In Touch Episodes Episode guide
-
21/04/2020
Eye Appointments during Lockdown
-
Pressure on sight loss charities; Using video conferencing when you're visually impaired
Blind charities struggling during the coronavirus crisis. Video calling with sight loss.
-
Shopping during lockdown and Braille library closure
Should blind and VI people be included in the government's list of vulnerable people?
-
Coronavirus and Blind Isolation
As the reality of the coronavirus lockdown hits - how are blind and VI people coping?
-
Job Prospects
A special programme looks at careers for young blind and visually impaired people.
-
Coronavirus and Pavement Parking
What is the impact of coronavirus measures on blind and VI people?
-
Schizophrenia and blindness, Hester Poole, and Nicholas Saunderson
Why does congenital blindness appear to be a barrier to schizophrenia?
-
Blind stand-up comedy, accessible apps and a study about touch
Blind comedian David Eagle, a study about touch and accessible apps.
-
Accessible transport, macular disease and would you want your sight restored?
Blind playwright Mandy Redvers Rowe on her new ´óÏó´«Ã½ drama 'Second Sight'
-
Gene therapy on the NHS, The RNIB Reading Service, Blind architecture
A new gene therapy which can restore some sight becomes available on the NHS.
-
e-scooters, Nicola Naylor and a blind bride
What might the legalisation of new e-scooters on our roads mean for blind pedestrians?
-
Red Button Reprieve and Working Overseas When You're Blind
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ pauses the closure of the Red Button text service; VSO work for blind volunteers.
-
Sjogren's Syndrome and Blind Surfing
The blood donors who save sight. And one of the UK's top visually impaired surfers.
-
Talking Buses and A New Way To Read
The expansion of talking bus technology and the app which aims to help keep you reading.
-
Help On Your Doorstep?
Peter White looks at the role smaller charities play in helping blind people.
-
Funding Research Into Blindness; Blind Physios
Calls for more research funding into blindness. And the blind physio still working aged 90
-
A ‘melodious’ New Year
In which four blind musicians share their stories.
-
A very ‘music’ Christmas
Four visually impaired musicians share anecdotes and play some tunes
-
A Festive Farewell
Tips on present wrapping, festive fashion and a farewell.
-
Voting Advice, DJ Lucy Edwards and Doping
As Britain goes to the polls, what help can blind voters expect in the polling booth?
-
RNIB care home employee speaks out about sale
RNIB care home employee says staff weren’t warned it was set to be sold.
-
RNIB sells care homes and colleges
RNIB CEO on plans to sell its care homes and colleges
-
Love Stories
How you met your match, and children needed for sleep research.
-
The man who helps actors 'blind up'
Consultant on a new series helps actors look blind
-
Textbook tangles and accessible elections
Why are many digital textbooks still inaccessible to blind students?
-
Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination?
Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination? 100 years of blind physiotherapists.
-
What's on telly tonight?
Freeview TV's new way of finding your favourite shows.
-
Scotland bans parking on pavements
Scotland’s pavement parking ban, and the sound of our streets at night.
-
Finding a safe meal
Managing food allergies with no sight.
-
MP Marsha de Cordova’s fight for disability support
A visually impaired MP's fight for help at work and how tech could help talking newspapers