As many as 50% of people who are blind experience trouble sleeping because they cannot respond to the light and dark around them. A serious sleep disorder called Non-24 Sleep Wake Disorder may be the cause. This program will bring you information about this condition and will explain treatments that are available.

You are probably familiar with the medical term "edema." In general, it just means "swelling." But in this program you will hear about a specialized kind of edema that occurs in the eye, Macular Edema. It is closely related to diabetic macular edema as well as to diabetic retinopathy.

If you have a child who is blind, the decision of where to send the child to school is a difficult one: public school or a special school for the blind? This program will tell you about two 4 th grade girls who are blind, one who is attending public school and the other who decided to switch from a public school to a school for the blind.

There is a sport for everyone, even for those people who are blind. You'll hear a transcript of a TED talk titled How Argentina's Blind Soccer Team Became Champions. You'll also hear about the Paralympics, going on right now in Rio.

Refractive errors are quite common in people of all ages. This program will sort out the kinds of refractive errors and the many ways that are available to correct them. You'll hear about LASIK, LASEK, PRK, IOLs, eyeglasses and contact lenses.

In this program you'll be hearing about some awesome fictional characters who are blind. The books that are included range all the way from current best sellers to a classic novel for young adults from the 1960's.

Technology is changing rapidly and people who are visually impaired often feel they are being left behind. Articles in this program will bring you up to date on what the big tech companies are doing to make their products more accessible. You'll hear about Facebook, Netflix, Apple and Sony among others.

In the recent Summer Olympics in Rio, some members of the American Women's Eight Rowing Team experienced temporary blindness after one of their matches. In this program you'll hear articles about this condition, more formally called amaurosis fugax and caused by extreme exercise.

In this program you will hear about three football players who are blind. Two are long snappers on college football teams and one was considered a most valuable player among his middle school teammates.

In this program you will hear an interview with two talent agents who, as part of their Hollywood business, help people with all kinds of disabilities get jobs in the entertainment industry.