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Peter White is joined by Kirsten Hearn and Geoff Adams-Spink for Blindness 4 Beginners. Today the team offers tips for keeping track of yourself and your things in a new location.
Datum: 17.04.2012 20:00 •
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Dr Lin Berwick talks about her life as a blind wheelchair user and the meditative autobiographical book she has just written. And a round up of the latest news from Lee Kumutat.
Datum: 11.04.2012 10:47 •
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St Dunstan's changes its name to Blind Veterans UK - forces veteran Terry Bullingham, blinded in the Falklands War, gives us his verdict. Plus, help with the Digital TV Switchover and listeners feedback.
Datum: 04.04.2012 13:15 •
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Peter White finds out about new television sets by with integrated voice guidance, banking problems and an e-mail Job Vacancy List aimed at visually impaired Job Seekers.
Datum: 30.03.2012 10:37 •
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Peter White talks to Paralympics athlete Jessica Luke and the lack of audio described films on online.
Datum: 30.03.2012 10:21 •
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Peter White talks to former soldier Craig Lundberg about the way he coped with his sudden sight loss, after being shot whilst serving in Iraq. Tony Shearman meets the blind and visually-impaired cast members of 'Sheer'.
Datum: 13.03.2012 20:40 •
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Peter White pays tribute to PC David Rathband whose death was announced this week. Andy Barrick, from RNIB expressed the charity's concern about the introduction of Personal Independence Payments and the fact that the criteria seem to exclude some of the needs of blind and partially-sighted people. ...
Datum: 07.03.2012 15:39 •
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Planned changes to Standard English Braille have caused unrest amongst some Braille users. The RNIB say it will be simplify the system and make it easier for children to learn. Critics feel there's been a lack of consultation with current users and fear that a two code system could be confusing.We a...
Datum: 14.12.2011 11:34 •
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The blind Chinese human rights campaigner Chen Guangcheng has been under house arrest since being released from four years' imprisonment. We hear what happened when BBC Correspondent Michael Bristow tried to visit him. And the self-confessed crossword addict who's determined to bring the joys of cro...
Datum: 08.12.2011 09:40 •
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In another edition of Blindness for Beginners, Peter White is joined by Jane Copsey and Geoff Adams-Spink who offer suggestions for suitable gadgets for newly blind people.
Datum: 29.11.2011 21:00 •
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Peter White discusses "Seeing it my Way" a report into the services that visually impaired people really want and author Graham McCreath on his new book, The Politics of Blindness.
Datum: 22.11.2011 17:00 •
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Why is the West of England School for the Blind succeeding while others struggle to cope ? The Chief Executive Tracey de Bernhardt Dunkin tells Peter White about the facilities there and what it offers pupils.
And reporter Lee Kumutat reviews the recent Eclipse Concert in the Dark staged by Amadou ...
Datum: 17.11.2011 09:00 •
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We hear why the future of Dorton House School for blind children is in doubt. Why are student numbers falling and what is the future for special schools? Helen Jackman from the Macular Disease Society looks at whether certain foods can offer hope to people with age related macular degeneration. Also...
Datum: 09.11.2011 09:25 •
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The drug Lucentis - used in the treatment of Wet AMD - costs the NHS more than one per cent of its whole drugs budget. We hear why the Macular Disease Society want the Government to appraise the far cheaper alternative Avastin. And Peter talks to former In Touch presenter, Jane Copsey.
Datum: 26.10.2011 11:38 •
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What will the decision by Amazon not to put text to speech on their latest Kindle reader mean for users? Guide dogs are to be allowed onto London Underground escalators, after undergoing appropriate training by GDBA. What's it been like in the past taking your dog on the Underground and what trainin...
Datum: 19.10.2011 11:16 •
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The 50th Birthday Party audience in the Radio Theatre get their chance to question the guests. What's it really like being a character in a Soap ? How's the programme catering for a younger audience ? But will it be Alright on the Night ? Denis Norden hopes so. Plus more music from Mali duo Amadou a...
Datum: 13.10.2011 09:49 •
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Baroness Thomas of Winchester on her worries about the criteria for receiving Personal Independence Payments. What aids and adaptations used by visually impaired and blind people will be eligible for payment under the new scheme?
And as the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association celebrates its 80th...
Datum: 28.09.2011 09:57 •
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Peter White talks to Daniel Danker, General Manager of BBC iPlayer about the problems being experienced by blind people trying to use iPlayer.
Daniel apologised to listeners and offered them a new BBC facility of an accessibility line providing technical support and advice, which Jim Taylor had req...
Datum: 22.09.2011 10:21 •
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Why screenreader users are still struggling with i-Player following a recent upgrade.
And Peter White plunders more material from the In Touch archive as we countdown to the programme's 50th Anniversary celebrations next month.
Datum: 14.09.2011 09:35 •
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Who's eligible and what are the restrictions on concessionary fares for disabled people ? Peter White talks to David Sindall from the Association of Train Operating Companies and Nick Lester Corporate Director for London Councils about the Freedom Pass and the Disabled Person's Railcard. And in the ...
Datum: 07.09.2011 10:17 •
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It's being suggested that for both medical and cultural reasons visually impaired British Asians may be missing out on services which other members of the community take for granted. Clinical research suggests that the incidence of a number of eye diseases amongst South Asians is higher, and that ex...
Datum: 31.08.2011 14:53 •
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The Guide Dogs for the Blind Asssociation are concerned about the future of concessionary bus services. Listeners offer their suggestions to journalist Maggie Rosen to help her get the equipment she needs to continue working now that she's losing her sight. And ahead of our 50th Anniversary we use t...
Datum: 24.08.2011 09:40 •
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The visually impaired people deemed not disabled enough to need social care and an audio diary from Iceland.
Datum: 17.08.2011 10:34 •
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Peter White explores strategies on how to cope with being partially sighted.
Datum: 10.08.2011 08:34 •
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Maggie Rosen discusses how to go about finding the right technology and Maxine Turkington cooks a three course meal in the latest edition of Can't See Will Cook.
