Judith Johnson of Stacyville, Iowa, who is legally blind, lives off of a small Social Security pension and doesn't leave the house much, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting.
How could the blind live in such a difficult place?
The world's 285m visually impaired people (40m of them blind), live mostly in poor countries where books in friendly formats (Braille, audio and large print) are scarce.
Blake, 93, and almost blind, lives with his Russian wife, Ida, in a dacha in a pine forest about 25 miles from Moscow.
That puts Xalatan out of reach for patients like Albert Russell, a retired optician and part-time blues singer from Prince George's County, Md. Mr. Russell, whose glaucoma has left him nearly blind, lives on an $832-a-month Social Security check.
According to a foundation study from 1991 to 1992, the most recent study available, 25percentt of the blind live in poverty nationally, compared with about 14percentt of the population as a whole, said Corinne Kirchner, director of policy research and program evaluation for the foundation.
In America, about one-third of the blind live in poverty, as do a little more than one-fifth of African American families.
A Mossad agent on the case said it was left to a blind man living 10 hours away from Buenos Aires to prove Eichmann's identity.
For the millions of blind people living in the United States, paying for something in cash can pose major challenges because there is no difference between the size and shape of a $1 or $100 bill.
