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ARTS
MAY 2008
Photo exhibition for the blind
(features embedded video with sound) (BBC News Europe, 29/5/08)
Poet Robert
Fergusson given a braille tribute (Scotsman.com, 27/5/08)
RTE stages access services trial
(Broadband TV News, 26/5/08)
Profits for publishers in making books accessible to all (CORDIS
ICT Results, EU 23/5/08)
Manchester
Theatre has limited free
tickets to "The 39 Steps" audio described and signed (Liverpool Echo,
23/5/08)
Hannah
Marshall's new "Code Black" collection incorporates Braille into every garment (MyFashionLife.com,
22/5/08)
A brush with art project
(Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 22/5/08)
Void Gallery
explores world of blind climber John
(Derry Today, 21/5/08)
The fantasy of Scotland's history (features
legendary blind poet Ossian) (Sunday Times, 18/5/08)
Theatre
Review: The Seafarer by Conor McPherson at the Abbey, Dublin (Guardian, 17/5/08)
Lee
Cooper to celebrate 100 years with launch of new range which includes braille
T-shirts (Fashion United, 17/5/08)
Jack's days of playing fiddle at the Inn
(Knaresborough Post, 16/5/08)
Apocalyptic drama "Blindness" has opened the competition at the Cannes Film Festival
(Yahoo News, 15/5/08)
Pianist Rachel Starritt
is going all the way to the top! (South Wales Echo, 13/5/08)
A
B T T Theatre Show - 11-12 June 2008, London - set for sound exhibits
(L & S I online, 13/5/08)
New display at Letchworth Arts Centre,
by V I Artist Fiona Zobole (Hunts Post, 8/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Soulful Music of our 'Black and White' Country
(features Geoffrey Yunupingu) (Epoch Times, Ireland 30/4/08)
Blind Boys of Alabama return for City
of Derry Jazz Festival date (Londonderry Sentinel, Ireland 30/4/08)
Volunteers' Stories Of Growing Up In City Make The Big Screen
(This is Exeter, 30/4/08)
Braille
Stamps (Stamps of Distinction blog, 30/4/08)
Blind musician (Derek
Paravacini) tops the bill at school's celebration (This is Devon, 28/4/08)
Blind Willie competes with Stalin for UK's oldest literary award
(Scotsman.com, 28/4/08)
Preston blind charity hosts concert
(This is Lancashire, 23/4/08)
DVD
review: Oliver Twist (2007) audio described (DVD Times, 23/4/08)
Blind musician to play up the positive
(Irish
Examiner, 22/4/08)
Blind
glass artist is a first (video report with sound) (ITV Meridan, 22/4/08)
Theatre workshops culminate in Torch production
(Tenby Today, 18/4/08)
Upcoming
Cinema: Blindness - Poster, Trailer (Draven99 musings blog, 18/4/08)
Film
Review: The Eye (15) (Hunts Post, 18/4/08)
Theatre review: I Saw Myself / Jerwood Vanburgh, London(The
Guardian, 18/4/08)
Gift ideas at Crafts Centre
include "Handmade at Henshaws" products (Ripon Gazette, 18/4/08)
Actress
celebrating 60 years on stage now works as an audio describer (Fife Today, 17/4/08)
Access London Theatre Guide
Summer 2008 out now (Official London Theatre Guide, 16/4/08)
Interactive Signs For Cornwall
Mine Visitors
(Western Morning News, 16/4/08)
Sightsavers Launches Young Painting And Photography
Competitions (24 Hour Museum, 14/4/08)
Effing and Blinding with Will and George! April 23rd at Dans le Noir
(EXTANT Theatre. 14/4/08)
Blind musician Andrew Coleman releases new single "Shaken" on iTunes
to help promote 3rd Degree music festival (AndrewColemanMusic.com, 14/4/08)
Blind jazz musician brings his passion to the seaside
(North Tyneside Guardian, 14/4/08)
Gallery curator’s nose for success
(Northeast Journal Live, 14/4/08)
"Eye For Um Eye!" Saturday 19th April,
Wolverhampton (EXTANT Theatre, 13/4/08)
Descriptive tour of "Beyond Measure"
exhibition (University of Cambridge, 10/4/08)
Blind Jack – the great road builder
(Knaresborough Post, 4/4/08)
Art Through Words at the National Gallery for visually impaired people
(CommunityCare.co.uk, 3/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Snap happy at picture project
(Redditch Advertiser, 31/3/08)
Lace
Market Audio Tours (This is Nottingham, 26/3/08)
Pirate themed activity workshop
(Sheffield Star, 25/3/08)
Helping blind to see shows,
at Sidmouth's Manor Pavilion (Devon24, 19/3/08)
'Tactile art' for blind on show (BBC
Wales, 18/3/08)
Extant Theatre's Effing and Blinding! Cabaret
(Pressbox.co.uk, 17/3/08)
BFI
Archive includes 1962 TV charity appeal on behalf of RNIB -
presented by Sean Connery (Cambridge News, 17/3/08)
EXCLUSIVE: New Blindsight Clip
(MovieWeb.com, 13/3/08)
Review:
London's 8th International Disability Film Festival (CommunityCare.co.uk, 12/3/08)
Audio described theatre - What’s On
(RNIB, 10/3/08)
Interview:
"Blindsight" director Lucy Walker (IndieWire.com, 7/3/08)
New exhibition on show at Henshaws
(Knaresborough Post, 7/3/08)
Kids artwork for Wolverhampton Centre for the Blind (Midlands
Housing, 7/3/08)
Picture of Helen Keller as a child revealed after 120 years
(The Independent, 7/3/08)
"Static" could
be simply electric: play incorporates sign language & audio description
as an integral part of the production (Highland News, 6/3/08)
Painting pictures for the blind
(BBC News, 5/3/08)
TV benefits blind people
(Charities Aid Foundation, 5/3/08)
British Book Lovers Can Have It Large on World Book Day (Press
Dispensary, 3/3/08)
Talking About Disability And Art At Birmingham Museum
& Art Gallery (24 Hour Museum, 3/3/08)
Blind Musician Jeff Healey Dies (GigWise.com, 3/3/08)
Blind
play the blind on London Stage (ABC News, 1/3/08)
JAN/FEB08
Sony Welcomes the Ofcom Audio Description Campaign for the Blind (CrowdedBrain.co.uk,
28/2/08)
Derek Paravicini, the Parker Bowles prodigy
(Sunday Times, 24/2/08)
Word spreads on Blind Jack
(Knaresborough Post, 22/2/08)
Q & A: Jack McNamara,
director of Maurice Maeterlinck's "The Blind", at the Arcola Theatre,
London til March 1st (MusicOMH.com, 20/2/08)
(Deafblind)
Contestant happy to take on 'razor' Anne in Weakest Link (Northampton Chronicle
& Echo, 20/2/08)
Theatre group for the blind awarded grant
(Waltham Forest Guardian, London 15/2/08)
Disability issues hit the big screen
(The Guardian, 13/2/08)
Ofcom starts campaign to promote TV service for the
visually-impaired (PublicTechnology.net, 4/2/08)
Guide Cats on Audio Book Radio
(BCAB, 4/2/08)
Chiswick House (English Heritage) offers
audio tour to visually impaired visitors (24Hour Museum, 31/1/08)
Blind photographer who 'sees with her ears' launches wildlife
exhibition (Daily
Mail, 30/1/08)
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
MAY 2008
Atlantic
Zeiser debuts solutions at drupa 2008: including BRAILLEJET printer (Packaging
& Converting, 31/5/08)
New Roberts portable stereo for the blind
(TechRadar.com, 30/5/08)
DAISY users discuss the benefits of the Save as DAISY XML add-in for Word
(Dolphin Computer Access, 30/5/08)
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update includes
major improvements to VoiceOver (Apple.com, 30/5/08)
New NVDA
Miscellaneous Dependencies Package released (NVDA blog, 29/5/08)
FREE update for v9 users of Supernova, Hal, Lunar and LunarPlus
(Dolphin Computer Access, 29/5/08)
Getting a PC to speak for me
(Guardian "Ask Jack" blog, 29/5/08)
OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Delivers Document Accessibility for Mac Users with Disabilities (Business
Wire, 29/5/08)
New visions for mobile
(features BSR blind phone) (Embedded Video report) (Reuters, 28/5/08)
A mobile phone for the blind:
press release (SourceWire.com, 28/5/08)
Nuance to Showcase Mobile Speech Platform 2.5
(TMC.net, 28/5/08)
Sentio Digital Tactile Watch: Blind Have Something To Cheer About!