Datum: 05.08.2011 12:28 •
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The impact of NICE's decision not to approve a drug used for treating diabetic macular oedema. Plus more from Sight Vilage, the exhibition which showcases the latest technology for blind and partially sighted people.
Datum: 27.07.2011 12:19 •
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What's the best way to get the message about visual impairment across?
Datum: 20.07.2011 14:09 •
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We report on Sight Village, the exhibition with the latest technology for blind people.
Datum: 20.07.2011 13:57 •
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How much assistance is available for blind sports fans who want Olympic tickets, how helpful is Audioboo for budding blind broadcasters and what will be the impact of the merger between two of the biggest charities for blind and partially sighted people?
Datum: 06.07.2011 11:47 •
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We talk to the Chief Executive of the RNIB about why she would like to see more mergers within the sector. But would fewer charities mean better service for blind and partially sighted people?
Datum: 29.06.2011 10:27 •
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We hear about the barriers faced by young people who've lost their sight, what would they like to change about the services they are offered? Jonathan Conteh explains how he's fighting to provide education to blind children in Sierra Leone. Sylvia Syms tells us about the latest research on falls and...
Datum: 22.06.2011 09:46 •
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The impact of council cuts on the talking book service. Plus how accessible are e-books?
Datum: 17.06.2011 08:36 •
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A report on the new treatment for a common form of vision loss that's got NICE approval
Datum: 08.06.2011 08:20 •
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Blind amateur cook Richard Lane learns how to make Creole fish stew, spiced rice and Sri Lankan cabbage in the latest instalment of Can't See Will Cook.
Datum: 01.06.2011 14:50 •
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Joseph Clarke School is the only state funded day school for blind and partially sighted children in South East England. But is it appropriate to educate children with very different needs in the same setting? Lee Kumutat reports. And do you ever feel like you miss out on the visual style of a film?...
Datum: 25.05.2011 15:23 •
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How easy is it to use the iPlayer if you can't see? Plus we look at the effectiveness of the Hardest Hit Protest, hearing from those who went and those who decided not to.
Datum: 18.05.2011 14:40 •
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Is it possible to earn a living as a blind artist? And the latest report on drugs for AMD.
Datum: 11.05.2011 13:47 •
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Tony Shearman is the UK's first blind football manager to be recognised by the Football Association. He tells us how he follows the game and manages his team of sighted players. And appealing against the Disability Living Allowance.
Datum: 04.05.2011 09:23 •
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Peter White talks to Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke, who spent years denying his own blindness.
He explains some of the techniques he adopted to conceal his poor vision.
Datum: 26.04.2011 15:28 •
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Recent changes to welfare rules mean that blind people can now apply for higher rate Disability Living Allowance but only if you are under 65. We speak to campaigner Jill Allen-King about why blind people over the age of 65 will miss out on extra benefit payments.
We hear your views on our recent ...
Datum: 19.04.2011 19:40 •
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Could home pregnancy testing kits be adapted to include an audible result? And we ask when you will hear how changes to Disability Living Allowance will affect you.
Datum: 13.04.2011 14:40 •
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How welcoming are social networks to blind and partially sighted people?
Datum: 05.04.2011 19:40 •
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What arrangements have been made for blind and partially sighted sports fans at the 2012 Olympics? And we explore the unusual appeal of blind photography.
Datum: 30.03.2011 10:42 •
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Peter hears about a recent letter sent by a leading ophthalmologist to the Department of Health which claims that delays in vital drug treatment of patients with Wet AMD are causing avoidable sight loss.
Datum: 23.03.2011 10:30 •
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We join Peter on his African Comic Relief trek. He discusses the highs and lows of his trip and observes some eye treatments in Kenya.
Datum: 16.03.2011 11:01 •
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Should blind sports fans qualify for concessionary tickets at the London Olympics? And the latest in our series Can't See Will Cook- learn how to make lemon drizzle cake
Datum: 09.03.2011 11:10 •
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Peter returns triumphant from his trek in Africa to raise money for SightSavers. He discusses the highs and lows of his trip and how to choose what to wear when you are visually impaired.
Datum: 02.03.2011 10:01 •
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Changes to DLA and Peter White reports from a Sightsavers camp in Kenya.
Datum: 23.02.2011 10:56 •
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Hospital care for blind people, retiring guide dogs and news of Peter's Comic Relief trek through the Kaisut Desert in Northern Kenya to raise money for SightSavers.
Datum: 16.02.2011 11:18 •
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Blindness for Beginners: Computers
Leonie Watson and Mike Townsend from the British Computer Association of the Blind offer tips on how to get the most out of your computer.
Datum: 09.02.2011 08:47 •
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Andy Barrick from RNIB explains new changes to Disability Living Allowance, which will entitle people with severe visual impairment to the higher rate of the benefit.
Plus Mani Djazmi reports on what life is like for people with visual impairment living in Qatar.
Datum: 01.02.2011 20:40 •
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Changes to Incapacity Benefit concern the RNIB and the Wylie card is launched in Newcastle.
Datum: 26.01.2011 14:24 •
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Tony Giles, who's blind and partially deaf, has visited over fifty countries and is planning a trip to Antarctica. He shares his experiences and travel tips with Peter White.
Datum: 19.01.2011 11:03 •
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Peter White talks to Richard Sloane about his blind and gifted daughter. The parents want her to go to a school outside their catchment area, and the local authority has agreed, but refuses to pay for transporting her to this school.
Datum: 12.01.2011 10:19 •
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PC David Rathband, blinded by being shot, talks to Peter White about his future plans.
Datum: 06.01.2011 10:53 •
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Part 1 of Peter's interview with David Rathband the police officer shot and blinded by Raul Moat.
Datum: 29.12.2010 10:20 •
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West Wales is the destination for the latest in our 'Can't See, Will Cook' series.
Datum: 22.12.2010 10:00 •
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RNIB tells Peter White that the government's DLA reform signals a cut in money paid out to visually impaired people. Plus which e-book reader might be the one for you.
Datum: 15.12.2010 10:00 •
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How you can have your say on DLA reform. Plus good news for Braille music readers.
