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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
01 Oct 2019,19 mins
Putting Your Face On
Applying your makeup when you can’t see.
24 Sep 2019,19 mins
Tribunal finds eye surgeon put 'money before patients'
Tribunal to sanction eye surgeon for misconduct.
17 Sep 2019,19 mins
Two Visually Impaired Opera Singers
Two visually impaired opera singers tell us their stories.
10 Sep 2019,19 mins
Lego’s ‘Accessible Instructions’ Pilot
What 12-year-old Hester thinks of Lego’s new accessible instructions?
03 Sep 2019,19 mins
The politics of power and blindness – part two
How do you manage your power when you are blind?
27 Aug 2019,19 mins
The politics of power and blindness - part one
How do you manage your power when you're blind?
20 Aug 2019,19 mins
Where's my pizza?
Why has a discrimination case about a pizza gone to the US Supreme Court?
13 Aug 2019,19 mins
Access to Health Records and Accessible Fun
A listener’s issue with getting the NHS to provide correspondence in his preferred format.
06 Aug 2019,19 mins
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