In Touch listeners share their voting experiences, and one Australian citizen tells how she was able to vote independently in the recent federal election. The European Blind Union has researched the main accessible forms of voting throughout Europe, and the results are surprising.A gym in Uckfield, Sussex has listened to the needs of one visually impaired woman, made some small changes, and enabled her to exercise comfortably and confidently. We find out how they did it.Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Lee Kumutat
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Folge vom 21.05.2019Exercising your right to vote… and to exercise
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Folge vom 14.05.2019Why Do Sighted People Want To Tell Blind People’s Stories?A sighted author on writing a book about a woman regaining sight. A project to tell the stories of blind women around the world. And one listener’s view on accepting her blindness. Presenter: Peter White Producer: Lee KumutatPictured: A blind girl learning braille in a school in India. Courtesy of the 'A Light in Darkness' project.
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Folge vom 07.05.2019Tactile voting provision deemed 'unlawful'A landmark High Court judgment says tactile voting devices are 'unlawful'. And a new way of getting around Gatwick Airport.Presenter: Lee Kumutat Producer: Tom Walker
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Folge vom 01.05.2019A new method of training guide dogsTwo guide dog trainers from the Liverpool Guide Dogs Centre, Nina Swindells and Jan Johnston, tell presenter Lee Kumutat about Positive Reinforcement Training, which the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is in the process of introducing across its twenty training schools.Lee also speaks to David Grice, GDBA’s Head of Canine Behaviour and Training, about the rationale for the new methodology. Finally, we hear from visually impaired organist, David Aprahamian Liddle. In 2002, David got the opportunity to play the organ at Notre Dame Cathedral. David tells us about how he made a braille chart to remember the organ’s layout, the rehearsal and how he felt when he had finished his recital.Presenter: Lee Kumutat Producer: Tom WalkerPhoto description: Presenter Lee Kumutat stands in between Guide Dogs trainers Nina Swindells and Jan Johnston, and guide dogs Farley and Pepper. They are in front of the parcours outside the Guide Dogs training centre in Liverpool on a sunny day.