Datum: 08.12.2010 10:02 •
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Fix the Web aims to police inaccessible websites plus the GPS app devised by a blind man.
Datum: 01.12.2010 09:40 •
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Peter White asks Sally Harvey about RNIB planned redundancies within Braille transcription.
Datum: 29.11.2010 14:17 •
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Peter White is joined by Transport Minister Norman Baker to discuss tactile pavements.
Datum: 17.11.2010 12:37 •
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In Touch investigates how the cut in the mobility component of the Disabled Living Allowance will affect deaf blind people in residential care. And a new computer software programme that gives blind crossword fanatics
their 5 across and 4 down back.
Datum: 10.11.2010 12:22 •
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In Touch investigates the state of the nation's pavements and a panel of blind and visually impaired people ask why there are no national standards for street surfaces.
Datum: 03.11.2010 09:44 •
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Campaigner for blind people Jill Allen-King on her new autobiography and astonishing life.
Datum: 27.10.2010 11:58 •
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In Touch tests the talking bus stop pilot in Edinburgh and investigates the introduction of audio description on buses. The Thrive champion gardener, Jeremy Scott lets us in on his secrets when Mani Djazmi visits him in East Sussex.
Datum: 20.10.2010 13:38 •
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How you get the equipment and access to the resources you need both for studying and your social life.
Datum: 13.10.2010 14:38 •
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The European Commission has proposed new rules that would force bus operators to provide on-board automated announcements for the benefit of the blind. Norman Baker, the UK Transport Minister, explains why he will be resisting any new regulation from Brussels. Peter White is joined by Emily Brothers...
Datum: 06.10.2010 09:01 •
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Peter White is joined by Andy Barrick of the RNIB and journalist Kevin Mulhern to discuss DLA and Richard Lane samples a "Spanish pork stew with chorizo" cooked in an electric wok.
Datum: 28.09.2010 19:40 •
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Peter White is joined by Andy Barrick of the RNIB and journalist Kevin Mulhern to discuss DLA and Richard Lane samples a "Spanish pork stew with chorizo" cooked in an electric wok.
Datum: 28.09.2010 19:40 •
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Latest news on Vodafone's refund scheme for their discontinued navigation software.
Datum: 23.09.2010 17:36 •
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How those with no light perception are taking melatonin to get a good night's sleep. More feedback on our discussion last week about smart phones. Audio description is now standard in the world of TV and film - Tony Shearman reports from the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End where he took a backs...
Datum: 15.09.2010 08:53 •
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Could children be missing out on sight-saving eye tests? And is smart-phone technology keeping pace with the needs of visually impaired people?
Datum: 08.09.2010 07:51 •
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Marilee Talkington performs her one woman show "Truce" in San Francisco and discusses its exploration of blindness with Peter White. Is there an acceptable term for losing your sight? Why is asking for help such a controversial issue for blind and partially sighted people? Marilee explores how the p...
Datum: 01.09.2010 08:51 •
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We investigate the future of phones that talk and we go along to the second round of the World blind golf championship in Northamptonshire.
Datum: 25.08.2010 08:12 •
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The jobs of over thirty blind and disabled people are set to go; is this a blip or a trend? And can our visually impaired national football team salvage English pride?
Datum: 18.08.2010 08:34 •
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In Touch visits the Eisteddfod and hears the new Welsh voice software. Massive reaction to last week's programe on guide dog owners refused hotel bookings.
And who should pay when fast moving technology removes a service which blind people have come to depend on?
Datum: 11.08.2010 14:56 •
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On today's In Touch we report on the growing number of hotels refusing entry to guide dogs and just how accessible is the iPad for blind and partially sighted people?
Datum: 04.08.2010 08:26 •
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Mani Djazmi asks Caroline Dewing from Vodafone about the latest news on Wayfinder Access and plans for what is going to happen to blind subscribers when the service is discontinued. Also in the latest in the 'Can't See, Will Cook' series, Richard Lane gets Ben Merrick to cook up a Thai chicken curry...
Datum: 28.07.2010 09:53 •
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Peter White looks at the latest changes to Audio Description and asks Minister Ed Vaizey and Steve Winyard of the RNIB whether they go far enough. Ed Vaizey also tackles the issue of embedded accessibility rather than bespoke assistive technology. And presenter Mani Djazmi visits the Sight Village e...
Datum: 21.07.2010 10:20 •
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Day two of Peter White's brain-scanning experiments, by neuro-scientist Professor Alvaro Pascual-Leone in Boston, to find out how blind peoples? brains process Braille.
Datum: 14.07.2010 10:19 •
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Presenter Peter White turns guinea-pig to help with groundbreaking research on how people can "read" with their fingers. Neuro-scientist Professor Alvaro Pascual-Leone has invited Peter to Harvard so that they can study his brain.
Guest: Professor Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Harvard neuro-scientist
Datum: 06.07.2010 15:41 •
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In the latest in the series ?Blindness for Beginners?, Mani Djazmi looks at ways blind and partially-sighted people keep fit.
Guests: Peter White, In Touch presenter; Richard Lane, visually-impaired reporter; Emma Tracey, visually-impaired reporter; Tony Shearman, visually-impaired reporter and gy...
Datum: 30.06.2010 09:01 •
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This week Mani Djazmi explores a possible end to the acrimonious impasse over shared surface areas between the guide dogs for the blind association and Kensington and Chelsea borough council, which led to threatened legal action. And plenty of technology chat from Lee Kumutat, as we hear about a new...
Datum: 23.06.2010 09:00 •
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Peter White talks to Richard Leaman, the new chief executive of Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
Richard explains how he intends to deliver the organisation's new ten year strategy of providing a more holistic service for people, from the point of diagnosis.
Datum: 16.06.2010 15:55 •
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In this week?s edition of ?In Touch?: the play which takes as its theme the game of cricket as played by visually impaired people; and Mani Djazmi talks to the only British winner of a competition organised by Tourism Western Australia to take people around the region. Peter White also talks to one ...
