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Tuesday 4 March 2003
Listen to the In Touch for 4 March 2003 FORMAT OF BILLS AND LETTERS Guest: Colin Antwiss from the Confederation of Transcribed Information Services. The programme looks at the format of correspondence such as bills and bank statements. Access to such information in various formats is covered under the Disability Discrimination Act and theoretically should be available but this is not always the case. A new pilot scheme funded by the RNIB and ran by the Confederation of Transcribed Information Services will take on the publics complaints about such issues and try to resolve them. CONTACTS COTIS Project Office 67 High Street Tarporley CHESHIRE CW6 0DP Tel: 01829 733351 Fax: 01829 732408 Email: administrator@cotis.org.uk To promote the provision of information in alternative formats to print. TATE BRITAIN AUDIO DESCRIPTION TOUR A new audio-descriptive tour for visually impaired visitors is now available at Tate Britain in London. You can walk independently round the gallery with your own portable player and appreciate some of the most important examples of British classical and contemporary paintings. The programme sent their reporter Sue Arnold to find out more about the scheme. The new equipment, which is lighter than previous audio sets and portable around the neck, provides listeners with two forty-five minute tours of Tate Britain displays. The audio tour has been developed by Vocaleyes in partnership with Tate Britain and funding from the Arts Council England's New Audience Programme. Vocaleyes. Vocaleyes is a nationwide service and registered charity which works, through audio description, to increase access to the arts for people with visual impairment. In the long term, Tate Britain aims to create a bank of descriptions that can be changed in relation to the rotating displays. In the future this resource will also be available online at the Tate Britain website at: www.tate.org.uk The first tour encompasses some of the most popular historic works at Tate Britain including:
Vocaleyes 25 Short Street London SE1 8LJ Tel: 020 7261 9199 Email: enquiries@vocaleyes.co.uk Contact for further information on audio description events. Tate Britain Millbank London SW1P 4RG Tel: 020 7887 8000 Minicom: 020 7887 8687 Opening Hours Daily, 10.00-17.50 Tate Britain is located on the north bank of the River Thames at Millbank, south west of the city centre and not far from the Houses of Parliament. Getting there: By Underground: Pimlico (Victoria Line - 600 metres approx.), Vauxhall (Victoria lines - 850 metres approx.), Westminster (Jubilee and District and Circle Lines). By bus: A number of buses service the area, including the 2, 3, C10, 36, 77A, 88, 159, 185 and 507. By train: Vauxhall (850 metres approx.) and Victoria. Arts Council England 14 Great Peter Street London SW1P 3NQ Tel: 020 7333 0100 Fax: 020 7973 6590 Textphone: 020 7973 6564v Email: enquires@artscouncil.org.uk SPECIAL AND MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS Last September in Bradford, ten blind and partially sighted children moved from a special school, called Temple Bank, to a mainstream one, Hanson. Apart from the obvious difference, they've also had to adapt to the sheer size of their new surroundings. While Temple Bank had a total of fifty pupils, Hanson has two thousand. So how have they got on and where does their transition and integration leave the special versus mainstream schools debate? Mani Djazmi's reports. CONTACTS Hanson School Bradford Tel: 01274776200 Centre For Studies On Inclusive Education Room 2S 203 S Block Frenchay Campus Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QU Tel: 0117 344 4007 Fax: 0117 344 4005 Give information and advice about inclusive education and related issues. The Centre, which was set up in 1982, works towards an end to segregated education. IPSEA (Independent Panel for Special Education Advice) 6 Carlow Mews Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1EA Advice line: Tel: 0800 0184016 General enquiries: Tel: 01394 380518 IPSEA offers free and independent advice on Local Education Authorities' legal duties to assess and provide for children with special educational needs. These include children with physical disabilities, sensory impairment, emotional and behavioural difficulties, general and specific learning difficulties. National Association For Special Educational Needs (NASEN) NASEN House 4-5 Amber Business Village Amber Close Amington Tamworth B77 4RP Tel: 01827 311 500 Fax:01827 313 005 email:welcome@nasen.org.uk The National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN) aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special educational needs. Visit the In Touch Message Board Back to the In Touch page The BBC is not responsible for external websites |
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