In Touch Episodes Episode guide
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Where's my pizza?
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
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
Accessible smart meters; improvements to textured paving.
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A Corporate Call to Arms
The campaign encouraging business leaders to act to include disability at board level.
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What do emojis mean to blind people?
Do emojis need to be more accessible? And audio-description built-in.
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A blind Shakespearean debut
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
The new law making electric cars safer. Getting the mental health support you need.
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Scottish Braille Press Stops Press
Scottish Braille Press discontinues five longstanding publications.
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Saving lives and smoothing creases
The complicated business of gaining a first aid cert and blind-friendly ironing tips.
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Blind prisoners compensated for discrimination
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?
How one visually impaired single mum keeps her home tidy.
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Where have all the board games gone?
Why are there so few board games visually impaired people can play?
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Exercising your right to vote… and to exercise
How visually impaired Europeans cast their vote.
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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.
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Tactile voting provision deemed 'unlawful'
A landmark High Court judgment says tactile voting devices are 'unlawful'.
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A new method of training guide dogs
Training of Guide Dogs and memories of playing the Notre Dame organ.
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Three stories on accepting blindness
Experiences of coming to terms with blindness.
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Who Can Read Your Mail?
Does the data protection act stop volunteers from reading blind people's personal letters?
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Can blind people become architects?
A summer school teaching architecture to blind people.
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Archery and Mountaineering
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
Delays to Access to Work and guide dogs guide a visually impaired runner in half marathon.
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Trial of Driverless Vehicles
Charity Blind Veterans UK runs autonomous vehicle trials.
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Campus Cuts at Blind College
Specialist college sells half its site. VI chef teaches VI novices to cook.
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Blind Man at the Forefront of Science
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
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
A gene therapy breakthrough targets age-related macular degeneration.
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Attack on guide dog
Complaint from a guide dog owner about lack of support after her dog was attacked.
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Proposed changes to charity's housing scheme
Blind tenants are concerned about proposed changes to a charitable housing scheme.
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RNIB Closure in Bristol
The closure of an RNIB centre in Bristol, and a play inspired by life at a blind school.
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Medals for guide marathon runners
Should sighted guide runners receive medals upon completing the London Marathon?