Datum: 09.06.2010 10:10 •
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Today's In Touch covers what surely must be two of the favourite diversions of bank holidays - cooking and gardening. We introduce our first candidate for "Can't See, Will Cook"; and return to the visually impaired gardeners who, under the watchful eye of the gardening charity Thrive, have been honi...
Datum: 02.06.2010 12:43 •
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The Internet Archive is a digital resource based in America which has recently digitised many of its out-of-copyright books to enable print disabled people to access them.
Leonie Watson and Ian Macrae try out the site and succeed but with some difficulty to find material.
And good news about an in...
Datum: 26.05.2010 10:39 •
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Cathy Yelf from the Macular Disease Society welcomes plans by the Department of Health to issue results of trials using the drug Avastin on AMD. Dr Mike Tobin has studied a group of blind people with Retinoblastoma - an eye cancer which usually occurs in children under five. Dr Tobin's research indi...
Datum: 19.05.2010 10:18 •
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There was no broadcast of In Touch this week due to political developments on Tuesday evening. Normal service will be resumed next week.
Datum: 12.05.2010 16:18 •
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Torsten Brand devised a pioneering form of access technolgoy called Talx, which allowed blind peope to access mobile phones in the same way as sighted people.
Torsten recently died tragically early, due to a routine operation going wrong, and tributes are being paid to him around the world. Terry C...
Datum: 05.05.2010 12:49 •
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Peter White hosts an election special putting your questions to the three main parties. Jonathan Shaw for Labour, his Conservative shadow Mark Harper and the Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Youth and Equalities Lynne Featherstone all take part. What are the policies of the three major political par...
Datum: 28.04.2010 09:00 •
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Sarah Newman talks to Peter from her hotel room where she has been stranded as a result of volcanic ash. She speaks only a smattering of Japanese and can't read any of the signs.
Ellen Bassani is blind but was raised as a sighted child, because her parents were unable to accept her disability. She ...
Datum: 21.04.2010 13:22 •
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Peter White goes to New York to talk to State Governor David Paterson, who is visually-impaired. The Governor tells Peter that as he cannot read large amounts of printed material, his aides record newspapers onto a voice-mail system for him and he accesses the information by listening to it.
Govern...
Datum: 14.04.2010 09:59 •
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Peter White investigates two wildly contrasting views of blindness on this evening's In Touch. First, the competent professional woman who was required, contrary to law as it turns out, to have her signature of a document witnessed by a solicitor to show she had understood it. Secondly, the blind wo...
Datum: 07.04.2010 09:50 •
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As would-be MPs prepare to lecture us about why we should vote for them in the forthcoming general election, they’ve been getting a few lectures themselves. SENSE, which represents almost a quarter of a million people with degrees of both deafness and blindness, has been instructing candidates o...
Datum: 31.03.2010 14:28 •
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The implications for visually impaired travel and independence if the cheapest sat nav access system is discontinued. Mani Djazmi talks to users of the system and asks Vodafone for an explanation.
He also visits a group of visually impaired gardeners preparing for the Chelsea Flower Show.
Plus...
Datum: 24.03.2010 15:25 •
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Feedback from listeners to Kevin Cary's article in Ability Magazine.
Richard Lane is totally blind and a keen cook. He wants other people who are blind or partially-sighted who enjoy cooking to share their ideas, tips and recipes with other listeners.
Richard tells Peter about his favourite gadge...
Datum: 17.03.2010 09:48 •
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Listener Tom Walker voices his concern about an article written by RNIB chair Kevin Carey, in which he states that until we have a perfect world, without prejudice, blind people may take longer to perform some tasks than sighted peers; particularly visually-impaired people using access technology or...
Datum: 10.03.2010 10:27 •
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Lord Low of Dalston, vice principal of RNIB, talks about the recent amendment to the Equality Bill, which strengthens the Bill to give blind and partially-sighted people the right to access printed information.
Ian Wood is a wheelchair user who is also visually impaired. He seeks advice on how be...
Datum: 04.03.2010 17:21 •
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Many blind and partially-sighted people are not receiving medical information in a format they can access, despite guidance from PCTs that GPs practices should be providing Braille, large print or audio formats. Thena Heshel tells Peter about her recent experience at Moorfields Eye Hospital, where s...
Datum: 24.02.2010 15:50 •
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In this week's In Touch - the ways of getting hold of information for visually impaired people are increasing all the time; so how come people still struggle to get the facts about something as crucial as their health? And as the world goes rather dotty about winter sports with the coverage of the W...
Datum: 17.02.2010 14:52 •
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In this edition of In Touch Peter White and the team will be revisiting Carlisle where local people have been fighting to keep open a resource centre which they regard as a life saver but it's to close despite their campaigning. In Touch asks what happens next to services such as technology classes ...
Datum: 10.02.2010 15:12 •
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Peter talks to David Cowdrey from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association about their campaign to get all buses talking. Lee Kumutat tries her hand at tennis.
Datum: 03.02.2010 15:58 •
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When people lose their sight the questions inevitably crowd in. This edition of In Touch is part of the occasional series 'Blindness For Beginners' with suggestions on the killer questions to ask. For instance, how to begin moving around confidently again; some of the gadgets available to cope with ...
Datum: 27.01.2010 11:34 •
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In this episode of In Touch the programme goes to China to explore something called sensory photography. It's the latest in the programme's collaboration with young visually impaired Chinese broadcasters who have modelled their programme for blind people on In Touch.
Guests:
Stephen Hallett
Cher...
Datum: 20.01.2010 14:48 •
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After a troubled couple of years involving financial problems and upheavals in staffing the Royal National College at Hereford has appointed a new principal - former Army colonel Geoff Draper will be telling Peter White his plans for rallying the troops. We also hear from two guide dog owners with ...
Datum: 13.01.2010 08:38 •
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Peter White meets Deborah, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, at her home in Derbyshire. She has lived there since leaving Chatsworth House, which she and her late husband Andrew, the Duke of Devonshire, lived for almost 50 years.
The Duchess has had macular degeneration for about five years and ...
Datum: 31.12.2009 09:42 •
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Peter White is joined by Richard Lane and Lee Kumutat to review their recommendations for an audio book read.
