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In Touch
By BBC Radio 4Society & Culture
In Touch episodes
- Chief Executives Cathy Yelf, Macular Society and Neil Heslop, Leonard Cheshire Disability
Peter White is joined by Cathy Yelf, CEO of the Macular Society, who talks about their new report calling for more collaboration in the funding of medical research to find a cure for Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Neil Heslop, newly appointed CEO of Leonard Cheshire Disability talks about his new role and the way in which he plans to lead the organisation.19 min - Monica Vasconcelos, OrCam reading device
Peter White is joined by Brazilian singer and journalist Monica Vasconcelos, who is the subject of a World Service documentary, in which she talks of her sight loss.
Tom Walker meets Tony North who has been using a new reading device called OrCam. The user wears it like a pair of spectacles and points to text or information for the device to read out. Assistive technology consultant Graham Page talks about other platforms which are available to help blind and partially-sighted people access the written or printed word.19 min - Guide dog owner refused hotel room - GDBA CEO Richard Leaman responds
Guide dog owner Kim Milward was illegally refused a hotel booking with her guide dog. She tells Tom Walker about her experience.
CEO of Guide Dogs for the Blind Association - Richard Leaman gives his reaction. Plus, he doesn't rule out a possible future merger between GDBA and RNIB.Writer Red Szell pens his latest column and muses about being something of a reluctant guide dog owner.20 min - Nicki Cockburn, Pips and Talking Loos
Peter is joined by quizzer Nicki Cockburn who recently took part in the BBC TV programme 'Make Me An Egghead' and reached the semi-finals.
She talks to Peter about how she first became interested in entering competitions and the tricks she enlists to remember things.Jackie is a listener who has asked the DWP for an electronic version of the Personal Independence Payments claim form.So far they have only been able to offer her an audio CD of the questions and told her that blind people usually get someone sighed to help them fill in the form.Tony Shearman meets the couple behind the Room Mate, their latest invention to make public toilets accessible, by way of using a bespoke audio description.20 min - Action hotels update, TV licence concession, Comedian Chris McCausland
David Haynes of Action's Customer Council tells Peter how alarmed he was that the council was not consulted about the planned closure of the Action hotels.
Jason Hill explains the concessionary TV licence rate for blind people.Tony Shearman talks to blind comedian Chris McCausland about his new solo show in London's Soho Theatre.20 min - Peter White talks to Lesley-Anne Alexander, retiring CEO of RNIB
Peter White talks to retiring CEO of RNIB, Lesley-Anne Alexander. Lesley-Anne reflects on her legacy as RNIB leader and the future of the charity sector for blind and partially-sighted people. Peter asks about her views on streamlining resources within the sector and her policies on employment for blind and partially-sighted people within the organisation. She also explains how the charity's funds are divided between campaigning and service-provision.
20 min - Paralympic Games; photo exhibition preview
Peter White is in Rio with a preview of the 15th Paralympic Games. He talks to Tim Reddish about his role as Chair of the British Paralympic Association.
He also talks to members of the GB visually-impaired Judo Squad about their hopes for medals.Richard Lane presents a column on the perils of mobile phones and Tony Shearman meets photographer Sue MacPherson and talks to her about her latest exhibition in which she uses blind people as her subjects.19 min - New polymer £5, Special hotels closure threat
Action's three specialist hotels are under threat of closure, as Action announces that they are no longer able to run them. Action's Director of Operations Teri Stephenson talks about some of the reasons behind this decision.
Tom Walker, Susannah Hancock & Geoff Long take a look at the new polymer five pound note, under the supervision of the Bank of England's Chief Cashier Victoria ClelandProducer: Cheryl Gabriel.
20 min - Peter White with news, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.
For partially-sighted travellers, using the new e-passport can present unexpected difficulties when trying to use the automated gates at airport customs. Stephen Hallett, Richard de Costobadie and Sarah Newman give their experience and suggest solutions.
Tony Shearman meets Janice Wheeler who has taken up boxing. Janice spars with a sighted friend and takes to the ring to demonstrate her skills.
Writer Stephen Kennedy talks about his latest play, 'Death and the Beatles Fan', which has been aired on RTE.
19 min - The watch using haptic technology to help you tell the time. Plus Paralympic swimmer Hannah Russell
The new generation of watch. Ian Macrae demonstrates a watch which uses Haptic technology and enables you to tell the time by a series of vibrations.
Tom Walker goes to Salford to meet Paralympic swimmer Hannah Russell as she makes her final preparations for Rio. She'll be competing in the Fifty and One Hundred metres Freestyle, and the One Hundred metres backstroke. She made her Paralympic debut aged sixteen at London 2012, walking away with three medals. What can she achieve this time round ?
And more on the challenges of recording your assessment interviews when applying for things like Personal Independence Payments PIPS).
Presented by Peter White
Producer Cheryl Gabriel.Editor Beverley Purcell.Guest; Hannah Russell
Guest; Ian McCrae.20 min
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