Exercising your right to vote… and to exercise

How visually impaired Europeans cast their vote.

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Where have all the board games gone?

Why are there so few board games visually impaired people can play?

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Do visually impaired people have to be tidy?

How one visually impaired single mum keeps her home tidy.

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Blind prisoners compensated for discrimination

Blind prisoners compensated for not being given access to prison life in the US.

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Saving lives and smoothing creases

The complicated business of gaining a first aid cert and blind-friendly ironing tips.

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Scottish Braille Press Stops Press

Scottish Braille Press discontinues five longstanding publications.

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The new law giving sound to electric cars

The new law making electric cars safer. Getting the mental health support you need.

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A blind Shakespearean debut

A blind actor joins the RSC, and a visually impaired therapist has some advice.

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What do emojis mean to blind people?

Do emojis need to be more accessible? And audio-description built-in.

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A Corporate Call to Arms

The campaign encouraging business leaders to act to include disability at board level.

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Smart Meters and Improving Access to Roads and Rail

Accessible smart meters; improvements to textured paving.

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Access to Health Records and Accessible Fun

A listener’s issue with getting the NHS to provide correspondence in his preferred format.

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Where's my pizza?

Why has a discrimination case about a pizza gone to the US Supreme Court?

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The politics of power and blindness - part one

How do you manage your power when you're blind?

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The politics of power and blindness – part two

How do you manage your power when you are blind?

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Lego’s ‘Accessible Instructions’ Pilot

What 12-year-old Hester thinks of Lego’s new accessible instructions?

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Two Visually Impaired Opera Singers

Two visually impaired opera singers tell us their stories.

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Tribunal finds eye surgeon put 'money before patients'

Tribunal to sanction eye surgeon for misconduct.

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Putting Your Face On

Applying your makeup when you can’t see.

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MP Marsha de Cordova’s fight for disability support

A visually impaired MP's fight for help at work and how tech could help talking newspapers

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Finding a safe meal

Managing food allergies with no sight.

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Scotland bans parking on pavements

Scotland’s pavement parking ban, and the sound of our streets at night.

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What's on telly tonight?

Freeview TV's new way of finding your favourite shows.

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Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination?

Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination? 100 years of blind physiotherapists.

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Textbook tangles and accessible elections

Why are many digital textbooks still inaccessible to blind students?

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The man who helps actors 'blind up'

Consultant on a new series helps actors look blind

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Love Stories

How you met your match, and children needed for sleep research.

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RNIB sells care homes and colleges

RNIB CEO on plans to sell its care homes and colleges

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RNIB care home employee speaks out about sale

RNIB care home employee says staff weren’t warned it was set to be sold.

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Voting Advice, DJ Lucy Edwards and Doping

As Britain goes to the polls, what help can blind voters expect in the polling booth?

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A Festive Farewell

Tips on present wrapping, festive fashion and a farewell.

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A very ‘music’ Christmas

Four visually impaired musicians share anecdotes and play some tunes

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A ‘melodious’ New Year

In which four blind musicians share their stories.

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Funding Research Into Blindness; Blind Physios

Calls for more research funding into blindness. And the blind physio still working aged 90

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Help On Your Doorstep?

Peter White looks at the role smaller charities play in helping blind people.

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Talking Buses and A New Way To Read

The expansion of talking bus technology and the app which aims to help keep you reading.

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Sjogren's Syndrome and Blind Surfing

The blood donors who save sight. And one of the UK's top visually impaired surfers.

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Red Button Reprieve and Working Overseas When You're Blind

The BBC pauses the closure of the Red Button text service; VSO work for blind volunteers.

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e-scooters, Nicola Naylor and a blind bride

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e-scooters, Nicola Naylor and a blind bride

What might the legalisation of new e-scooters on our roads mean for blind pedestrians?

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Gene therapy on the NHS, The RNIB Reading Service, Blind architecture

A new gene therapy which can restore some sight becomes available on the NHS.

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Accessible transport, macular disease and would you want your sight restored?

Blind playwright Mandy Redvers Rowe on her new BBC drama 'Second Sight'

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Blind stand-up comedy, accessible apps and a study about touch

Blind comedian David Eagle, a study about touch and accessible apps.

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Schizophrenia and blindness, Hester Poole, and Nicholas Saunderson

Why does congenital blindness appear to be a barrier to schizophrenia?

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Coronavirus and Pavement Parking

What is the impact of coronavirus measures on blind and VI people?

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Job Prospects

A special programme looks at careers for young blind and visually impaired people.

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Coronavirus and Blind Isolation

As the reality of the coronavirus lockdown hits - how are blind and VI people coping?

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Shopping during lockdown and Braille library closure

Should blind and VI people be included in the government's list of vulnerable people?