Richard chooses Death at the Priory by James Ruddick, Lee Kumutat picks Dirt Music by Tim Winton and Peter White selects Get Her Off the Pitch by Lynne Truss.
Datum: 24.12.2009 09:31 •
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Peter White casts an eye and ear over the Intel Reader, one of the latest reading machines to hit the market. Lee Kumutat travels to Coventry to meet Karina Gregory, the third job-seeker who volunteered to share their experiences with us. Also, Mani Djazmi follows up on Birmingham New Street's reint...
Datum: 16.12.2009 09:48 •
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An international flavour to this week's In Touch. Peter White meets Rima Canawati - an award winning human rights worker from Bethlehem - and Lee Kumutat catches up with job seeker Ian Kelly who returned from travelling in the Far East to discover a tough employment culture here. Also the latest in...
Datum: 14.12.2009 16:15 •
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Just how much should it cost to take your guide dog on a plane? In this episode of In Touch Peter White talks to the couple who should now be able to take their animals on board free of charge.
And how come after decades of debate there is still no unified system of English Braille? In Touch wi...
Datum: 03.12.2009 15:38 •
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This week, what happens when your business becomes submerged in silt, you don?t have power for two days and you?re confined to your living room with your spouse? We meet a former child actor turned hot-shot lawyer and we hear from the first of three In Touch volunteers looking for work. Mani Djazmi ...
Datum: 25.11.2009 15:05 •
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Macular disease: taking stock of how much understanding and treatment has improved. When Tom Bremridge became chief executive of the Macular Disease Society, he thought he was joining a relatively small self-help organisation. He certainly hadn't anticipated that, as potential successful treatments ...
Datum: 11.11.2009 12:27 •
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The case of a visually-impaired woman refused a ride on an airport bus because the driver claimed that unaccompanied travel by a blind person was against company regulations. The company in question insists this isn't the case, and has apologised for the mistake. But is there a real clash between th...
Datum: 05.11.2009 10:15 •
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'Blinding up' or letting others over-estimate your visual impairment is a concept featured recently by the programme. Peter White explores your responses, including the idea of 'learned helplessness' which one listener thinks is a complaint blind people are prone to - it's where you allow other peop...
Datum: 28.10.2009 16:52 •
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Entering the world of work when unemployment is around three million is tough; only one in three blind people between 18 and 29 has a job. Liz Cooke, from Access Made Easy, believes you have to regard the process of getting a job as a full-time job in itself. She shares practical advice about the ro...
Datum: 26.10.2009 16:21 •
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Only one in three blind people between 18 and 29 has a job. As Blind in Business launch a year long campaign to highlight the skills of visually impaired graduates - our reporter Lee Kumutat, over in the UK from Australia, tries to discover why finding employment here, can be a bit like looking for ...
Datum: 14.10.2009 09:42 •
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Visually impaired people of Cumbria are fighting to save a resource centre which they say has changed their lives, but which now seems to be under threat of closure.
Peter White examins its role in giving people new social and computer skills but also asking how much this basic help for newly bl...
Datum: 07.10.2009 13:25 •
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A listener puts his concerns about the level of support offered to Guide Dog owners to Stephen Kirk, Operational Director for Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. And why the first blind contest on Dancing with the Stars is proving such a hit with audiences in Australia.
Datum: 01.10.2009 15:24 •
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A 'quantum leap in accessibility' is how Apple described its new model iPhone. Our reporter Geoff Adams-Spink tests its usability for visually-impaired consumers and finds that, despite the benefits of built-in assistive technology, easy emailing and internet surfing, it falls short in some importan...
Datum: 24.09.2009 17:14 •
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In Touch talks to Bridget Warr who after six years as Chief Executive at the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is about to step down. Peter White discusses with her the economics of running a charity in these testing times, and whether the time has come for some of the organisations working with ...
Datum: 16.09.2009 11:09 •
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Recently there's been a growing murmur against the number of announcements made on railway stations and trains, but how much do those who complain consider the implications for blind and partially-sighted travellers?
Also - the golden girls of Goalball. Jessica and Emily Luke have won gold medals...
Datum: 09.09.2009 13:46 •
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The BBC claims it is the first broadcaster in the world to include audio description in its video-on-demand service. Originally expected to be available from April, the iPlayer is now finally showing some audio-described content chosen from the 25 hours of weekly TV output. The BBC's Head of Audienc...
Datum: 02.09.2009 10:08 •
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The organisation National Talking Newspapers and Magazines has a largely voluntary workforce which produces a wide range of material available in accessible formats, and it's a much-appreciated service. Readers of national newspapers, consumers of celebrity magazines and enthusiasts of specialist tr...
Datum: 26.08.2009 16:26 •
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Pakistan's blind cricketers are the reigning world champions and were due to be in England playing a four-game series. They were invited by Blind Cricket England and Wales, but the team's visa applications have been rejected. The UK Border Agency says it did not have sufficient evidence to be convin...
Datum: 19.08.2009 13:35 •
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Since we brought news of redundancies among Braille production staff at the National Library Service for the Blind, many listeners have contacted us with their worries about the future of the service and for UK braille production in general. The RNIB, whose decision this was, respond and explain how...
Datum: 12.08.2009 16:22 •
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Two audio book fans, the Guardian writer Sue Arnold and travel company director Amar Latif, join Peter White to discuss options for summer holiday reading.
Sue chooses Adam Nicholson's Sissinghurst about his famous family's famous home and garden, and Amar Latif chooses A Sense of the World by Ja...
Datum: 05.08.2009 08:53 •
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Redundancies among specialist staff at the National Library Service for the Blind in Stockport have prompted concern about the prospects for braille book printing in the UK. Is automated production the future? Can the computerised process deal with books which have complex layouts (those about garde...
Datum: 31.07.2009 17:26 •
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We test a selection of new gismos from the Sight Village exhibition of technology for visually-impaired people. Our gadget guru, Ian Macrae, takes a closer look at a labelling 'pen' which promises to help you sort your peas from your peaches, among other things.
