In Touch Podcast
1) Sir Stephen Timms on Access to Work
Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms provides In Touch with updates on the Access to Work scheme. AtW is the government programme that provides disabled people with support in...Show More
2) Access to Work; Access to STEM
The rumours continue to circulate about cuts to the government's Access to Work scheme. The scheme provides additional support for disabled people to get into and maintain work - such as specialist eq...Show More
3) Scottish Venues; A Career in Computer Science
Sight Scotland are a charity that provide support for vision impaired and blind people in Scotland. They have recently launched a report about the state of arts access across Scotland and a subsequent...Show More
4) 23/09/2025
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
5) Bedtime Donations, Psychological Support
The Royal Society for Blind Children has launched a new campaign called Bedtime Donations, and its aim is to generate better provision of audiobooks for visually impaired children. The idea is that pe...Show More
6) Guided Holidays
In Touch visits the Lake District and tags along to Ellie Bennet's holiday. Ellie booked a sighted guide through a free guiding service called Cumbrain Visions. Cumbrian Visions provides visually impa...Show More
7) Online Safety Act; A TikTok Trend
Since this summer, age verification checks are required on certain websites under the Online Safety Act. The aim is to protect children and young people from content online that is deemed inappropriat...Show More
8) Casting Your Vote; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; JAWS Pricing
The ability for blind and visually impaired people to cast their vote privately and independently at elections is an issue we've followed closely on In Touch. We're joined by the head of guidance at ...Show More
9) New Pricing of JAWS the Screen Reader
JAWS is a screen reader that allows visually impaired people to access information on their computers. It works by reading aloud information such as emails, financial information, documents and more. ...Show More
10) Macular Society Update; Deafblind in Scotland
The charity Macular Society provides support to people living with the UK's most prominent cause of sight loss, macular disease. They also help to fund research into finding a cure. In Touch has been ...Show More