(Gizmo Watch, 28/5/08)
Inside Panasonic's greener, smarter future home:
Features "talking handheld reader that could help visually impaired people work out what’s
in the fridge" (TechRadar.com, 28/5/08)
Sightmate:
Technology that helps the visually impaired (Medgadget.com, 27/5/08)
CapScribe
(Mac) open-source application enables adding audio
description to video files (ATmac.org, 27/5/08)
Changes
in System Access 2.5.0 (Serotek Blog, 26/5/08)
Hop-On
disposable mobile phone features braille (CellPhoneDigest, 25/5/08)
Microsoft Add-On Lets Anyone Create Talking
Documents (Almost) (Speech Technology Magazine, 23/5/08)
The magic touch (Eureka
Magazine, 23/5/08)
Haptica Braille watch concept for the visually impaired
(Tuvie.com, 23/5/08)
A
colourful future for new device: £10 colour detector (Glasgow
Daily Record, 23/5/08)
Enhancements in JAWS 9.0.2169
(includes fix for known AVG 8.0 issue) (Freedom Scientific, 22/5/08)
BT: Phone Bills On Audio CD For Visually Impaired
(MWorld.com, 22/5/08)
Strokable robot rabbit talks with touch
(New Scientist, 22/5/08)
Accessible
version of Blizzard 2008 challenge test for screen reader users, at Edinburgh University (added 21/5/08)
Showcase of latest technology for visually impaired
(Isle of Man Today, 20/5/08)
Presentation on
buying, downloading, & transferring music to MP3 players
now available for download (NBP, 20/5/08)
Assistiveware Newsletter Focuses on Access for Those with Vision Impairments
(LionCourt.com blog, 20/5/08)
Who's on the Line: Access to Phone Systems at Work and at Home
(AFB Accessworld, May 2008 edition)
The Blizzard Challenge 2008:
Volunteer TTS Voice testers needed (Bit-tech.net, 16/5/08)
Got questions about Save as DAISY? Read our FAQs
(Dolphin Computer Access, 16/5/08)
University
of Reading develops new ultrasound hat (features video clip) (BBC The One Show,
16/5/08)
NHK
develops tactile display capable of braille (Electronista.com, 16/5/08)
Our big idea: screenreader
dot net (Times Online, 15/5/08)
A Protomold Production:
TVonics freeview box "rapid protoyped" (TCT Magazine, 15/5/08)
Ireland's First Ever Assistive
Technology Library Launched: 20,000 A T Users To Benefit (IrishDev.com, 15/5/08)
Emacspeak-28.0 (PuppyDog) Unleashed!
(Emacspeak the audio desktop blog, 15/5/08)
Read the Words: Text to Speech
for Everyone (Infodoodads blog, 15/5/08)
GhostReader 1.5 (MAC)
Improves iPhone/iPod Export (Mac Observer, 14/5/08)
Changing
colas and switching relationships: Reflections on synthesized speech (Access
Ability blog, 13/5/08)
Nokia
design contractor Provoke Design unveils new phone concepts including touch
model (Engadget, 13/5/08)
Visionary show in Potters Bar library
(Hendon Times, 12/5/08)
Latest aids for blind and partially sighted people on show
(This is Lancashire, 10/5/08)
Reviews For AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition version 8.0.1 build 100
(AccessWatch.info, 10/5/08)
JSonar7 for Cakewalk Sonar 7.2 has just been released
(Jsonar.org blog, 9/5/08)
General
Progress Update (NVDA blog, 8/5/08)
DAISY Showcase Video Produced in 5 Languages by
Microsoft (DAISY Consortium, 8/5/08)
Microsoft "Save As DAISY XML" Translator add-in released (DAISY
Consortium, 7/5/08)
Panasonic parades three HD TVs with integrated Freesat
(& audio description) (PocketLint.co.uk, 7/5/08)
Huddersfield
student develops "tempest-like" game for the blind (Develop Magazine,
7/5/08)
Braille converter bridges the information gap (CORDIS
ICT Results. Europe 7/5/08)
Microsoft Improves Word for the Blind (PC
Magazine, 7/5/08)
OpenOffice.org Gets Mac Accessibility
(LionCourt.com blog, 7/5/08)
MacWorld
podcast features VoiceOver and accessibility (ATmac.org, 6/5/08)
Danish Parliament secures future of RoboBraille (Robobraille.org,
5/5/08)
Slackware
12.1 supports speech synthesizers providing access to Linux for the VI community
(Tweakers.net, 5/5/08)
I
T help for blind people
(Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 3/5/08)
Evaluation
version of Three-D Velocity accessible game released (BPC Programs, 3/5/08)
Ancient Applications
(Speech Technology Magazine, 1/5/08)
Upwardly Mobile: Speech Answers the Wireless
Call (Speech Technology Magazine, 1/5/08)
RNIB
Scientific Research Unit spotlights tiresias.org (Electronics Weekly, 1/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Bones launches Milestone 312, the Next Generation Audio Engine for Blind People
(www.magnifiers.org, 30/4/08)
Microsoft developing 'senior PC' (BBC
News, 30/4/08)
Speaking text messages for the visually impaired (British
Journal of Healthcare Computing, 30/4/08)
Game
News: Simon says follow danZ! (AudioGames.net, 30/4/08)
Call for improved sat nav for blind
(E-Health Insider, 29/4/08)
Panasonic Viera TX-37LZD80
LCD TV features Audio Description (CNET, 29/4/08)
JAWS scripts for Cakewalk Music Creator 3.0 are now available!
(Jsonar.org, 29/4/08)
Assistiveware Releases Infovox iVox 1.2
(for MAC) (Lioncourt.com, 29/4/08)
Retooling for Baby Boomers:
Helping Vocational Rehab Organizations Meet The Coming Surge in Demand (Serotek Blog, 29/4/08)
Nokia N82 Named Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe
(Smart Phone Today, 28/4/08)
TEXT GUIDE TO SIGHT VILLAGE 2008
Compiled by Terry Robinson B.Sc updated (Describe Online, 28/4/08)
iPhone to get haptic touch
(Pocket Lint, 28/4/08)
T&T Consultancy Ltd Introduces Remote Access Services
(T&T Consultancy, 29/4/08)
Freedom
Scientific updates thumb drive version to JAWS 9.0 (Access Ability blog, 25/4/08)
Cell phone for blind people
(LetsGoMobile.org, 25/4/08)
Enhancements in JAWS 9.0.2152 (April 2008)
(Freedom Scientific, 24/4/08)
Learn how a talking watch can help Chichester residents
(Mid Sussex Times, 24/4/08)
WebAnywhere: a free screen reader accessed via the web
(RNIB Web Access blog, 23/4/08)
New way of embossing cards:
company wins Queens Award for Enterprise & Innovation 2008 (The Glitter
Girls, via UK Trade Invest, 23/4/08)
Mac Clones and Accessibility
(PC World, 23/4/08)
Forcing
Accessible Font Sizes (Design Week, 23/4/08)
All You Need To Know About Synthesizers (Melodika.net,
22/4/08)
A
D Television review - Toshiba Regza 37XV505: Reveal the off switch (CNET, 22/4/08)
Cyberclinic: Leading The Blind
(The Independent, 18/4/08)
RoboBraille wins Well-Tech award for innovation and accessibility (RoboBraille.org,
16/4/08)
BCAB Short Courses:
USING GPS SYSTEMS, Saturday 10th May, London (BCAB, 15/4/08)
Tek Talk Presents An Unbelievably Comprehensive And Accessible
Device -
SiRecognizer UMPC
(Blind Access Journal, 14/4/08)
Case
Study: Talking Bus Stops for the blind & visually impaired linked to Real Time Bus
Information signs (PublicTechnology.net, 13/4/08)
LDL
(Level Description Language) enables blind gamers to make their
own maps for Audio Quake (AGRIP, 13/4/08)
TTS to Bring Stories and Screenplays to Life
(Speech Technology Magazine, 11/4/08)
Dave Williams
is dish of the day on ACB Radio's Main Menu show (with audio) (Dolphin Computer
Access, 10/4/08)
Pre-release
beta 3D version of "Shoot Da Me" accessible game released (RS Games,
10/5/08)
Open Technology Day at Teesside and District Society for the Blind,
April 24th (Gazette Live, 9/4/08)
Educational Feature: ‘Student Postmortem: AudiOdyssey’
(Gamasutra.com, 8/4/08)
New
RNIB report points to accessible ICT systems for the elderly and disabled (Scenta.co.uk,
8/4/08)
TextAloud Announces Integration with iTunes
(EMedia Wire, 8/4/08)
Vibrating, Braille-enabled cellphone for the blind invented in
Japan (CrunchGear.com, 8/4/08)
Experimental Audio Games!