Datum: 21.07.2009 19:40 •
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How close are we to a breakthrough in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, after recent newspaper reports of a 'pioneering laser operation'? Professor Alan Bird unpicks the scientific facts from the media hype surrounding this and a number of other similar stories about new treatments ...
Datum: 16.07.2009 16:47 •
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Cath Burchill is the only blind woman to have circumnavigated the globe. So how did she, her partner and her motorbike, Bertha, cope with the travelling life?
For visually-impaired cooks, Ian Macrae tries to avoid shredded fingers as he tests peelers, zesters and graters.
Plus your comments on...
Datum: 09.07.2009 08:20 •
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It is a statutory requirement that deafblind people receive support to communicate and socialise; so why are so many local authorities failing to identify their needs? Lucy Drescher from the deafblind charity Sense and Ann Bristow from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services discuss.
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Datum: 02.07.2009 08:18 •
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When you first lose your sight, it is often the small things that can cause the greatest problems: how to read your letters; how to check what you're wearing? What about your finances? Richard Lane, who is blind, and Rowena Forbes, whose eyesight is deteriorating, give tips on how best to cope.
R...
Datum: 24.06.2009 13:49 •
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On this week's show: the camera which connects to electrodes on the tongue that can help blind people get around; but is the technology all it's cracked up to be? News on a new set of awards from the Macular Disease Society. And are you fed-up with your job? Why not take up boat building?
Datum: 19.06.2009 13:24 •
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Mani Djazmi sits in for Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
Why underground is better than overground when it comes to trains.
Why, despite the recession, 20,000 people with severe sight loss could be better off.
Could a community radio station unearth...
Datum: 10.06.2009 14:14 •
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Is public transport getting better for blind and visually impaired people? Peter Barker, Professor of the Inclusive Environment at Reading University, talks to Peter White. Australian visitor Lee Kumutat give us her impression of the London Underground.
Mani Djazmi reveals good news on the availa...
Datum: 05.06.2009 13:24 •
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Peter White hears from Richard de Costobadie about how he is getting since his long-delayed decision to carry a white. And he examines fears about the effects on blind and visually impaired children of the abolition of the Learning and Skills Council. If local authorities play a bigger part in fundi...
Datum: 29.05.2009 07:56 •
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Peter White visits the Royal National College for the Blind at Hereford.
The College provides further and vocational education for visually-impaired students. While boasting a new multi-million pound sports and health centre which will host part of the 2012 Paralympic Games, it is suffering a sho...
Datum: 20.05.2009 15:54 •
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Blind and partially-sighted guests remember when they first started losing their vision and share their practical tips with Peter. Richard Lane lost his sight 17 years ago and is curently working at the Lancet; he also recently decided to live alone. Diane Roworth is partially-sighted and heads the ...
Datum: 14.05.2009 16:46 •
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Peter White discusses audio versions of three history books with journalist Lee Kumutat and Vidar Hjardeng, head of diversity at ITV.
Datum: 06.05.2009 15:51 •
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Actress Kitty McGeever tells Peter White what it is like to join the cast of Emmerdale, playing the part of an ex-convict who uses her disability to abuse people's trust.
Plus, if you have one of the rare forms of macular disease then the drug Lucentis will not be licensed for its treatment. Why ...
Datum: 29.04.2009 13:20 •
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More money for research into stem-cell therapy for Age Related Macular Degeneration. Who will it really help? Also on the programme Lord?s new service for visually impaired cricket fans.
Datum: 22.04.2009 10:36 •
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Peter White wants to know what motivates visually-impaired people to take part in extreme sports and activities. He talks to elephant rider Caroline Casey, marathon runner Mark Pollock and life coach Kirsten Hearn.
Datum: 15.04.2009 14:45 •
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Richard de Costobadie is visually impaired. Having tried to hide his deteriorating eyesight for many years he has now decided to carry a white cane. Richard Pryor, who heads the sensory loss team for Cornwall social services, and Dr Rowena Forbes, a university administrator, offer their advice and e...
Datum: 08.04.2009 08:44 •
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In Touch debates definitions; for instance when is a book not a book? We reflect on the row in the United States about whether electronic book readers, which can convert text to speech contravene their copyright laws. We also find out why so many charities serving visually impaired people are chan...
Datum: 01.04.2009 08:30 •
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So just who will be entitled to the higher rate mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance following the government?s announcement last week ? we find out more. We visit the lamp posts that talk in Newcastle, and hear more on whether it is better to be blind or partially sighted.
Datum: 25.03.2009 09:54 •
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News of a benefits increase which could be worth £30 a week to around 20,000 blind people. And how safe will roads be for blind people if the Mayor of London carries out his plan to speed up crossing times to help free up the capital's traffic.
Datum: 18.03.2009 12:25 •
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Steve Winyard from the RNIB updates us on the DLA situation. Mani Djazmi looks at how accessible video games are and Andrew Lamont, trustee of "BlindArt" gives a personal view on being partially sighted.
Datum: 11.03.2009 16:48 •
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Peter White talks to cyclist Anthony Kappes, Paralympic Gold Medalist, and Lee Kumatat describes her experiences as an Australian abroad. Mani Djazmi discovers the Wii.
Datum: 04.03.2009 17:09 •
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We visit one of the growing band of book clubs tailored for blind and partially sighted readers and meet one of Britain?s eight 'reading heroes'. And we ask how are the charities that provide services to the blind set to whether the economic downturn?
Datum: 25.02.2009 15:27 •
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A major cause of blindness is going untreated because Primary Care Trusts are failing to reach screening targets. And we have the latest on holidays tailored to blind people where sighted holiday makers provide the pictures, and a round oup of technology news.
Datum: 18.02.2009 14:36 •
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In Touch meets the visually impaired Scottish teenager who says he needs to come to England to learn how to live independently. His local authority, though, are unwilling to meet the fees of a specialist college in Yorkshire
Datum: 11.02.2009 14:44 •
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Risk in the form of both polar adventure and silent cars. And we have more on how interpretation of data protection laws can impede visually impaired people?s access to information.
