique, he had a special commission to have lightweight, long white canes made for the veterans of the European fronts.[13]

10/12/2025

Wonderful company and family!

Mom and entrepreneur Anne Ogunrinde is redefining bedtime with soft, sensory-friendly sleepwear that empowers kids through independence and inclusion. Read about her brand Penny's Pixies.

08/20/2025

AI Smart Glasses

The upcoming Ally Solos Glasses, which launch in October 2025, use AI to help low-vision and blind individuals "see" the world around them.

05/01/2025

Attending the amazing Penn-Del AER conference!

02/13/2025

In the University of Pittsburgh yearbook!

01/28/2025

We would love to hear from our customers. What difficulty has the Zimmerman Low Vision Simulation Kit helped you overcome?

01/09/2025

01/01/2025

12/20/2024

Mattel just announced two inclusive new additions to the Barbie Fashionista line: a blind Barbie doll and a Black Barbie doll with Down syndrome.

11/05/2024

Seeing old and new friends at in Austin, TX

09/03/2024

Have you ever seen Goalball in action?

https://youtu.be/hHdQzSd6nIg?si=jWsPxlz1HU_9LnHd

https://youtu.be/QMHMjlK_y-U?si=2ui_JRVuK48kCWnv

Team USA's men's goalball team, coming off a fourth place finish in Tokyo, dropped their opener to Brazil, the defending gold medalists, 13-8 after giving up...