(Audiogames.net, 8/4/08)
Orca accessibility app makes a whale of an impact
(Linux.com, 7/4/08)
Rapid
Prototyping models help blind boy to see new home (EngineeringTalk.com, 7/4/08)
Espeak
Macintosh Installer (ATmac.org, 6/4/08)
Icon and Icon Braille+ now Play NLS Books & Serotek Content;
Audible Support Imminent (NBP updates blog, 4/4/08)
Robotic
pen guides the hand of the blind (New Scientist, 4/4/08)
Cell
phone application has potential for being useful tool for blind diabetics (Access
Ability, 4/4/08)
FAG to launch braille device
(Packaging News, 4/4/08)
New Players Similar to zen Stone Add Nice features
(NBP updates blog, 3/4/08)
New book, "A Pocketful of
Sound: A Quick-Start & Buyer’s Guide to Accessible Book & music Players"
released (NBP Updates blog, 3/4/08)
Victor
Reader Stream now available with English U.K. Daniel TTS voice (Access Watch
blog, 2/4/08)
New
screen reader friendly game "Muelsfell: Rise of the Golems" (Audiogames.net,
2/4/08)
Siafu: a shape-changing laptop concept for the
blind (Dvice.com, 1/4/08)
The Expanding Speech Tech Universe, by James A. Larson (Speech Technology Magazine, 1/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Report on International ICT Accessibility
Standards Proposed, Being Developed & Recently Published (Tiresias.org,
31/3/08)
Premier Assistive Technology Inc. changes
name to Premier
Literacy (Emedia Wire, 31/3/08)
Use
Your Regular (mac) Keyboard As A Perkins Braille Keyboard (ATmac.org, 31/3/08)
Interview:
Eduard Sanchez, Creator of Mobile Speak & Founder of Code
Factory (Mark Taylor Candleshore, 30/3/08)
The sense and nonsense of haptic technology in games
(Jan Jacob Mekes, via Audiogames.net, 29/3/08)
My
Touch Keys: Real Tactile Keyboard for the iPhone (Mobile Whack, 29/3/08)
Linux Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 5.3.1
(features Adriane Audio Desktop) (E-linux,it, 28/3/08)
Fingernail camera makes any object a touchpad
(New Scientist, 28/3/08)
Interactive
Fiction games (ATMac.org, 26/3/08)
Shockwave game accessibility,
by Thomas Westin (Adobe Developer blog, 25/3/08)
BlogBard:
Text-to-Speech for Your Blog (Mashable.com, 20/3/08)
Interviews
with CSUN Exhibitors (T&T Consultancy Blog & Podcast, 19/3/08)
Errata for DAISY/NISO Z39.86 Specifications for the Digital Talking Book
(DAISY Consortium, 18/3/08)
Narrator 2.0 text-to-speech utility released
fpr MAC OS X (MacWorld.com, 17/3/08)
RISC
OS: Google funding offered to NetSurf
project (Drobe.co.uk, 17/3/08)
Super-Regulator’ Sharpens Focus On Accessibility
(E-access Blog, 17/3/08)
Announcement of cSUN
Audio Interviews Feature (T&T Consultancy Blog & Podcast, 16/3/08)
Google Reader now has Aria
(Afeedisborn.com,15/3/08)
MAGic 11.0 Promotional Release lasts
till August 2008 without interruption (Freedom Scientific, 14/3/08)
Dolphin
Scripting - audio presentation (T&T Consultancy Blog & Podcast, 14/3/08)
A-technic SpeakOn
software (FREE) updated to version 1.7.0 (A-technic.net, 13/3/08)
Microsoft Announces New Accessibility Tools and Resources for
Developers (PR Newswire, 13/3/08)
Video of Immersion Corporation demonstrating haptic response to
on-screen key presses (MSmobiles.com, 13/3/08)
HumanWare expands its GPS line for blind
people, with the new Trekker Breeze (Humanware.com, 12/3/08)
Serotek
adds screen magnification to System Access (Blind Geek Zone, 12/3/08)
GNOME 2.2 now available:
offers significant accessibility improvements (ZD Net, 12/3/08)
LINUX:
Update on Knoppix 5.3.1 status, by Klaus Knopper (Debian.org, 11/3/08)
HumanWare
releases Victor Stream 1.2 upgrade (Blind Geek Zone, 11/3/08)
GW Micro To Demonstrate the New Window-Eyes 7.0 Features, Including
Scripting, March 17 (Accessible World, 10/3/08)
Version 9 Release Date Announced as 12th March 2008
(Dolphin Computer Access, 9/3/08)
Vodafone launches service for blind users
(Ballyfermot Post, Ireland 7/3/08)
Tactile Wand concept aims to aid the visually
impaired (Engadget, 7/3/08)
Swap your CD licence for a V9 Dolphin Pen (Dolphin
Computer Access, 7/3/08)
BBC
iPlayer to roll out subtitles by end of March: also developing audio description
solution (New Media Age, 5/3/08)
Levitating joystick improves computer feedback
(New Scientist, 4/3/08)
kReader helps the Blind to Read
(Coolest-Gadgets.com, 3/3/08)
Edit
Pad Pro 6.4.0 now screen reader accessible (Tweakers.net, 3/3/08)
Make Your Application Accessible with Accerciser
(Linux Journal, 1/3/08)
JAN/FEB08
TVs and computers for the blind
(features the Zen concept PC) (Tech.co.uk, 28/2/08)
13 Questions:
Julie Howell (BBC Ouch! 28/2/08)
Apple Posts VoiceOver Podcast on iTunes
(Lioncourt.com, 28/2/08)
GNOME focuses on accessibility -- with a little help from Mozilla and others
(Linux.com, 27/2/08)
Better accessibility through Vista
(Computer Active, 26/2/08)
Zen PC Concept for the visually impaired
(Product-Reviews.net, 25/2/08)
Google Reader Short Cut keys
(Afeedisborn.com, 24/2/08)
Mitsumi develops haptic
Touch Pad to be installed on the back of mobile devices (FarEastGizmos.com, 23/2/08)
Toshiba's
new CV range hi-definition LCD TV's include built-in audio description (The
Register, 22/12/08)
Displaysense
championing its new product for the blind - a talking display stand (Bishops
Stortford Citizen, 20/2/08)
Revised: Guidelines for the Design of
Accessible I C T Systems - Touchscreens (Tiresias.org, 20/2/08)
KeyCue 4.1 keyboard shortcut cheat sheet now with large-print themes
(PRmac.com, 19/2/08)
Voice demonstration of Wayfinder Access for people with visual impairments
(WayFinder.com, 18/2/08)
Open Source DAISY Projects
(NFB Access Technology Blog, 15/2/08)
Game Accessibility Arcade to be Presented at Game
Developers Conference 2008 (GameSpy.com, 15/2/08)
LG Handset Comes with Tactile Feedback Touch-screen
(Cellular News, 13/2/08)
Readers get the bigger picture
(This is Cheshire, 10/2/08)
Apple updates address media apps, visually impaired (ITwire.com,
7/2/08)
Samsung launches black U600 with haptic touch (Pocket
Lint, 6/2/08)
Case study: Brighton & Hove City Council's Talking Bus Stops
for the blind and visually impaired (PublicTechnology.net, 4/2/08)
Nokia Launches N82 Smartphone For Visually Impaired
(Eflux Media, 29/1/08)
Bomi Kim Tactile MP3 player - braille-like control (Tech Digest, 29/1/08)
Watch Low Vision Aids in Action on YouTube (Magnifiers.org,
3/1/08)
Vipnews.org.uk Assistive Technology 2007 Page
BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED (=V I P) WRITERS
MAY 2008
Henny
Swan: Will I be able to surf when I’m seventy?
(RNIB Web Access Centre blog, 28/5/08)
Damon
Rose: Thought for the blind (BBC Ouch! blog, 20/5/08)
Peter
White: 'Disability can have an upside' (BBC You and Yours, 20/5/08)
Roger
Wilson-Hinds: The Times Newspaper and Thunder (The Blind Blogger, 18/5/08)
Ian
Hamilton: Theatre stages mystery of the vanishing ice-cream (The Herald, 15/5/08)
Mike
Calvo: An
Open Letter To Independent Living Adult Blind Professionals (Serotek Blog, 15/5/08)
Jemma
Brown: A
mixture of happenings (Dairy of a Monkey blog, 14/5/08)
Roger
Wilson-Hinds: Well, I feel ashamed that it has been so long since my last blog
(The Blind Blogger, 4/5/08)
APRIL 2008
John
Cassidy: Don't lose your bottle (Disability Now, 24/4/08)
David
Blunkett: Judges are law unto themselves (The Sun, 16/4/08)
Ian Hamilton:
A positive attitude to disability (BBC Scotland, 11/4/08)
Richard
Kirk: The Cost Of Being Blind On Buses (This is Tamworth, 10/4/08)
John
Hull: The blindfolded Christ (Faith Column, New Statesman, 10/4/08)
John Hull: Blind unbelief and blind faith
(Faith Column, New Statesman, 9/4/08)
Dave
Heeley: My Sport (The Telegraph, 8/4/08)
Cyril Axelrod: The wealth of touch in faith
(Faith Column, New Statesman, 8/4/08)
Cyril
Axelrod: Understanding deaf blindness through faith (Faith Column, New Statesman, 7/4/08)
Nicole
Dryburgh: New Book "The Way I See It" published (Mirror, 3/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Sue Townsend: My Week in Media
(The Independent, 31/3/08)
Maria
Oshodi: Just a minute, Mr Merton (Disability Now, 28/3/08)
Roger
Wilson Hinds: Thunder Wins E-Democracy International Award (The Blind Blogger,
17/3/08)
Jemma
Brown: What is it with pubs? (Diary of a Monkey, 16/3/08)
Ian