Datum: 04.02.2009 09:01 •
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We ask are energy saving light bulbs suitable for those the partially sighted? We test the latest measuring jugs and examine more developments which could arise from stem cell surgery, this time for Glaucoma.
Datum: 28.01.2009 10:00 •
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More headlines this about a possible revolutionary cure for blindness. We explores the latest claims for stem cell surgery. We have more on shared spaces and attempts to get more visually impaired people to serve on cultural boards.
Datum: 21.01.2009 11:23 •
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When access puts the protection of blind people's private data at risk, and as part of the 200th anniversary of Braille, the programme looks at Braille Music.
Datum: 14.01.2009 17:09 •
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Peter goes on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of Louis Braille. . .
Datum: 07.01.2009 11:38 •
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Peter continues his conversation with the entertainer Denis Norden.
He has been gracing the world of light entertainment for well over 60 years but maacular degeneration has forced him to cut back a little on his work commitments, though you suspect that nothing will persuade him to cut back on...
Datum: 06.01.2009 10:38 •
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Peter talks to the entertainer Denis Norden about his life in show business and his deteriorating sight.
Datum: 23.12.2008 21:00 •
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We examines the implications of touch-screens which are sometimes making equipment inaccessible to visually impaired people. And there?s more of your Christmas wants.
Datum: 18.12.2008 09:41 •
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The programme looks at new national guidelines which show companies and organisations how to make sure that their websites can be read and navigated by visually-impaired people.
Datum: 10.12.2008 14:07 •
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Celebrating the life of Sir John Wall - first blind British Judge of modern times - who died at the weekend. And what visually impaired people do and do not want for Christmas.
Datum: 03.12.2008 16:25 •
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In Touch clarifies the guidelines on air travel with guide dogs after a New Zealand man almost had his dog quarantined during a transit stop at Heathrow. Mani Djazmi also visits an audio-described air show in Duxford and hears of the dispute between blind and sighted masseurs in South Korea.
Datum: 26.11.2008 15:20 •
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We discuss the film Blindness which the National Federation of the Blind claims, ?will do substantial harm to the blind of America and the world.? But are they right? And we hear several experiences of Charles Bonnet Syndrome which can cause visual hallucinations for one in three people with Macular...
Datum: 18.11.2008 10:55 •
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We look at the growing trend in town planning for 'shared surfaces', where pedestrians, cyclists and cars share the same space.
Datum: 13.11.2008 18:58 •
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On the day when the principal of The Royal National College for the Blind resigns we report on the latest news from the college.
Datum: 04.11.2008 17:14 •
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Two of the major charities which represent visually-impaired people join forces plus extracts from Hassan Khan's West Indian audio diary.
Datum: 29.10.2008 10:39 •
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Peter White talks to David Blunkett about last week's lobby of parliament in aid of increased benefits to blind people and Stephen Hallett and Ian Macrae discuss the lengths they go to in order to access books.
Datum: 21.10.2008 20:00 •
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We visit the first mosque to admit a guide dog and ask whether all Muslim communities are ready to embrace the idea of the guide dog?
Datum: 09.10.2008 08:34 •
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We hear from one listener puzzled by dealings with their bank, Mani Djazmi visits the project where blind and sighted people are encouraged to tell stories through sound alone, and another listener speaks of why, due to deteriorating sight, he left his teaching job and turned to puzzle setting to oc...
Datum: 02.10.2008 11:43 •
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The town planning concept which encourages pedestrians and drivers to share the same space. And we look at the latest video magnifiers.
Datum: 29.09.2008 14:55 •
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Mani Djazmi presents and Peter White is in Beijing with Tim Reddish, Performance Director for Paralympics GB. They discuss what needs to be done to boost GB's VI representation at London 2012.
Datum: 17.09.2008 13:52 •
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Mani Djazmi presents.
Datum: 10.09.2008 15:18 •
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Why have studies of visually-impaired people down the ages lumped blind people together as an amorphous mass and then wondered why their findings bore so little relation to reality?
Datum: 27.08.2008 08:57 •
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The Government appears to have rejected the RNIB's argument that visually-impaired people should receive higher rate DLA. Peter will be talking to the Minister for Disabled People, and we hear from a blind Kenyan DJ.
Datum: 20.08.2008 09:06 •
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It?s the iPlayer part two, as we continue to unpick its secrets for visually-impaired users. We'll also be found out whether the eBook reader is accessible to blind and partially-sighted people.
Datum: 13.08.2008 08:57 •
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Water-skiing, one woman?s plan to circle the globe on a motorbike and why one listener finds the i-Player less accessible than its predecessor.
Datum: 06.08.2008 13:27 •
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A listener thinks that new European rules ignore the obvious way to help blind passengers in airports and we meet the visually impaired cricketers now playing their counterparts in the West Indies.
Datum: 30.07.2008 15:01 •
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We look at the latest hi-tech gadgets for blind and partially sighted people and the implications of an out of court settlement to people with Wet Age-related macular disease. And then we go gardening.
Datum: 24.07.2008 12:58 •
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We take a tour for visually-impaired people at the Royal Albert Hall, and hear listeners reactions to the changes at The Royal National College For The Blind.
Datum: 17.07.2008 12:18 •
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In Touch reports on the latest round in the battle to try to force Health Trusts to pay for sight-saving drugs in the treatment of wet AMD.
Datum: 03.07.2008 10:13 •
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In Deafblindness week Mani Djazmi investigates whether deafblind children are being well served by their local authorities. And then he goes gongoozling...
Datum: 25.06.2008 17:31 •
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Mani Djazmi presents with more sailing adventures from Indira Sengupta, beauty tips for aspiring business women and the launch of BT?s audio CD phone-bill.
Datum: 18.06.2008 08:51 •
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We talk to one of the world's leading Opthalmologists about drugs, medical trials and just how far we?ve progressed when it comes to preventing blindness. We also ask how blind brother is likely to get on in Big Brother,
and why the Americans are arguing about whether all their bank notes should be...
Datum: 11.06.2008 09:34 •
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This week the programme looks at the way visually-impaired people can access the latest card-readers for online banking and features Tanvir Bush's second report from Zambia.
