In Touch Podcast
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
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Coronavirus and Blind Isolation
Tue 31 Mar 2020
As the reality of the coronavirus lockdown hits - how are blind and VI people coping?
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Job Prospects
Tue 24 Mar 2020
A special programme looks at careers for young blind and visually impaired people.
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Coronavirus and Pavement Parking
Tue 17 Mar 2020
What is the impact of coronavirus measures on blind and VI people?
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Schizophrenia and blindness, Hester Poole, and Nicholas Saunderson
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Why does congenital blindness appear to be a barrier to schizophrenia?
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Blind stand-up comedy, accessible apps and a study about touch
Tue 3 Mar 2020
Blind comedian David Eagle, a study about touch and accessible apps.
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Accessible transport, macular disease and would you want your sight restored?
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Blind playwright Mandy Redvers Rowe on her new 成人论坛 drama 'Second Sight'
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Gene therapy on the NHS, The RNIB Reading Service, Blind architecture
Tue 18 Feb 2020
A new gene therapy which can restore some sight becomes available on the NHS.
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Red Button Reprieve and Working Overseas When You're Blind
Tue 4 Feb 2020
The 成人论坛 pauses the closure of the Red Button text service; VSO work for blind volunteers.
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Sjogren's Syndrome and Blind Surfing
Tue 28 Jan 2020
The blood donors who save sight. And one of the UK's top visually impaired surfers.
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Talking Buses and A New Way To Read
Tue 21 Jan 2020
The expansion of talking bus technology and the app which aims to help keep you reading.
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Help On Your Doorstep?
Tue 14 Jan 2020
Peter White looks at the role smaller charities play in helping blind people.
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Funding Research Into Blindness; Blind Physios
Tue 7 Jan 2020
Calls for more research funding into blindness. And the blind physio still working aged 90
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A very 鈥榤usic鈥� Christmas
Christmas Eve 2019
Four visually impaired musicians share anecdotes and play some tunes
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Voting Advice, DJ Lucy Edwards and Doping
Tue 10 Dec 2019
As Britain goes to the polls, what help can blind voters expect in the polling booth?
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RNIB care home employee speaks out about sale
Tue 3 Dec 2019
RNIB care home employee says staff weren鈥檛 warned it was set to be sold.
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RNIB sells care homes and colleges
Tue 26 Nov 2019
RNIB CEO on plans to sell its care homes and colleges
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The man who helps actors 'blind up'
Tue 12 Nov 2019
Consultant on a new series helps actors look blind
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Textbook tangles and accessible elections
Tue 5 Nov 2019
Why are many digital textbooks still inaccessible to blind students?
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Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination?
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination? 100 years of blind physiotherapists.
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Scotland bans parking on pavements
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Scotland鈥檚 pavement parking ban, and the sound of our streets at night.
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Tribunal finds eye surgeon put 'money before patients'
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Tribunal to sanction eye surgeon for misconduct.
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Two Visually Impaired Opera Singers
Tue 10 Sep 2019
Two visually impaired opera singers tell us their stories.
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Lego鈥檚 鈥楢ccessible Instructions鈥� Pilot
Tue 3 Sep 2019
What 12-year-old Hester thinks of Lego鈥檚 new accessible instructions?
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