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Books for the New Year

Three audiobook recommendations to kick off your New Year鈥檚 reading.

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Should fines be issued for inaccessible websites?

Should fines be issued for inaccessible websites? The Bird Box Challenge.

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Is Helen Keller a 20th century icon?

Will Deafblind activist Helen Keller be voted in as a 20th century icon?

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Medals for guide marathon runners

Should sighted guide runners receive medals upon completing the London Marathon?

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RNIB Closure in Bristol

The closure of an RNIB centre in Bristol, and a play inspired by life at a blind school.

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Proposed changes to charity's housing scheme

Blind tenants are concerned about proposed changes to a charitable housing scheme.

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Attack on guide dog

Complaint from a guide dog owner about lack of support after her dog was attacked.

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Gene therapy aims to halt AMD

A gene therapy breakthrough targets age-related macular degeneration.

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A new way of booking assistance on trains

A look at a new way of booking assistance on trains for visually impaired passengers.

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Blind Man at the Forefront of Science

How Dr Damion Corrigan got to the top of his field of science.

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Campus Cuts at Blind College

Specialist college sells half its site. VI chef teaches VI novices to cook.

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Trial of Driverless Vehicles

Charity Blind Veterans UK runs autonomous vehicle trials.

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Delays to Access to Work; Guide dogs guide a visually impaired runner in half marathon

Delays to Access to Work and guide dogs guide a visually impaired runner in half marathon.

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Archery and Mountaineering

50th anniversary of a mountaineering feat. Plus how to do archery when you are blind.

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Can blind people become architects?

A summer school teaching architecture to blind people.

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Who Can Read Your Mail?

Does the data protection act stop volunteers from reading blind people's personal letters?

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Three stories on accepting blindness

Experiences of coming to terms with blindness.

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A new method of training guide dogs

Training of Guide Dogs and memories of playing the Notre Dame organ.

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Tactile voting provision deemed 'unlawful'

A landmark High Court judgment says tactile voting devices are 'unlawful'.

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Why Do Sighted People Want To Tell Blind People鈥檚 Stories?

A book on regaining sight and stories of blind women from around the world.

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Exercising your right to vote鈥� and to exercise

How visually impaired Europeans cast their vote.

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Where have all the board games gone?

Why are there so few board games visually impaired people can play?

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Do visually impaired people have to be tidy?

How one visually impaired single mum keeps her home tidy.

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Blind prisoners compensated for discrimination

Blind prisoners compensated for not being given access to prison life in the US.

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Saving lives and smoothing creases

The complicated business of gaining a first aid cert and blind-friendly ironing tips.

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Scottish Braille Press Stops Press

Scottish Braille Press discontinues five longstanding publications.

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The new law giving sound to electric cars

The new law making electric cars safer. Getting the mental health support you need.

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A blind Shakespearean debut

A blind actor joins the RSC, and a visually impaired therapist has some advice.

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What do emojis mean to blind people?

Do emojis need to be more accessible? And audio-description built-in.

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A Corporate Call to Arms

The campaign encouraging business leaders to act to include disability at board level.

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