Some causes of blindness are genetic. However, blindness has many causes, such as eye injuries, eye surgery complications, or health conditions, such as diabetes or stroke. According to the Centers ...

Aphrodite Ahmadi sees the laws of physics demonstrated in some unusual places, including in a baby frog’s eye. An assistant professor of physics at SUNY Cortland, she recently examined microscopic ...

The most common types of color blindness, or color vision deficiency, are genetic. However, other types may develop due to injuries, eye diseases, health problems, and side effects of treatment.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Color blindness is known to be more common in males. That comes down to the genetics of the ...

An estimated 300 million people worldwide are color-blind. This typically means they can't distinguish certain shades of color, they struggle to tell how bright colors are or, more rarely, they can't ...

Sighted people tend to fear blindness as much as or more than other disabling impairments (Enoch et al., 2019; Scott et al., 2016). They view blindness as tragic and assume that blind people are ...

A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased likelihood of being diagnosed as autistic, as well ...