Hamilton: Why the blind are in the dark about insomnia (The Herald, 14/3/08)
Rebecca
Atkinson: My baby, right or wrong (The Guardian, 10/3/08)
Rebecca
Atkinson: Disability in the arts:is it the last taboo? (BBC Ouch! 5/3/08)
Dave
Williams: On the Box (DaveWilliams.co.uk, 3/3/08)
JAN/FEB08
Nicola
Naylor: Flying into trouble (Disability Now, 21/2/08)
Ronald
Blaber: Writer's story of a knight on a bike (Eastbourne Herald, 19/2/08)
Peter
White: Lost in the woods (play review) (Guardian, 5/2/08)
Roger
Wilson-Hinds: 4Free4All comes a bit nearer (The Blind Blogger, 4/2/08)
Rebecca
Atkinson: When disability becomes illegal (BBC Ouch! 28/1/08)
vipnews.org.uk Blind & Visually Impaired Writers
2007 Page
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CAMPAIGNS & LEGAL
MAY08
Second bid for new home for blind
(Suffolk Evening Star, 31/5/08)
I’m blind, but I can't get a white stick
(Belfast Telegraph, 30/5/08)
Blind people to have a say
(Coventry Telegraph, 30/5/08)
Blind pensioner’s fury over bus pass delay
(Chester Chronicle, 29/5/08)
Ordeal continues for disabled man
(Wanstead & Woodford Guardian, 29/5/08)
Family's anger as mum dies alone
(Shields Gazette, 24/5/08)
New hope that couple can be kept together
(This is Hampshire, 24/5/08)
Disabled bus user's carer forced to pay
(Wetherby News, 23/5/08)
Street protest gives public taste of cluster bomb hell (Irish
Independent, 23/5/08)
TUC challenges Government and media to address hate crimes against disabled
people (T U C, 21/5/08)
Long term care Q&A: The funding maze
(This is Money, 21/5/08)
Double rejection for near-blind pensioner
(Stourbridge News, 21/5/08)
'The war couldn't split us up so why should social services?' (Daily
Mail, 19/5/08)
Don't
cut off my life-line pleads visually impaired Rye woman (Rye and Battle Today,
19/5/08)
US audiobooks for the blind threatened (BBC
America, 19/5/08)
MP's slam taxman's communications
(Accountancy Age, 16/5/08)
Stuck at home, the fate of 92-year-old still full of
life (Islington Tribune, 16/5/08)
Tracking
the NHS (The Engineer Online, 15/5/08)
Social services delay costs OAP her life savings
(Hampstead & Highgate Express, 15/5/08)
Animal carcass is found in tank
(Berrow Journal, 15/5/08)
Dustmen Boycott Blind War Hero's Bin (Daily
Express, 14/5/08)
‘My quality of life will be destroyed’:
blind radio ham (Redditch Advertiser, 13/5/08)
Disabled clock-up
(Sunday Mirror, 11/5/08)
Blind survivor tells of Holocaust (BBC
News, 10/5/08)
Bus
driver accused of ignoring visually-impaired man (Eastbourne Today, 10/5/08)
The pensioners left in the dark
(Dorset Echo, 9/5/08)
Huntingdonshire council pay £30k to fix logo
(Daily Mirror, 9/5/08)
Council to probe claim election rules were breached
(Spenborough Guardian, 9/5/08)
Blind missing out on hi-tech library services
(South Wales Echo, 8/5/08)
Post office serving flats for the blind is spared axe
(Evening Standard, 6/5/08)
Churches are challenged over access for blind
(Network Norwich, 5/5/08)
Partially-sighted Manchester United fan released
(Tameside Advertiser, 2/5/08)
Blind man falls into sewage hole (This
is Hertfordshire, 2/5/08)
Blind solicitor takes on American Express (Dundee
Courier, 1/5/08)
APRIL 2008
'Go blind - then we'll treat you', says NHS
(Wandsworth Guardian, 29/4/08)
Loss of Homecall service to blind would be "devastating"
(Bexhill Observer, 28/4/08)
Cost of carer travel for disabled angers mum
(Thurrock Gazette, 28/4/08)
World Blind Union Right to Read Global Campaign
(WBU via "We Can Do" blog, 27/4/08)
Tenant's Anger At Eviction Note (This
Is Bristol, 26/4/08)
Blind Brothers In 'Dice With Death' (This
is South Wales, 24/4/08)
No money, no sight - but NHS may soon pay
(Exmouth Journal, 24/4/08)
Blind man told he’s not blind enough by
insurer (Irish Examiner, 24/4/08)
Digital
Switchover: "only a third of people in Whitehaven eligible for assistance accepted help" (Guardian,
24/4/08)
Disabled man in carer costs fight
(This is Lancashire, 23/4/08)
Royal ability is just what bosun ordered
(Bournemouth Echo, 22/4/08)
'She didn't deserve to die like this'
(South Yorkshire Star, 22/4/08) RNIB-led UK vision strategy urges social care improvements
(Community Care, 18/4/08)
Guide Dog Barred From A Train.. In Case It Has Fleas
(Glasgow Daily Record, 18/4/08)
Man's family appeal PCT refusal (BBC
News, 18/4/08)
Deaf and blind woman denied pension by Post Office because her signature has
changed (Daily Mail, 17/4/08)
Blind man awarded €3,000 for insults from bus driver
(Irish Independent, 16/4/08)
Benefit advice for the blind
(Lancashire Telegraph, 16/4/08)
'Yes' to sight-saving drug on NHS
(Sussex Argus, 16/4/08)
Draconian decision that leaves blind homeless
(Ilford Recorder, 16/4/08)
Blind George Will Lead Bramblebrook Residents In Fight Against Closure Plans (This
is Derbyshire, 15/4/08)
11th hour appeal to save home-visiting service for blind
(Hastings Observer, 14/4/08)
'Wind down' concern for support body
(Sheffield Star, 14/4/08)
Please, Docs, Give My Son Op He Needs
(This Is Exeter, 12/4/08)
Pavement payout for street fall
(This is Hertfordshire, 11/4/08)
Decision too late to save Daniel’s sight
(Woking News & Mail, 10/4/08)
Care staff 'broke pensioner's leg'
(Sheffield Star, 9/4/08)
Woman fears blindness in drug row
(BBC News, 9/4/08)
Blind man angered by bank changes
(BBC Scotland, 8/4/08)
Case for blind moves forward
(Huddersfield Examiner, 7/4/08)
Care battle costs £50k
(Birmingham Mail, 7/4/08)
Bank upgrade is excluding blind (BBC
Radio 4 Moneybox, 5/4/08)
Family plea to help daughter see
(Belfast Newsletter, 4/4/08)
Blind
man wins reduction in his council tax band (Yorkshire Post, 3/4/08)
Justice In Sight For Thousands At Risk Of Blindness As Barriers To Treatment
Start To Come Down (Medical News Today, 3/4/08)
Sorry, you'll just go blind
(Cambridge News, 3/4/08)
Blind man's two-year battle with Council (Fife
Today, 2/4/08)
MARCH 2008
(Dorset Echo, 31/3/08)
Disabled help police communicate
(Press Association via Northumberland Today, 28/3/08)
Schoolboy fights for right to read
(Bexhill Observer, 27/3/08)
Thalidomiders from around the world are flying in for a rally outside the German
embassy in London on April 3 (Sunday Times, 23/3/08)
Call For Work
On Exceptions And Limitations In WIPO Copyright Committee (International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development, 20/3/08)
Campaigners set sights on council
(Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 19/3/08)
EDM1210:
Access To Textbooks And Reading For Blind And Dyslexic Children (Parliamentary
Early Day Motions, 18/3/08)
Disabled will still go free on buses
(Cumbria News & Star, 18/3/08)
"Super-Regulator" Sharpens Focus On Accessibility
(E-Access blog, 17/3/08)
Salmond lobbied over council cuts:
Glencraft factory closure "illegal under DDA" (BBC Scotland, 17/3/08)
Talking-books - epetition reply
(10 Downing Street, 14/3/08)
Donations needed as Dave Heeley Refused Direct Flight from Argentina
(SARTMA.com, 13/3/08)
Battle for books
(Liverpool Echo, 13/3/08)
Bombed
cadet loses half of blindness payout because he had already lost an eye (Daily
Mail, 13/3/08)
Disabled man's two-year gas bill row
(Blackpool News, 12/3/08)
Argentina stops blind runner travelling to
Falklands (Merco Press, 11/3/08)
Nottingham Research Sparks Blind Charity's TV Call (This
is Nottingham, 10/3/08)
RNIB research reveals that TV is good for you
(RNIB, 10/3/08)
Council care home ban for smoker
(Yorkshire Evening Post, 7/3/08)
Government 'Allowing Patients To Go Blind' (This
is Devon, 5/3/08)
Small print causes big concerns (BBC
News, 4/3/08)
Politicians to fight for under-threat blind workers (This
is North Scotland, 1/3/08)
JAN/FEB08
Blunkett To Speak In Aberdeen On 'Tragedy' Of Glencraft Closure
(This is North Scotland, 29/2/08)
Blind man backs MMR jab calls (BBC
News, 29/2/08)
'Nazis' jibe as factory for the blind and disabled faces closure
(Scotsman.com, 29/2/08)
Nearly
blind man wins treatment (The Sun, 28/2/08)
'What price my sight?'
(St Albans and Harpenden Review, 27/3/08)
Surgery
approved for deaf and blind man (93) (Irish Indendendent, 22/2/08)
Anger as North
Tyneside Talking Books for Blind service is cut (News Guardian, 21/2/08)
'Blind treatment is available, so why can't I have it?