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Pressure on sight loss charities; Using video conferencing when you're visually impaired

Blind charities struggling during the coronavirus crisis. Video calling with sight loss.

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21/04/2020

Eye Appointments during Lockdown

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Urgent Eye Care in Wales and John Slade

How does provision of eye care differ across the UK during the lockdown?

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Lockdown Shopping Update and Keeping Fit

New announcements for people needing help with groceries during lockdown.

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Uber, Eye Treatment and Lockdown Fitness

Why Uber is being taken to court by a blind user.

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Social distancing

What are the effects of social distancing?

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Home Schooling and Sirine Jahangir

What home schooling challenges face the blind parents of sighted children during lockdown?

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Guide Dogs and Guide Runners

Guide Dogs director Peter Osborne talks waiting lists and lockdown restrictions

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Music Lessons, Votes, Concessions

A new development in secret ballots for blind people.

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Supermarket shopping and education in lockdown

A new scheme to help blind and visually impaired people access priority supermarket slots.

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The Impact of Lockdown

Three perspectives on how lockdown has affected blind and visually impaired people

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RNIB failings and Lord Blunkett

The RNIB respond to the damming report produced by the Charity Commission.

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E-scooters, audio description and gaming

Rental e-scooters, audio description and accessible gaming.

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David Rathband and Moorfields Video Consultations

Ten years on from the Rathband shooting and Moorfields Video Consultations.

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Dog passports and online dating

What does leaving the EU mean for taking guide dogs abroad?

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Paraclimbing and Cooking

This week: Paraclimbing and cooking

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Virtual pubs, robot guide dogs and face masks

Face masks, robotic guide dogs and the the virtual pub.

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Blind charities battle back after lockdown; Her Abilities Award

Peter White looks at the efforts some blind charities are making to adapt after lockdown.

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Heading Back To Work; "Blindness" At London's Donmar Warehouse

Peter White discusses the safest ways to return to work post-lockdown.

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Drug Supplies After The Brexit Transition Period Ends; A Photographic Record Of Blind People During Italy's Lockdown

What are the plans to keep drug supplies flowing after the Brexit transition period ends?

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Back To School, Safer Travel On Public Transport

What is been done to keep blind pupils safe and fully involved as they go back to school?

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Paralympic Legend Tim Reddish On The Delayed 2020 Games; Who Were Japan's Goze Performers?

Paralympic legend Tim Reddish looks ahead to the rescheduled games one year from now.

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Fight For Sight Report; England's First Blind Musical Therapist

The call from Fight For Sight for a doubling in eye disease research funding in the UK.

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Glaucoma Treatments; Driverless Cars

Responding to your emails about glaucoma treatments and driverless cars.

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University Special

The visually impaired students facing university life during a pandemic.

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How The Biggest Blind Charities Should Focus Their Efforts; Baluji Shrivastav At 70

Have your say in shaping the way the biggest blind charities focus their work.

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Audio Described Theatre Performances; World Record Runner Sinead Kane

The falling numbers of UK theatres offering audio described performances in recent years.

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Dry AMD; Mona Minkara On Her Global Public Transport Experiences

A new study into dry AMD. Mona Minkara assesses the public transport hurdles she's faced.

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Futsal Star Steve Daley; Blind Actors in TV Ads

Steve Daley on the move to coaching England's partially sighted, 5-a-side "Futsal" team.

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Voting In Elections

Technological changes to how blind and visually impaired people can vote in elections.

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The RNIB Closes Its Giant Print Library; The Disordered Eye On The BBC iPlayer

The RNIB's closure of its giant print library. Richard Butchins on his new TV documentary.

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Covid Restrictions: Care Homes And London Underground

The impact of Covid restrictions on visiting care homes and using the London Underground.

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Freeview Play's New Accessible TV Guide; Calls to Save the RNIB's Giant Print Library

A new accessible TV guide on Freeview Play. Calls to save the RNIB's giant print library.

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Tactile Paving on Railway Platforms; Heading Home from University for Christmas

Calls for the installation of tactile paving on every UK railway platform.

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Accessible Town Centres; A New Guide Dog During The Pandemic

Brisbane's efforts to be accessible. An update on getting a guide dog during the pandemic.

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The RNIB's New Chair Of Trustees Anna Tylor

An interview with Anna Tylor the new Chair of Trustees at the RNIB.

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A Writers' Special

Three visually impaired writers offer their tips for aspiring authors.

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A Paralympics Special

Looking ahead to the rescheduled Paralympics in Tokyo in 2021.

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The New "Passenger Assist" App For Rail Users; Royal Art Works On Show

The new "Passenger Assist" app for rail users. Royal art on show via Zoom sessions.

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