In Touch - Why Do Sighted People Want To Tell Blind People’s Stories? - BBC Sounds

Released On: 14 May 2019

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A book on regaining sight and stories of blind women from around the world.

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Why Do Sighted People Want To Tell Blind People’s Stories?
A book on regaining sight and stories of blind women from around the world.
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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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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 discontinues five longstanding publications.
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The new law giving sound to electric cars
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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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A Corporate Call to Arms
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Smart Meters and Improving Access to Roads and Rail
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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?
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In Touch
The politics of power and blindness - part one
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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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In Touch
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 tell us their stories.
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Tribunal finds eye surgeon put 'money before patients'
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Applying your makeup when you can’t see.
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MP Marsha de Cordova’s fight for disability support
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In Touch
Finding a safe meal
Managing food allergies with no sight.
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In Touch
Scotland bans parking on pavements
Scotland’s pavement parking ban, and the sound of our streets at night.
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In Touch
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Freeview TV's new way of finding your favourite shows.
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