(Harrow Times, 19/2/08)
Lifeline centre for the blind in jeopardy
(Thurrock Gazette, 14/2/08)
Nurse in scuffle with blind man begs panel to keep her in job
(Scotsman.com, 13/2/08)
Campaign to push audio description on TV (Daily Post, Wales 12/2/08)
Blind teenager stuck at home
(Sunderland Echo, 6/2/08)
Steel band 'terrorists' win Ryanair case
(The Independent UK, 6/2/08)
‘Terrible shock’ for blind man
(The Times, 30/1/08)
Lonesome train traveller
(Limerick Leader, Ireland 29/1/08)
Blind Patient's Bus Marathon (This
is Devon, 25/1/08)
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CHARITIES
MAY 2008
Deaf couple in tandem cycle bid (BBC
Scotland, 31/5/08)
13 Questions:
Stephen Hallett (BBC Ouch!, 29/5/08)
Helping dreams come true
(Exmouth Journal, 29/5/08)
Olympics Star Rider Helps The Blind (features
the Living Paintings Trust) (This is Devon, 27/5/08)
Bus visit is just the ticket (Bromsgrove
Advertiser, 27/5/08)
Rotarians give energetic Blind Dave £500 boost
(Stourbridge News, 27/5/08)
Helping blind people stay independent
(Kidderminster Shuttle, 26/5/08)
Disco to aid blind toddler
(Blyth & Wansbeck News Post Leader, 26/5/08)
Tackling sight issues with Common Sense
(Dorset Echo, 25/5/08)
Charity rider Eric gets on his gym bike at 83
(South Yorkshire Star, 24/5/08)
Three Cheers For The Princess Royal (This
is Grimsby, 24/5/08)
Coppers saved help the blind
(Northants Evening Telegraph, 23/5/08)
Natasha To Do Great Scottish Walk In Aid Of Charity Despite Her Failing
Sight (Daily Record, 19/5/08)
School friends
rally behind Callum effort (Northwest Evening Mail, 16/5/08)
Bolton Newstalk
charity celebrates £9,000 windfall (This is Lancashire, 16/5/08)
Long-serving Evie is honoured
(John O'Groat Journal, 16/5/08)
Rotary Club salutes Penny
(Barry Today, Wales 16/5/08)
Galloway's Society for the Blind to hold Sight Information Day Thursday
May 29 (Lancashire Evening Post, 15/5/08)
Blind Dave's guide runner Mac Carr in charity event
(Birmingham Mail, 15/5/08)
Bus visit will help blind people
(Bromsgrove Advertiser, 15/5/08)
Volunteers celebrate 30th
anniversary of talking newspaper (Warrington Guardian, 15/5/08)
Freemasons help disabled girl
(Louth Leader, 14/5/08)
Charity tickled pink by generous pub customers
(York Press, 13/5/08)
Blind man hopes for dream trip to Malaysia
(Epsom Guardian, 13/5/08)
Disabled groups (including
Listening Books) get benefits from lotto cash (Politics.co.uk, 8/5/08)
'Outstanding contribution'
praise for Blind Society chief (Louth Leader, 7/5/08)
Blind charity close to cash target
(Norwich Evening News, 6/5/08)
Beacon
Centre for the Blind's help plea (Stourbridge News, 4/5/08)
Charisnack launches a part-time franchise opportunity
(The Franchise Magazine, 2/5/08)
Support our help for blind, BWBF
charity asks (Kent Online, 1/5/08)
Hope
Valley Rotarians reward for blind support (Sheffield Star, 1/5/08)
Putting Best Foot Forward For Funds (Llanelli
Star, Wales, 1/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Hundreds raised for Galloway’s Society for the Blind
(Preston Citizen, 28/4/08)
Hollyoaks duo venture into the darkness
(Liverpool Echo, 26/4/08)
Hope and independence
(Liverpool Daily Post, 26/4/08)
Peter aims to be role model for disabled children
(Leamington Courier, 25/4/08)
Hamilton
Sound talking newspaper celebrate 25 years (Hamilton Advertiser, 25/4/08)
Dream trip to Arsenal is just the ticket for Andrew
(I C Wales, 24/4/08)
Centre for blind gets set to open new offices in style (Portsmouth
News, 23/4/08)
Alan brings up 40,000 specs
(Hastings Observer, 22/4/08)
Society's massive charity giveaway
(Coventry Telegraph, 21/4/08)
Charity for blind needs help
(Lancashire Evening Post, 17/4/08)
Cabbies’ charity drive
(Tavistock Today, 17/4/08)
Deafblind group charity challenge
(Hamilton Advertiser, Scotland 17/4/08)
Charity for the visually impaired to close
(Sussex Argus. 16/4/08)
Blind people can make new friends
(Lancashire Evening Post, 15/4/08)
Blind blaze victim gets a helping hand
(South Wales Echo, 14/4/08)
Talking newspaper's 10th birthday
(Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury, 10/4/08)
Bausch & Lomb employee charity seeks Russian chef for Vasilivichi children's
visit (Waterford Today, Ireland 9/4/08)
New
centre for blind people in Lancaster (Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen, 8/4/08)
Appeal for charity trip cash
(Preston Citizen, 8/4/08)
Support for statue grows
(Knaresborough Post, 8/4/08)
ORBIS International to
replace Flying Eye Hospital with DC-10 Series 30 freighter (Earthtimes.org,
7/4/08)
Blind Couple's Plea For Help To Stay In Saddle (This
is South Devon, 4/4/08)
Blind Society still meeting needs of grateful members
(Jewish Telegraph, 4/4/08)
Bringing
net to the blind (Batley News, 3/4/08)
Derbyshire Association for the Blind's mobile unit is on the move (Sheffield
Star, 1/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Princess Makes Date To Open New Complex (This
is Grimsby, 31/3/08)
Awareness day raises profile of eye charity
(Scarborough Evening News, 31/3/08)
RNIB Peterborough - come behind the scenes
(RNIB, 31/3/08)
Sight loss information service coming to county
(Hereford Times, 29/3/08)
Lending an ear to Morpeth news
(Morpeth Herald, 25/3/08)
Blind Club appeals for members
(Stroud News & Journal, 25/3/08)
Blind group's latest vision raises profile
(Scarborough Evening News, 24/3/08)
Henshaws Society For Blind People's
"Wear Bright For Sight" Day on May 9 (York Press, 22/3/08)
ChariSnack promotes
healthy eating & assists visually impaired children
in the process (Franchise Magazine, 20/3/08)
Baring all raises £6,800
(Exmouth Journal, 20/3/08)
Students get insight into charity (BBC
News, 18/3/08)
Couple's charity plea for blind Ghana boy
(North Wales Daily Post, 17/3/08)
Plan to improve help for visually impaired
(Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 15/3/08)
Out-Stan-ding radio show
(Swindon Advertiser, 14/3/08)
You've got a ghost of a chance of raising money!
(Portsmouth News, 13/3/08)
Sight charity's splinter group
(This is Wiltshire, 13/3/08)
Blind
pub landlord signs up to Sport Relief (Hampshire Chronicle, 10/3/08)
Charity for blind elects new chief
(Lancashire Evening Post, 10/3/08)
Talking
newspaper volunteers honoured at annual dinner (Grantham Journal, 10/3/08)
Now
you’re talking say youngsters! (Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 10/3/08)
Pram race raises £1,500 for charity
(Somerset County Gazette, 10/3/08)
Bowled over by boost for Berkshire
blind society (Get Reading, 7/3/08)
Blind charity's lottery windfall (BBC
News Cumbria, 4/3/08)
Wilberforce Trust charity launches new Low Vision Service in York (York
Press, 4/3/08)
JAN/FEB08
Blind bus will visit stadium
(Lancashire Evening Post, 26/2/08)
Orbis hands direct account to Flourish (Precision
Marketing, 25/2/08)
Partially sighted man gets behind the wheel again
(This is Cheshire, 25/2/08)
TV actor takes stage to back charity ride
(Southern Daily Echo, 25/2/08)
Society donation to help the blind
(Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 16/2/08)
Talking paper goes high-tech
(Blackpool Citizen, 15/2/08)
Brewer's boost for braille group
(Clitheroe Advertiser, 12/2/08)
Henshaws
Appeal breaks £100,000 barrier (Harrogate Advertiser, 8/2/08)
Book in to help blind charity
(Lancashire Evening Post, 5/2/08)
TV's Clare boosts talking newspaper (Wymondham
& Attleborough Mercury, 30/1/08)
Become a news reader for blind charity
(Lancashire Evening Post, 26/1/08)
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CRIME (If you have information about crimes against blind/v
i people call Crimestoppers UK
on 0800 555 111).
