In Touch Podcast
1) 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
2) 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
3) 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
4) 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
5) Natalie's Story: Being Transgender & Blind
Natalie is a blind transgender woman and she contacted In Touch wishing to highlight the intersectional impacts of the UK Supreme Court's ruling in April, that ruled that a woman is to be defined by b...Show More
6) It Could Be You; All Things Dotty
How do you deal with a life changing disability? Penny Melville-Brown was a naval officer when she started to lose her sight. Now, decades later, she has used her experience as well as that of other ...Show More
7) Access to Work: What Is Happening?
The aim of the government's Access to Work scheme is to provide support for disabled people to get into and stay within employment. It can provide support with things like specialist equipment, suppor...Show More
8) Visible Voices; Blind Beauty; Live Audio Description for the Euros
It can often feel as though blind and partially sighted people, and disabled people more generally, are excluded when it comes to fashion and beauty campaigns. But In Touch hears from women who are tr...Show More
9) NHS Ten-Year Plan; Maddie + Triggs
In Touch examines what the government's new 10-year plan for the NHS could mean for eye care, with Chief Executive of the Association of Optometrists Adam Sampson.Maddie + Triggs is the latest childre...Show More
10) RNIB on the Benefits Bill; Visually Impaired Tennis
In Touch hears from the RNIB about their plans to participate in the Government's consultation on the Benefits Bill. They describe their position on the bill as it stands and how they will involve the...Show More