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Jason Tweedie-Long was invited over the barriers at Micklegate Bar in York to meet Their Majesties after they were told he was partially-sighted and would not be able to see them from the crowd.   The youngster was among spectators as King Charles and Camilla arrived in York as part of a two-day tour of […]

Cathy Murtha offers an inspiring vision of how harnessing computer technology and accessible Internet services, could give print impaired people access to newspapers, magazines and library resources generally. This article describes what is already being done to help make this dream a reality. The Talking Newspaper Association of the UK was founded in 1974 to […]

Bob, who is 91-years-old, enlisted into the British Army in 1949 and served for two years before being discharged and signing up for the Territorial Army with whom he served for another 16 years. His love of painting has been with him throughout his life. At the age of 49, Bob began to struggle with […]

What is registration Registration is official recognition that you have a visual impairment. Being registered as sight impaired is entirely voluntary, but opens the door to help that you may not otherwise receive.   A person is described as being visually impaired when they have an eye condition that cannot be corrected using glasses, or […]

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1-In 1821, Charles Barbier, a Captain in the French Artillery, created a tactile, dot-based military code that could be read in the dark. French soldiers used it to communicate at night without speaking or using candles. 15-year-old French schoolboy Louis Braille learned about the code, and eventually developed the more usable, streamlined version of the […]

to read the article copy the link below https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/23/dressing-for-feel-four-tactile-approaches-to-putting-on-clothes

an article by the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-61231062