MAY 2008
Cowardly thugs attack blind Simon (Jewish
Telegraph, 30/5/08)
Leeds gang attacked blind man in street
(Yorkshire Evening Post, 28/5/08)
Union raises awaresness of hate crime against disabled (Abeceder,
23/5/08)
Blind man in yob terror
(Hartlepool Mail, 21/5/08)
Thug
left man blind: got 7 year sentence (Glasgow Daily Record, 19/5/08)
Heartless thieves steal blind girl's sensory bench - again
(Crewe and Nantwich Guardian, 18/5/08)
Blind teenager tells of her terrifying kidnapping ordeal at the hands of car
thieves (Daily Mail, 16/5/08)
Lynn allotments hit in wicked attack
(Lynn News, 15/5/08)
Police Plea Over Blind OAP's Conman
(This is Swansea, 12/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Gang beat up blind Azeem in park
(Halifax Courier, 29/4/08)
Callous lead roof raiders strike Herib twice in seven months
(This is Hull & East Riding, 25/4/08)
Blind woman targeted in distraction burglary
(Surrey Advertiser, 24/4/08)
Manhole
cover thieves cause "a real hazard for elderly people and the blind"
(Northampton Chronicle, 24/4/08)
Convicted killer had history of violence (News
& Star, 22/4/08)
Hoax calls blind woman spared return to prison
(Northeast Journal, 18/4/08)
New Zealand shooting victim 'making good progress'
(Dorset Echo, 17/4/08)
'Blind' dealer denies gangland murder
(Sheffield Star, 17/4/08)
'Despicable' theft from 90-year-old woman
(Bexhill Observer, 14/4/08)
Blind man found guilty of stabbing fiancee to death
(Daily Mail, 14/4/08)
Pair jailed for 'savage' bleach attack (Jersey
Evening Post, 10/4/08)
Judge slams 'disgusting' thugs who battered Armley pensioner
(Armley Today, 8/4/08)
Npower to launch investigation
(into alleged door-to-door sales staff cheats) (Birmingham Mail, 7/4/08)
Deaf and blind pensioner robbed
(Manchester Evening News, 7/4/08)
Blind and deaf man punched and robbed
(South Wales Argus, 3/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Fireman left left blind and paralysed spent longer in hospital than his attacker
did in jail (Mirror, 21/3/08)
Grandson stole £17,000 from blind man to fund his gambling addiction
(Liverpool Echo, 15/3/08)
Almost blind but not cowed by theft
(Richmond Guardian, 14/3/08)
Drunk hit and run driver walks free from court despite blinding artistic girl,
10, in crash (This is London, 12/3/08)
Blind man mugged by 'cowards'
(I C South London, 11/3/08)
Life Ban For Blind Tractor Driver
(Glasgow Daily Record, 8/3/08)
Burglar’s prison term cut
(Burnley Citizen, 7/3/08)
Witnesses needed to trainspotter attack
(Get Reading, 5/3/08)
Blind man was burglar's victim
(Burnley Citrizen, 2/3/08)
JAN/FEB08
30 years in jail for anti-freeze poisoning wife
(Telegraph, 29/2/08)
Mugger’s callous attack
(Huddersfield Examiner, 27/2/08)
Teens, 15, face retrial as murder conviction quashed
(Sheffield Star, 27/2/08)
Blind
Man Beat Attacker Off With His White Stick (This Is Aberdeen, 23/2/08)
Blind man denies murder (Cumbria
News & Star, 19/2/08)
Cruel thieves target woman, 96
(Manchester Evening News, 19/2/08)
They threw bricks at my house and kicked a ball in my face because they knew
that I couldn't see them (Birmingham Mail, 19/2/08)
Nurse Struck Off For Attacking Blind Patient
(Daily Record, 14/2/08)
Blind man attacked carer’s car
(Colchester Gazette, 29/1/08)
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EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT
MAY 2008
Job vacancy: Assistant Team Manager - Visual
Impairment (Birmingham) (PublicTechnology.net, 29/5/08)
‘We are people, too. Give us a try’
(The Herald, 27/5/08)
New funds for visually and aurally impaired pupils
(ATL Education, 27/5/08)
School support for deaf and blind (BBC
News, 26/5/08)
Seven pupils on shortlist
in "Ready Willing and Mobile" competition (North Shields News Guardian,
26/5/08)
Levelling the field
(Guardian Jobs, 24/5/08)
Centre work is just the job
(Midlands Express & Star, 20/5/08)
Library Ideas To Aid Blind People (This
is Nottingham, 20/5/08)
Supporting
students in exams - lessons learnt! (Are we all Web 2.0 crazy blog, 20/5/08)
Supporting pupils with SEN in art
(Teaching Expertise, 19/5/08)
Youngsters Thrilled As Camilla Makes School Visit (This
is Exeter, 15/5/08)
Linking with the Holy Land:
Exhall Grange School (Heartland Evening News, 12/5/08)
Better access to learning resources in Scotland
(EGov Monitor, 12/5/08)
Welsh College of Horticulture to hold charity event for the visually impaired
(Flintshire Standard, 7/5/08)
APRIL 2008
The I
T trainer: Mick
Finnigan helps other blind people to use technology (The Guardian, 29/4/08)
Job: Corporate Volunteering Manager, RNIB
(Third Sector Jobs, 29/4/08)
Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) launches £10m appeal
(Hereford Times, 28/4/08)
Vacancy:
Peripatetic Teacher Of The Visually Impaired (London) (JobsGoPublic.com, 28/4/08)
Looking good, feeling great
(Disability Now, 24/4/08)
Henshaws' vibrant community link develops
(Harrogate Advertiser, 23/4/08)
Sensory garden opened for blind children
(ATL Education News, 23/4/08)
"Between 15% and 20% of visually-impaired people investigating a business
start-up actually start their business (in line with industry norm). But they
achieve a 95% sustainability rate after 3 years" (PublicTechnology.net,
21/4/08)
UK Vision Strategy targets employer attitudes towards blind staff
(Personnel Today, 18/4/08)
Geoff teams up with BHSF to help visually impaired:
"All Formats Charter Mark" produced (Birmingham Post, 8/4/08)
Blind People need not apply, the truth about online accessibility
discrimination (OnRec.com, 8/4/08)
Technological progress has not stopped bias in workplace, blind people find
(www.magnifiers.org, 5/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Aberdeen counts the human cost of the proposed
cutbacks (video
report) (STV.TV, 31/3/08)
Notts Parents Turn To Courts Over Schooling (This
is Nottingham, 31/3/08)
A
ticket to write (Disability Now, 28/3/08)
British CIOs adjust to laws covering disabled workers
(Webwereld.nl, 28/3/08)
Job: Key Supporter Executive, Sightsavers International
(ThirdSector.co.uk, 17/3/08)
Job: Work Focus Development Officer (Engagement), RNIB
(Guardian Jobs, 16/3/08)
Blind man rejected for 200 jobs
(Mid Sussex News, 14/3/08)
Job losses are 'betrayal' of disabled
(The Observer, 9/3/08)
Blunkett opens new college unit (BBC
Yorkshire, 7/3/08)
JAN/FEB08
New skills for OAPs with partial sight
(Cumberland News, 29/2/08)
Give the disabled a chance to work
(Halifax Evening Courier, 26/2/08)
Activity day for blind people
(Worksop Guardian, 22/2/08)
Disability
Discrimination Bill: RNIB survey found that "70% of
employers had never heard of Access to Work" (Community Care, 22/2/08)
Life through a lens
(Glasgow Evening Times, 21/2/08)
Blind children still facing delay over school books
(Belfast Telegrpah, 15/2/08)
Just the job for visually-impaired students
(Northern Echo, 14/2/08)
Bank trains blind for work
(Edinburgh Evening News, 6/2/08)
Kids
Common Touch (Huddersfield Examiner, 4/2/08)
Chinese
focus on Hereford college (Hereford Times, 1/2/08)
Enterprising action
(Disability Now, 29/1/08)
Helpers learn what it's like to have a visual disability
(Swindon Advertiser, 28/1/08)
Fun day at college
(Worcester News, 28/1/08)
Vipnews.org.uk Education & Employment 2007 page
ENVIRONMENT
MAY 2008
The hazards on our high street
(Newquay Voice, 28/5/08)
Signs point to a better future
(Tomford & Havering Post, 27/5/08)
New equipment for Cassiobury
Park (Watford) (This is Local London, 25/5/08)
House pioneering assisted and sustainable living technology unveiled (BJHCIM,
23/5/08)
No noise is bad news for blind pedestrians
(Northwich Guardian, 23/5/08)
Hazards to the blind are highlighted
(Leigh Journal, 22/5/08)
Letter:
Blind gratitude to Nosh staff (Dewsbury Reporter, 21/5/08)
Sensory garden given gold award
(BBC News, 20/5/08)
Neil's garden needs special plants
(Worcester News, 17/5/08)
Prospectors
society holds rally for blind people (Tenby Today, 16/5/08)
Blind
pedestrian raises traffic fears (Shoreham Today, 15/5/08)
Fight
to keep pavements: Jill Allen-King (Cranswick Today, 13/5/08)
We're
cross at delay in moving crossing hazard (Biggleswade Today, 12/5/08)
Council 'taking health and safety a step too far'
(Scotsman.com, 10/5/08)
Central Park's new, improved water feature has arrived
(Peterborough Today, 8/5/08)
New guide to
services is launched for the visually impaired (Newham Recorder, London 8/5/08)
Future
plans for Monkey World include "more sculptures of ape & monkey heads so that the visually-impaired can feel
involved" (Bournemouth Echo, 7/5/08)
Yorkshire Street can boast flagship status
(Lakeland Echo, 2/5/08)
Kington Museum
project currently being made
accessible to the blind & partially sighted (Hereford Times, 1/5/08)
Staff on hand at polling stations to help blind or partially
sighted voters (Get Reading, 1/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Growing problem at the roadside
(Dorset Echo, 30/4/08)
Post
office development designed to be accessible by disabled & visually impaired people
(Melton Times, 30/4/08)
Westminster Abbey
launches unique Braille-guided tour (Independent Catholic News, 29/4/08)
New Design
Guide For Homes For The Blind (Housing News, 29/4/08)
