I’ve been pushing Govt to appoint new Minister for Disabled People - shocked to learn they're scrapping it. Disabled people need their *own* Minister to address challenges, discrimination & to champion their rights. Shocking downgrade of representation & at time of such hardship.

Does anyone have a link for Roger's blog? It sounds great! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

🚨 EPISODE 7 🚨 In this episode we chat with author and editor Andrew Leland Andrew Leland Andrew, who has RP, talks to us about his brilliant memoir THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND penguinpress 📻 Listen and subscribe open.spotify.com/episode/0vNFsG…

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Our latest episode – have you listened yet? 👂

Introducing Ways of Not Seeing podcast episode 7 A conversation with Andrew Leland open.substack.com/pub/davidbradf…

Our latest guest Andrew Leland had his book featured on BBC Radio 4 last week. Check it out! bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…

Great work, Emma Tracey bbc.co.uk/news/disabilit…

It is rather thrilling to be able to share the first The Sensational Museum podcast. Have a listen and let us know what you think. open.spotify.com/episode/6PYy8q…

Extant presents 'Unseen' A gripping new audio drama examining the subtle and insidious effect of domestic abuse on the blind and visually impaired (VI) community. Unseen is a response to the Unseen Report by Fight for Sight previously Vision Foundation Available from 4th March👇 extant.org.uk/unseen pic.x.com/O4v4SzjUot

Immerse yourself in #poetry, #stories & sound through a specially curated #audiotour of Deptford, inspired by its communities & aural landmarks. Created by local writers Joe Rizzo Naudi + James Wilkes as part of #DeptfordLitFest, 16 Mar. Info & free tkts: bit.ly/3OOtPmz

Great show – catch it before it ends!

I spoke with aisling murphy about vision loss on television, writing for CTV’s Sight Unseen, and getting the details right. Appreciate the Toronto Star for taking the time and Writers Guild of Canada for highlighting the article.

Happy #RareDiseaseDay! 😎 Having the rare visual impairment #Aniridia hasn't stopped me living a happy, fulfilled, successful life. In fact, I'm actually a support worker for a good friend who has even more severe sight loss than me. We make a great team! welleyenever.com/2024/02/16/the…

Moments like this are why it's vital to educate everyone, especially those with platforms like BBC Question Time, that sight is a spectrum. People with the same eye condition can have different experiences. For some, wearing eye shields might be due to sensitivity to light.

Hélène Cixous: “I owe some of the most fantastical hallucinatory experiences of my childhood to my extreme nearsightedness: vanishing streets, substitutions, metaphorization and metonymization of the world and of people.” (in an interview collected in Rootprints, tr. Prenowitz)

John Berger, 'Ways of Seeing', Episode 4, 1972

Following on from this, it seems a lot of people don’t know unfortunately (which I kinda expected!) Symbol canes are intended to let people know the person has low vision, but it isn’t used for navigation purposes like longer canes 😊 V useful infographic below from RNIB