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Smart Meters and Improving Access to Roads and Rail
Accessible smart meters; improvements to textured paving.
30 Jul 2019,19 mins
A Corporate Call to Arms
The campaign encouraging business leaders to act to include disability at board level.
23 Jul 2019,19 mins
What do emojis mean to blind people?
Do emojis need to be more accessible? And audio-description built-in.
16 Jul 2019,19 mins
A blind Shakespearean debut
A blind actor joins the RSC, and a visually impaired therapist has some advice.
09 Jul 2019,19 mins
The new law giving sound to electric cars
The new law making electric cars safer. Getting the mental health support you need.
02 Jul 2019,19 mins
Scottish Braille Press Stops Press
Scottish Braille Press discontinues five longstanding publications.
25 Jun 2019,19 mins
Saving lives and smoothing creases
The complicated business of gaining a first aid cert and blind-friendly ironing tips.
18 Jun 2019,19 mins
Blind prisoners compensated for discrimination
Blind prisoners compensated for not being given access to prison life in the US.
11 Jun 2019,19 mins
Do visually impaired people have to be tidy?
How one visually impaired single mum keeps her home tidy.
04 Jun 2019,19 mins
Where have all the board games gone?
Why are there so few board games visually impaired people can play?
28 May 2019,19 mins
Exercising your right to vote… and to exercise
How visually impaired Europeans cast their vote.
21 May 2019,19 mins
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.
14 May 2019,19 mins
Tactile voting provision deemed 'unlawful'
A landmark High Court judgment says tactile voting devices are 'unlawful'.
07 May 2019,19 mins
A new method of training guide dogs
Training of Guide Dogs and memories of playing the Notre Dame organ.
30 Apr 2019,19 mins
Three stories on accepting blindness
Experiences of coming to terms with blindness.
23 Apr 2019,19 mins
Who Can Read Your Mail?
Does the data protection act stop volunteers from reading blind people's personal letters?
16 Apr 2019,19 mins
Can blind people become architects?
A summer school teaching architecture to blind people.
09 Apr 2019,19 mins
Archery and Mountaineering
50th anniversary of a mountaineering feat. Plus how to do archery when you are blind.
02 Apr 2019,19 mins
Delays to Access to Work; Guide dogs guide a visually impaired runner in half marathon
Delays to Access to Work and guide dogs guide a visually impaired runner in half marathon.
26 Mar 2019,19 mins
Trial of Driverless Vehicles
Charity Blind Veterans UK runs autonomous vehicle trials.
19 Mar 2019,19 mins
Campus Cuts at Blind College
Specialist college sells half its site. VI chef teaches VI novices to cook.
12 Mar 2019,19 mins
Blind Man at the Forefront of Science
How Dr Damion Corrigan got to the top of his field of science.
05 Mar 2019,19 mins
A new way of booking assistance on trains
A look at a new way of booking assistance on trains for visually impaired passengers.
26 Feb 2019,19 mins
Gene therapy aims to halt AMD
A gene therapy breakthrough targets age-related macular degeneration.
19 Feb 2019,19 mins
Attack on guide dog
Complaint from a guide dog owner about lack of support after her dog was attacked.
12 Feb 2019,19 mins
Proposed changes to charity's housing scheme
Blind tenants are concerned about proposed changes to a charitable housing scheme.
05 Feb 2019,19 mins
RNIB Closure in Bristol
The closure of an RNIB centre in Bristol, and a play inspired by life at a blind school.
29 Jan 2019,19 mins
Medals for guide marathon runners
Should sighted guide runners receive medals upon completing the London Marathon?
22 Jan 2019,19 mins
Is Helen Keller a 20th century icon?
Will Deafblind activist Helen Keller be voted in as a 20th century icon?
15 Jan 2019,19 mins
Should fines be issued for inaccessible websites?
Should fines be issued for inaccessible websites? The Bird Box Challenge.
08 Jan 2019,19 mins