Viewing tower for the visually impaired
(Manchester Evening News, 28/4/08)
Future's bright, the future's orange for Subway
(Glasgow Evening Times, 28/4/08)
Thomas
Pocklington Trust’s guide aids design of homes for the blind (Inside Housing,
25/4/08)
Growing for colour, touch and perfume
(Worcester News, 23/4/08)
Row over Rushden potholes taken to town MP
(Northants Evening Telegraph, 22/4/08)
Ballymena Town Centre Partnership wins UK nationwide accessibility award
(Ballymena Times, 22/4/08)
Arriving soon: better rail links, promises Ken
(Islington Tribune, 18/4/08)
Plans for a driving track at Seighford airfield
(Staffordshire Newsletter, 18/4/08)
Sence Valley - A wildlife haven (accessible)
in the National Forest (Easier Travel, 14/4/08)
The Rough Guide to
Accessible Britain: review (BBC Ouch!, 9/4/08)
Government Backs British
Retail Consortium’s Town Centre Accessibility Manual (BRC, 7/4/08)
Countryside
to be made more disabled friendly (Burnley Citizen, 6/4/08)
Blind man 'risking injury' because of bad pavements
(Northampton Chronicle, 5/4/08)
All invited on ‘access walk’
(Dorset Echo, 4/4/08)
New outdoor scheme is a walk in the park
Kent Online, 3/4/08)
Overcome barriers to access with "foot
braille" (Building Talk, 1/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Station's blind aid is hailed
(Edinburg Evening News, 21/3/08)
Blind man's plea to improve road safety
(Richmond & Twickenham Times, 17/3/08)
Blind woman is hurt in bus fall
(Northants Evening Telegraph, 16/3/08)
Chesterfield:
Town guide for the blind (South Yorkshire Star, 14/3/08)
City roundabout gets a revamp
(York Press, 12/3/08)
Traveleyes helps blind holidayers experience the world
(TV3.co.nz, 11/3/08)
Sensory garden part of GCSE course
(Somerset County Gazette, 11/3/08)
Cumbria Is
Still Home Sweet Home For Over 100 Blind People (Housing News, 5/3/08)
Letter:
Make South Parade a sensory garden (Skegness Standard, 5/3/08)
JAN/FEB08
Pedestrian-friendly street plan changed after complaints
(Hastings Observer, 28/2/08)
'Blind' garden work begins
(Edinburgh Evening News, 28/2/08)
"William Davis is to provide an £18million state of the art ‘village’ for the
visually impaired" (Midlands Housing, 27/2/08)
Ancient footbridge in Stratford will be made
safer (Coventry Telegraph, 27/2/08)
New Leeds estates 'no-go areas for the blind'
(Yorkshire Post, 25/2/08)
Plea to fix town’s faulty
footpaths (I C Cheshire, 20/2/08)
Leisure
Centre leads the way on disabled access (This is Swansea, 18/2/08)
Blind fury at Perth High Street cycle
plan (I C Perthsire, 12/2/08)
Probe over ‘dangerous’ junction
(Crewe Chronicle, 6/2/08)
Traffic lights issues to be solved
(Redditch Advertiser, 29/1/08)
Spring walks for the visually impaired (Stroud
News & Journal, 14/1/08)
Vipnews.org.uk Environment links 2007 page
GUIDE DOGS
MAY 2008
(News Shopper, 30/5/08)
Pooches on parade at Hunstanton to help guide dog charity
(Lynn News, 29/5/08)
Sponsored spell aids guide dogs fund
(Bury Times, 29/5/08)
Guide
dog puppy puts in appearance at 17th Fraserburgh Steam Rally (Aberdeen Press
& Journal, 28/5/08)
Driving blind to raise cash for guide dogs
(Bracknell News, 27/5/08)
Longleat House
aims to raise enough money to sponsor an alphabet of guide dog puppies (Wiltshire
Times, 22/5/08)
Thousands out for Paw Trek
(This is Wiltshire, 19/5/08)
Guide Dogs charity launches publication for donors (Precision
Marketing, 16/5/08)
Guide dog Spike not to blame for river rescue
(Milton Keynews Today, 16/5/08)
Splashing time for man's best friend:
injured guide dog now works again following hydrotherapy (I C Wales, 15/5/08)
Guide dogs have their day
(Scotsman.com, 13/5/08)
Woman with guide dog asked to leave
car boot sale (Eastern Daily Press, 9/5/08)
Tribute To Lamont Forbes In Guide Dog Tartan
(Kirriemuir Herald, Scotland 7/5/08)
Flower power at church festival:
"guide dog made out of flowers" (Hertfordshire Mercury, 6/5/08)
And they call it... puppy love
(Irish Independent, 5/5/08)
Blind women ‘ordered out’ of newsagents
(South Wales Echo, 5/5/08)
Walking For Guide Dogs
(Carnoustie Today, Scotland 1/5/08)
From the Bunker: around the clubs of Mayo
(Mayo Advertiser, Ireland 1/5/08)
Friends’ guide dog tribute to Ronnie
(The Cumberland News, 1/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Guide dog school officially opens (BBC
Scotland, 29/4/08)
Hero guide dog and owner support match in memory of tragedy
(Birmingham Mail, 29/4/08)
Princess
Alexandra To Open Forfar Guide Dog Training School (Forfar Today, 28/4/08)
Blind rail man in dog complaint (BBC
Scotland, 18/4/08)
Council's plan to stop seagulls:
V I man's guide dog "bombed" (Hereford Times, 18/4/08)
Pub chain apologises
for guide dog blunder (Brighouse Echo, 17/4/08)
Plea for Guide Dog volunteers
(This is Hampshire, 13/4/08)
Guide dogs are taking a lead role in centre
(Middlesbrough Gazette, 11/4/08)
Users asked to help boost Guide Dogs for Blind fund-raising
(Bexhill Observer, 7/4/08)
Working
animals are more than just a friend (Peterborough Today, 4/4/08)
Chance to honour our hero dogs
(Wigan Today, 1/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Assistance Dogs Get Travel Boost (K9 Magazine, 28/3/08)
Meet Edmund - Bury's own guide dog
(East Anglian Daily Times, 28/3/08)
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association seeks
apprentice guide dog mobility instructors (Kent Online, 20/3/08)
Mum and son refused entry to restaurant because of guide dog
(Islington Gazette, 19/3/08)
Meet the pony that leads the blind
(Metro.co.uk, 19/3/08)
2008 launched
as Year of the Assistance Dog, at Crufts (Wiltshire Times, 12/3/08)
It's a guide dog – from Marks and Spencer
(Halifax Courier, 10/3/08)
Guide dog story to raise cash for charity
(Northants Evening Telegraph, 7/3/08)
Guide Dogs
Aberdeen Puts Out Call For More Best Friends (This is North Scotland, 5/3/08)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008
Pleased to meet you Scout
(Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 28/2/08)
Anger after restaurant turns away guide dog
(Tottenham Journal, 27/2/08)
Guide dogs are an eyeful for charity
(Worcester News, 26/2/08)
Mavis and Lassie launch working dog stamps
(Kent Online, 22/2/08)
Guide dogs take a lead
(The Bolton News, 22/2/08)
Apology over
guide dog snub (Leamington Observer, 21/2/08)
‘Guide dog Sutton gets me out and about’
(I C Wales, 19/2/08)
Taxi firm fined for not picking up blind
couple (I C Walsall, 15/2/08)
Guide
dog ordeal (Hackney Gazette, 15/2/08)
Assistance dog users take message to the top
(Sussex Express, 14/2/08)
First class honour for guide dog
Warwick I C Coventry, 14/2/08)
Vipnews.org.uk Guide Dog news links 2007 page
MISCELLANEOUS
MAY 2008
Real life exclusive: Meet Sam the blind boy who uses
dolphin-like clicks to navigate (Daily Mirror, 30/5/08)
Beijing withdraws Olympics manual after 'inappropriate
language' is used to describe disabled competitors (This is London, 29/5/08)
Russell Watson fears brain tumour will blind him
(Telegraph, 29/5/08)
Italian switchboard operator pretended to be blind for 24
years to qualify for job (Times Online, 29/5/08)
Boy, 3, must lose sight to beat cancer
(Metro.co.uk, 27/5/08)
The Nice Movement
46. Misunderstood Signals (Londonist.com, 25/5/08)
Those Redesigned US Bank
Notes (Anorak, 21/5/08)
Blind man's two-day adventure
(audio report) (BBC News Wales, 21/5/08)
Bilbo Is Beached By RNLI
(This is Cornwall, 20/5/08)
It’s not every day a member of the royal family gets on a bus
(I C Wales, 15/5/08)
Not the gaffer, but the gaffee,
by Clive James (BBC Magazine, 9/5/08)
Boy left partially blind by trampoline accident
(Yorkshire Post, 7/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Mercy mission mystery donor (Down
Democrat, Ireland 30/4/08)
I
was driven to brink of suicide caring 24/7 for disabled son (The Sun, 29/4/08)
Revealed: David Blunkett finds love again with a divorced GP who has two
children (This is London, 29/4/08)
Blind woman saved from fire by elderly neighbour
(This is Cheshire, 25/4/08)
Blind man's wife described porn (BBC
Devon, 25/4/08)
Canine sleuth sniffs out the nicked false teeth
(Coventry Telegraph, 24/4/08)
Inspiring smile of a special little fighter
(Northern Echo, 24/4/08)
Mammoth fight to keep exhibit bugs at bay
(Oldham Chronicle, 23/4/08)
I wish I'd died, admits man blinded by thug
(Daily Record, 22/4/08)
Blundering cops blind each other with CS spray during arrest
(Daily Record, 22/4/08)
Falklands War Nurse Nicci's Emotional Day (This
is South Devon, 21/4/08)
June driven up the wall by Johnny Cash (This
is London, 16/4/08)
Talk Dirty, Descriptively in Porn for the Blind
(Wired.com, 11/4/08)
Former Miss Scotland experiences world of 5000 deafblind Scots
(Sunday Mail, 6/4/08)
Back to black
(features Dr Bart Caulker) (Northern Echo, 4/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Cyclist died in freak accident
(Get Reading, 27/3/08)
Homing Abilities Of Blindfolded Dog Owners
(UK Pets, 12/3/08)
Sweet Dreams are made of this
(Southern Daily Echo, 8/3/08)
Jeremy
Clarkson: Bleep off, you’re driving me mad (Times, 2/3/08)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
2008
Blind man in tractor caused crash (BBC
