In Touch Podcast
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
Episodes to download
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Lego’s ‘Accessible Instructions’ Pilot
Tue 3 Sep 2019
What 12-year-old Hester thinks of Lego’s new accessible instructions?
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The politics of power and blindness – part two
Tue 27 Aug 2019
How do you manage your power when you are blind?
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The politics of power and blindness - part one
Tue 20 Aug 2019
How do you manage your power when you're blind?
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Where's my pizza?
Tue 13 Aug 2019
Why has a discrimination case about a pizza gone to the US Supreme Court?
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Access to Health Records and Accessible Fun
Tue 6 Aug 2019
A listener’s issue with getting the NHS to provide correspondence in his preferred format.
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Smart Meters and Improving Access to Roads and Rail
Tue 30 Jul 2019
Accessible smart meters; improvements to textured paving.
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A Corporate Call to Arms
Tue 23 Jul 2019
The campaign encouraging business leaders to act to include disability at board level.
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What do emojis mean to blind people?
Tue 16 Jul 2019
Do emojis need to be more accessible? And audio-description built-in.
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A blind Shakespearean debut
Tue 9 Jul 2019
A blind actor joins the RSC, and a visually impaired therapist has some advice.
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The new law giving sound to electric cars
Tue 2 Jul 2019
The new law making electric cars safer. Getting the mental health support you need.
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Scottish Braille Press Stops Press
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Scottish Braille Press discontinues five longstanding publications.
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Saving lives and smoothing creases
Tue 18 Jun 2019
The complicated business of gaining a first aid cert and blind-friendly ironing tips.
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Blind prisoners compensated for discrimination
Tue 11 Jun 2019
Blind prisoners compensated for not being given access to prison life in the US.
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Do visually impaired people have to be tidy?
Tue 4 Jun 2019
How one visually impaired single mum keeps her home tidy.
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Where have all the board games gone?
Tue 28 May 2019
Why are there so few board games visually impaired people can play?
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Exercising your right to vote… and to exercise
Tue 21 May 2019
How visually impaired Europeans cast their vote.
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Why Do Sighted People Want To Tell Blind People’s Stories?
Tue 14 May 2019
A book on regaining sight and stories of blind women from around the world.
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Tactile voting provision deemed 'unlawful'
Tue 7 May 2019
A landmark High Court judgment says tactile voting devices are 'unlawful'.
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A new method of training guide dogs
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Training of Guide Dogs and memories of playing the Notre Dame organ.
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Who Can Read Your Mail?
Tue 16 Apr 2019
Does the data protection act stop volunteers from reading blind people's personal letters?
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Can blind people become architects?
Tue 9 Apr 2019
A summer school teaching architecture to blind people.
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Archery and Mountaineering
Tue 2 Apr 2019
50th anniversary of a mountaineering feat. Plus how to do archery when you are blind.
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Delays to Access to Work; Guide dogs guide a visually impaired runner in half marathon
Tue 26 Mar 2019
Delays to Access to Work and guide dogs guide a visually impaired runner in half marathon.
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Trial of Driverless Vehicles
Tue 19 Mar 2019
Charity Blind Veterans UK runs autonomous vehicle trials.
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Campus Cuts at Blind College
Tue 12 Mar 2019
Specialist college sells half its site. VI chef teaches VI novices to cook.
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Blind Man at the Forefront of Science
Tue 5 Mar 2019
How Dr Damion Corrigan got to the top of his field of science.
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A new way of booking assistance on trains
Tue 26 Feb 2019
A look at a new way of booking assistance on trains for visually impaired passengers.
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Gene therapy aims to halt AMD
Tue 19 Feb 2019
A gene therapy breakthrough targets age-related macular degeneration.
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Attack on guide dog
Tue 12 Feb 2019
Complaint from a guide dog owner about lack of support after her dog was attacked.
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