In Touch Podcast
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
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The man who helps actors 'blind up'
Tue 12 Nov 2019
Consultant on a new series helps actors look blind
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Textbook tangles and accessible elections
Tue 5 Nov 2019
Why are many digital textbooks still inaccessible to blind students?
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Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination?
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination? 100 years of blind physiotherapists.
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Scotland bans parking on pavements
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Scotland鈥檚 pavement parking ban, and the sound of our streets at night.
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Tribunal finds eye surgeon put 'money before patients'
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Tribunal to sanction eye surgeon for misconduct.
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Two Visually Impaired Opera Singers
Tue 10 Sep 2019
Two visually impaired opera singers tell us their stories.
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Lego鈥檚 鈥楢ccessible Instructions鈥� Pilot
Tue 3 Sep 2019
What 12-year-old Hester thinks of Lego鈥檚 new accessible instructions?
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The politics of power and blindness 鈥� part two
Tue 27 Aug 2019
How do you manage your power when you are blind?
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The politics of power and blindness - part one
Tue 20 Aug 2019
How do you manage your power when you're blind?
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Where's my pizza?
Tue 13 Aug 2019
Why has a discrimination case about a pizza gone to the US Supreme Court?
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Access to Health Records and Accessible Fun
Tue 6 Aug 2019
A listener鈥檚 issue with getting the NHS to provide correspondence in his preferred format.
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Smart Meters and Improving Access to Roads and Rail
Tue 30 Jul 2019
Accessible smart meters; improvements to textured paving.
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A Corporate Call to Arms
Tue 23 Jul 2019
The campaign encouraging business leaders to act to include disability at board level.
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What do emojis mean to blind people?
Tue 16 Jul 2019
Do emojis need to be more accessible? And audio-description built-in.
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A blind Shakespearean debut
Tue 9 Jul 2019
A blind actor joins the RSC, and a visually impaired therapist has some advice.
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The new law giving sound to electric cars
Tue 2 Jul 2019
The new law making electric cars safer. Getting the mental health support you need.
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Scottish Braille Press Stops Press
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Scottish Braille Press discontinues five longstanding publications.
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Saving lives and smoothing creases
Tue 18 Jun 2019
The complicated business of gaining a first aid cert and blind-friendly ironing tips.
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Blind prisoners compensated for discrimination
Tue 11 Jun 2019
Blind prisoners compensated for not being given access to prison life in the US.
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Do visually impaired people have to be tidy?
Tue 4 Jun 2019
How one visually impaired single mum keeps her home tidy.
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Where have all the board games gone?
Tue 28 May 2019
Why are there so few board games visually impaired people can play?
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Exercising your right to vote鈥� and to exercise
Tue 21 May 2019
How visually impaired Europeans cast their vote.
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Why Do Sighted People Want To Tell Blind People鈥檚 Stories?
Tue 14 May 2019
A book on regaining sight and stories of blind women from around the world.
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Tactile voting provision deemed 'unlawful'
Tue 7 May 2019
A landmark High Court judgment says tactile voting devices are 'unlawful'.
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A new method of training guide dogs
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Training of Guide Dogs and memories of playing the Notre Dame organ.
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