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News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted

Episodes

Total: 408

Social Media Special

2021/9/7

It is claimed that social media is so popular these days, that there are now more people using it ac

Over the weekend, Team GB's visually impaired athletes won multiple medals: including gold across th

Recently, there has been some criticism about the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games going ahead, due to a

It may not come as a surprise to you that, for many years, unemployment rates amongst blind and visu

During the lockdown period, we all added an extra 40 minutes a day, on average, onto our TV watching

Home learning can be difficult for blind and visually impaired children. But the charity Guide Dogs

A Paralympics Special

2021/7/27

There has been more than a year of uncertainty about whether the Olympic and Paralympic games will a

Plans to require voters to show photo ID at polling stations were recently introduced in Parliament

There have been some promising signs emerging from Network Rail over the last 12 months around the i

Fern Lulham sits in for Peter White.Wheelie bins pose yet another potential obstacle for blind and v

A longitudinal study by the Vision Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research at the University of

Isolation; Echolocation

2021/6/22

The disability charity Sense are calling on the Government and local communities to prioritise disab

Rapid lateral flow tests for Covid-19 were criticised earlier in the year for not being accessible t

Getting the right lighting in the home can be life-changing for people who are blind or visually imp

A Genetics Special

2021/6/2

In this special programme, we examine the role genetics plays in both the inheritance of sight loss

New figures show there have been over 200 injuries and 1,100 complaints to local authorities since t

A Technology Special

2021/5/18

The pandemic has accelerated our use of the digital world, meaning accessible websites and apps have

Voting; Extreme Sports

2021/5/11

Up until now it's been virtually impossible for people who are blind or visually impaired to cast th

How does language affect how we view disability; and who gets to decide what words we should use? Pe

Only one in four registered blind and partially sighted people of working age are in employment and