Datum: 04.06.2008 16:52 •
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Peter is in Beijing with the group of young people who've set up a programme modelled on In Touch. We find out where we differ, and what we have in common.
Datum: 29.05.2008 08:42 •
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Just what services does the Passport Office offer those who are visually impaired?
Datum: 21.05.2008 13:23 •
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We report on the sailing club that is trying to attract visually-impaired sailors in the hope of glory in 2012. And new technology could put the American Library of Congress' books into a digital form, but they haven't got the budget to bring it about. We compare the positions in Washington and Lon...
Datum: 14.05.2008 09:50 •
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Sue Arnold and Vidar Hjardeng join Peter to discuss their favourite current chillers in our crime audio-book review.
Datum: 07.05.2008 13:30 •
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A magic bullet or yet more false hype ? we try to sort out fact from fiction when it comes to gene therapy as a possible cure for certain types of blindness. And we examine the UK Vision 20-20 strategy; what does it mean to the lives of the visually impaired?
Datum: 30.04.2008 11:58 •
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Peter White visits the Motherwell School, where a group of partially-sighted children are honing their echolocation skills and he talks to Daniel Kish, one of the pioneers of this technique.
Datum: 23.04.2008 09:22 •
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News of a piece of equipment that could bring all your audio needs under one roof. And we hear from Zambia, where such technological riches are a pipe dream.
Datum: 17.04.2008 13:57 •
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When is a disability not a disability? Why is the accessibility of council websites getting worse not better? And Mani Djazmi visits Birmingham's science museum.
Datum: 10.04.2008 14:08 •
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Remploy may be closing many of its factories, but Peter White has visited a similar operation in Seattle with an annual turnover of $37 million. There he visited the Lighthouse Project for the Blind, while back in, the UK, and in the studio, he was joined by Robert Mooney, branch secretary of the Na...
Datum: 26.03.2008 11:15 •
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Could we be closer to having the first blind American President? And audio description comes to league football.
Datum: 19.03.2008 15:52 •
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A blind couple who want to marry, but the bureaucrats are getting in the way. And a play where blind members of the audience are assigned their own audio describer and become part of the action.
Datum: 12.03.2008 09:59 •
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Audio description is one of the country's best kept secrets and we?re doing our best to spread the news. Andy Dalby-Welsh is spreading the word about cricket, which he reckons helped him come to terms with losing his sight.
Datum: 05.03.2008 12:35 •
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Visually impaired young people who may be missing out on sport at school are getting the chance to learn everything from judo to scuba diving at Actionnaires clubs.
Datum: 27.02.2008 12:13 •
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Visually impaired people who face discrimination often wonder whether bringing it to court is worth all the hassle - we hear of two cases where people have bitten the bullet, and won. We also have a review of the radio station aimed at blind and visually impaired people, and Peter talks to Tanvir Bu...
Datum: 20.02.2008 09:40 •
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Peter is joined by Ian Macrae and Kirsten Hearn who try to answer the question of what makes someone pick on a blind or visually impaired person, and what can be done to discourage it?
Datum: 13.02.2008 09:45 •
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?The Blind? may not do much for the image of blind people, but it is the first theatre production with an all-blind cast not put on by a specialist company. We catch up on their rehearsals and review the first night.
Datum: 06.02.2008 09:43 •
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Is blindness no longer regarded as a serious enough disability to justify receiving help with your care needs?
Datum: 30.01.2008 10:09 •
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Charles Chapman will get the drug which could save his sight, not because he fulfils the health criteria but because he's a carer for his wife. On what basis are decisions being taken in today's health service?
Mani Djazmi also joins us for the latest news of particular interest to In Touch listene...
Datum: 23.01.2008 10:23 •
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As a new survey finds 20,000 blind and partially sighted people are attacked every day Peter asks is it a reason to be scared, or a charity trying to raise its profile? We also hear from the London Project to Cure Blindness and its attempts to find a new treatment for age related macular degeneratio...
Datum: 17.01.2008 09:04 •
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The first disabled editor of Disability Now, and an old friend of the programme, Ian Macrae tells Peter about his new role and talks of the challenges of doing such a visually demanding job. Also, back by popular demand, we hear more from Craig Lundeberg the young soldier blinded in Iraq.
Datum: 09.01.2008 17:54 •
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Sue Arnold and Vidar Hjardeng choose their favourite audiobooks from the past year and discuss the way technology is creating new opportunities for blind people to access an ever increasing number of books.
Datum: 01.01.2008 21:30 •
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This time last year Craig Lundberg was a high-flying young soldier. With a promising army career ahead of him he thought he knew what he was going to do with his life but last March he was blinded in a fire fight on an Iraqi rooftop. It almost cost him his life. That life is now likely to be very di...
Datum: 25.12.2007 21:30 •
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A dose of festive cheer as we share the delight of visually impaired Liam Cattermole, who is to go to the school of his choice after all, take a back-stage tour of a production of Mary Poppins and discuss the implications of NICE?s latest draft guidelines on the use of Lucentis as a treatment for ag...
Datum: 19.12.2007 09:44 •
Größe: 8.1 MB
Video magnifiers, we explore the latest technology, and talk to Britain?s first full-time salaried blind judge. He believes there are times when blindness can be a positive advantage in the courtroom - particularly when people make the mistake of under-estimating him.
Datum: 12.12.2007 10:25 •
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How to get home tuition, what you might need to get started if you live in a rural area, and more information and argument about the right system to use. More 'computers for beginners?!
Datum: 28.11.2007 08:48 •
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Music from "the new Stevie Wonder" - Raul Midon. And the blind businessmen up for an entrepreneur of the year award: one is making waves in the world of travel, the other runs a scaffolding company.
Datum: 20.11.2007 21:30 •
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Computer experts to answer your questions on what to buy, where to get impartial advice and how much it?s likely to cost.
Datum: 14.11.2007 14:04 •
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Concerns over missed targets for digital retinal screening, virtual worlds for the visually impaired and free courses for computing beginners.
Datum: 07.11.2007 16:16 •
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