In Touch Episodes Episode guide
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Safe travel - Trialling at Tandem
What is safe travel, and who should decide? Plus a borrow-a-tandem scheme.
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Registration statistics; Making a plan; Feedback on audio description
Macular Society's Tony Rucinski and Dr Catey Bunce interpret HSCIC registration figures.
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Audio description; Arts access in Australia; Reunited after 50 years
Audio descripton is explained, and In Touch facilitates a reunion after 50 years.
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26/08/2014
Peter White talks to cookery author Elaine Bastable about coping with sight loss.
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Blind world land-speed record; Giving up driving
As a blind man breaks the 200mph record, Peter asks how hard is it to give up driving?
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Weight Control
Peter White is joined by Denise Leigh and Cindy Godfrey-Mckay to tackle weight control.
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Changes to blind people's lives since the first World War; Blind veterans
Dr Fred Reid and Robert Baker refect on changes to blind people's lives since Aug 4th 1914
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Conducting a Choir when Blind
Three blind musicians debut as conductors; and a blind businessman in the building trade.
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Living through the bombing
Two blind women talk to Peter White about their experiences of living in Israel and Gaza.
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15/07/2014
Ofcom calls for views on speaking electronic programme guides.
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SmartGlasses, Eating Out
Eating out in public and roadtesting augmented-reality SmartGlasses.
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Benefit Rights Advisor, Tennis, Confirmation bias
Inaccessible form forces blind benefits advisor to have support worker and blind tennis.
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Banking and Blogging
Clydesdale Bank apologises to a listener and Lee Kumutat meets 91-year-old Jessie Bowler.
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Campaigning against hate crime; The Amber Trust
Siobhan Meade fights back against hate crime and The Amber Trust blows its own trumpet
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Macular Society smoking campaign; Follow-ups
Tony Rucinski on the Macular Society's Smoking Campaign, and Lee Kumutat updates stories.
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Blind children; your feedback; Red Szell column
Blind Children UK explains how it plans to improve mobility for blind children.
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Listeners' questions; VI rehab worker; blind child's play
Experts answer listeners' questions, encouraging your visually impaired child to play.
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Charles Bonnet Syndrome - The Ukulele Lite Orchestra
New research findings on Charles Bonnet Syndrome and the Ukulele Lite Orchestra.
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Changes to Disability Students' Allowance; practicalities of 'killing time'
Universities minister David Willetts on proposed cuts to Disabled Students' Allowance.
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Speaking Across the Generations, part 2
Four people 60 years apart share their experience of visual impairment.
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Blind magistrates; reading printed documents; listener feedback.
Experiences of blind magistrates, and reading printed documents with a smartphone.
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Speaking Across the Generations, part 1
A panel of four people 60 years apart in age share their experiences of visual impairment.
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RNIB and National Talking Newspapers; Blind golfer; Sue Townsend
RNIB answers criticisms about its takeover of the National Talking Newspapers service.
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At the Races; New charity chief execs
Peter White goes to the races, and meets two incoming charity chief executives.
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Accessible websites; VIP Advisor
Will further regulation make the internet more user-friendly for visually impaired people?
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How Self-directed support works, Feeling conspicuous in meetings
Self-directed support - and a listener's thoughts on feeling conspicuous in meetings.
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Winter Paralympian Jade Etherington; TFL's new scheme
Medal-winning Winter Paralympian Jade Etherington, and TFL's new 'Turn Up and Go' scheme.
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Drug companies fined for promoting more expensive drug
Two drug companies fined in Italy for promoting a more expensive drug over a cheaper one.
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Acoustic target shooting; Free access software for Microsoft Windows
Peter White hears about a new plan to improve access to Microsoft Windows for blind people
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RNIB on accessible information from DWP; Is radio becoming too visual?
The RNIB on accessible information from DWP, and is radio becoming too visual?