RNIB and DK launch range of braille books for children
DK is proud to announce the publication of the DK Braille series, a newly developed range of custom-designed braille books for blind and partially sighted children and…
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Birmingham conference centre celebrates 10 years of supporting blind people into work
Action for Blind People’s Concept Conference Centre is celebrating its 10th birthday and highlighting the inspiring stories of its blind and partially sighted trainees. The centre…
RNIB launches the UK’s largest community of blind and partially sighted people
A brand new community has been launched this week by RNIB, to bring together people with sight loss from across the UK. RNIB (Royal National…
Blind and dyslexic students to access books in accessible formats
Elsevier signs up to provide titles to Load2Learn accessible formats service for students Students with sight loss or dyslexia can now access a wider range…
RNIB calls for legislation as report reveals low level of audio description for on-demand TV
Leading sight loss charity RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) is calling for Government legislation to help tackle the issue of a lack of…
Charity celebrates 80 years of Talking Books by making service entirely free for people with sight loss
RNIB’s Talking Books service originally launched in 1935 to help soldiers blinded in the war. Talking Books, a service which provides 4,000 audio books every…
Young blind and partially sighted campaigners meet with MPs during Parliament visit
A group of young campaigners with sight loss travelled to the Houses of Parliament on 14th October to experience Westminster life and met with the…
Hackathon for blind charity produces dating app that puts personalities before looks
A new dating app that focuses on personalities, not selfies was one of the outcomes of a recent hackathon to tackle common challenges faced by…
RNIB launches fully accessible ‘ready to go’ computer range
Blind and partially sighted people can now buy from a range of new accessible computers, products which come ready loaded with either JAWS or MAGic…
Blind youngsters given the opportunity to learn to drive
Lessons take place at Bristol Cribbs Causeway A group of youngsters who are blind or partially sighted were given the opportunity to experience driving for…
Protect benefits for disabled children, urge charities
Blind Children UK (www.blindchildrenuk.org), the National Deaf Children’s Society (www.ndcs.org.uk), RNIB (www.rnib.org.uk) and national deafblind charity Sense (www.sense.org.uk) are today calling on the Government to protect the benefits that support…
British Blind Sport launch activity pack for visually impaired children
British Blind Sport is proud to announce the launch of a new pilot study, First Steps: activity pack for visually impaired children. 53 children with sight…
‘Care Home Idols’ trophy presented to teenage singer
A teenage singer with a visual impairment accepted the ‘Care Home Idols 2014’ trophy on behalf of Forward Vision, to celebrate their success in a…
App brings VOD to blind and partially sighted people
Sight loss charity RNIB trials pioneering audio description app Blind and partially sighted people in the UK are set to benefit from a new app…
New beginnings for Royal Blind School café
The Royal Blind School has opened a café run by the pupils at the recently re-developed campus in Morningside, Edinburgh. The pupil run café has…