News, 29/2/08)
Southport 'miracle mum' sees her twins born
through pioneering fertility treatment turn 18 (I C Sefton & West Lancs,
29/2/08)
Students 'on a journey' to find out what it's like to be visually impaired
(Louth Leader, 29/2/08)
Colour-blind artist learns to paint by hearing"
(Sunday Times, 24/2/08)
Blind association "horrified" that BNP used its venue
(Hastings Today, 19/2/08)
'Blind' doctor abandoned his wife and child
claims (I C Birmingham, 18/2/08)
Blind justice
(Top Gear, 15/2/08)
vipnews.org.uk Miscellaneous links 2007 page
POSITIVE ACHIEVERS
MAY 2008
Sean's triumph over adversity, and ten tors
(Exmouth Journal, 29/5/08)
Partial vision is no obstacle to Bill's blind club achievements
(Edinburgh News, 29/5/08)
Caroline first blind church warden
(Northants Evening Telegraph, 28/5/08)
Deaf community champion Julie
Davison dies at 29 (Northampton Chronicle, 28/5/08)
Robert slides across river Tyne
(Northumberland News Post Leader, 28/5/08)
Blind ambition: taking on ocean for charity
(The Herald, 26/5/08)
Blind Bob's first cycle in 25 years...and it's 1000 miles
(Sunday Mail, 25/5/08)
Evening
Of Music At Chesters In Memory Of Fun-loving Margaret (Lisburn Ulster Star,
25/5/08)
Chess
Player Congratulated (Inverclyde Now, 23/5/08)
Devoted man helped grandchildren after he died
(The Bolton News, 23/5/08)
Playing blind (Central
Fife Times, Scotland 22/5/08)
Matthews wants one more chance
(Kenilworth Weekly News, 22/5/08)
Symbolic milestone for oldest man: 111 years, 11 months and 11 days
old (BBC News, 17/5/08)
Queen honours people from across the region:
Norma Town (75) awarded MBE (Northern Echo, 16/5/08)
Blind
skier attempts to break his own world record (Kent
News, 16/5/08)
Young Jillian wins 'weakest link' event
(North Tyneside News Guardian, 15/5/08)
Our heroes all set for charity adventure
(Liverpool Echo, 15/5/08)
Musician dies after 19-year battle with
multiple sclerosis (Northants Evening Telegraph, 15/5/08)
An independent life for Eston mum despite brain tumour
(Gazette Live, 14/5/08)
Wrexham woman was a true inspiration, say family:
Emma Pryde, 24 (Flintshire Standard, 13/5/08)
Active Linda’s message of hope
(Bradford Telegraph Argus, 12/5/08)
Double delight as blind soldier to race Ferrari then tie the knot
(Scotsman.com, 9/5/08)
Women praised for college success
(Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 9/5/08)
Fond tributes to Suffolk woman
Rebecca Andrews (Suffolk Evening Star, 8/5/08)
Blind man drives racing car again
(BBC Scotland, 8/5/08)
Founder
of "Big Print" Trevor Buckley, dies ages 76 (Warrington Guardian,
7/5/08)
It’s never too late for love
(Rochdale Observer, 6/5/08)
Blind man to drive to fund guide dogs
(Stroud News & Journal, 6/5/08)
Blind? That Won't Stop Me Driving! (This
Is Gloucestershire, 5/5/08)
Moving pilgrimage for my beloved wife
(Norwich Evening News, 3/5/08)
Rossendale man's blind faith makes scents (Lancashire Telegraph, 1/5/08)
Blind balloonist prepares for skydive
(West Sussex Gazette, 1/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Blind woman
(92) to abseil down Worthing multi-storey car park (West Sussex Today, 29/4/08)
Local man honoured for blind awareness work
(Bridgwater Mercury, 25/4/08)
V
I Fundraiser set to saddle up for guide dogs (Scotsman.com, 25/4/08)
Cash In The Attic Filmed In Ely
(features blind auctioneer David Palmer) (Ely Standard, 24/4/08)
Tributes to Dial-a-Ride pioneer
(Chorley Guardian, 23/4/08)
The fastest blind man on two wheels
(Blackpool Gazette, 23/4/08)
An end to the silent suffering
(The Herald, 22/4/08)
Doctors said I'll never ride again... I'll prove them wrong
(Sunday Mail, 20/4/08)
A Change For The Better! (features
Amar Latif) (Sunday Mail, 20/4/08)
Henry
Allingham: Three centuries, six monarchs, 21 prime ministers... one
life (Northern Echo, 19/4/08)
Soroptimist International picks Crosby's Woman
of the Year (I C Sefton & West Lancs, 17/4/08)
It's uphill (and then down) for Ruari, 13
(Exmouth Journal, 17/4/08)
Award-winning blind poet Sarah Hunter
dies (Oldham Chronicle, 16/4/08)
Coaster rides for St George's Day
(features Billy Baxter) (Blackpool Gazette, 15/4/08)
Bus tour to honour ‘Blind Dave’
(Express and Star, 14/4/08)
Blind runner finishes seven marathons in seven days
(AFP, 13/4/08)
Rotary
award for Whitstable teenager (Canterbury News, 12/4/08)
Brownies keep silent for blind athlete's talk (Warwick
Courier, 11/4/08)
My dad's years at Co-op printing works
(Get Reading, 10/4/08)
Rower completes Atlantic challenge
(Norwich Evening News, 6/4/08)
Pride of Britain hero Daniel Gallimore's wedding joy
(Daily Mirror, 3/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Top Award For Dennis And Bernice
(24Dash.com, 31/3/08)
Nicki swims with the sharks for charity dare
(Daily Post, Wales 31/3/08)
Big send-off for Blind Dave
(Express and Star, 31/3/08)
Blind pilot breaks sound barrier
(Ananova, 30/3/08)
Blinding Effort:
Adventurer on course to be the first partially sighted man to row the Atlantic (The People, 30/3/08)
Farewell to a true gentleman:
Tommy Somerset (This is Cheshire, 27/3/08)
Amazing! See Clip Of Blind Catwalk Model
(The Daily Goss, 25/3/08)
Beccles vicar made honorary canon
(Beccles & Bungay Journal, 20/3/08)
Blind Pilot To Attempt Three New World Records (With Video)
(This is Derbyshire, 19/3/08)
Obituary:
Family mourn brave Adrian, 27 (Dorset Echo, 18/3/08)
TT star Jackie still doing 100.. but this time without the bike
(Edinburgh News, 17/3/08)
Obituary:
Stephen Pexton - respected builder (Kent Online, 14/3/08)
‘I don’t see it as a job, I see it as being a mother’
(South Wales Echo, 12/3/08)
Theia's lesson in courage
(Irish Independent, 11/3/08)
Peddles to the 'metal'
(features Bill Gulliver) (Get Reading, 11/3/08)
Oulton Park driving challenge for Mike
(This is Cheshire, 7/3/08)
Birthday celebrations for one of city's oldest
residents, 107 (Southern Daily Echo, 1/3/08)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008
Maria's marathon challenge
(Leyland Guardian, 27/2/08)
Meg marks her 100th special day
(Sunderland Echo, 23/2/08)
Blind runner Dave to tackle seven marathons in a
week (Bridgnorth Journal, 22/2/08)
Families benefit from great-grandmother's advice
(Wrexham Evening Leader, 20/2/08)
ABID Hussain is a bit of a whiz in the kitchen
(Evening Gazette, 18/2/08)
John Lafferty is dishing out his own brand of
justice - as Britain's first BLIND circuit judge (Sunday People, 27/1/08)
Vipnews.org.uk Positive Achievers links
2007 page
V I P SPORTS
MAY08
International football success is being planned in Hereford
(Hereford Times, 30/5/08)
Rugby
League World magazine available in audio format for blind people (TotalRL.com,
30/5/08)
Sports council helps to fund goalkeeper’s trip
(Hereford Times, 30/5/08)
Swinford’s John bowls ’em over (Western
People, Ireland 28/5/08)
Carl targets (V
I Archery) championships (Chorley Guardian, 28/5/08)
Is Doug, 92,county's oldest bowler?
(Skegness Standard, 27/5/08)
Special Euro
2008 service for visually impaired (UEFA.com, 26/5/08)
Sue is ready to keep on running
(Chester Chronicle, 23/5/08)
Marathon man Dave Heeley gears up for new challenge
(Birmingham Mail, 23/5/08)
Blind skier fails in record bid (BBC
Sports, 22/5/08)
Former Villa footballer Shaw links up with Withe for visually impaired students
(Queen Alexander's College, 21/5/08)
Future sailing champs meet Exmouth's
Olympic hopefuls on the Estuary (Royal Yachting Association, 21/5/08)
Blind football team go for Beijing glory (Worcester
News. 21/5/08)
British duo set for Beijing event (BBC
Disability Sport, 21/5/08)
Deafblind woman completes sponsored swim
(Essex Echo, 19/5/08)
Youngsters gear up for outdoor adventures
(Edinburgh Evening News, 18/5/08)
Blind golfers to benefit at Marlborough captain's day
(Swindon Advertiser, 17/5/08)
Inside Sport: Des Kelly tries blind football
(video clip with sound) (BBC Sport, 16/5/08)
Organisers score hit with 'Goalball'
(Scarborough Evening News, 14/5/08)
Paralympic Riders Continue
with Winning Spree (Irish Cycling, 13/5/08)
Sussex judo ace set for Beijing
(The Argus, 13/5/08)
Sprinter Jason Smyth
strikes Gold (Belfast Newsletter, 11/5/08)
Gold For St Thomas's Linzi
at the British International Swimming Championships (Arbroath Herald, 8/5/08)
School 1st XI
Plays Blind On Caribbean Cricket Tour (Private
School News, 7/5/08)
Paralympic
stars to watch in Manchester (features Aileen McGlynn) (BBC Sport, 6/5/08)
Disability sport: Showcase day a big attraction
(Suffolk Free Press, 1/5/08) Visually Impaired footballers meet their heroes
(Arsenal.com, 1/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Impaired team clinch title (West Bromwich Albion FC, 28/4/08)
British Blind Sports Winter Fours finals for two Wyre
bowling teams (Blackpool Citizen, 27/4/08)
Talented sailor and rower Luke Almond's
quest for accolades (Worcester News, 25/4/08)
Wales Paralympians tune up
(News Wales, 25/4/08)
Blind golfer hosts 'Fife Classic' competition
(Dunfermline Press, 24/4/08)
Ian
Rose picked for fifth Olympics (This is Local London, 24/4/08)
Blind Dave to start the Mail Fun Run
(Birmingham Mail, 24/4/08)
Albion’s visually impaired team aiming to lead title charge
(Express and Star, 24/4/08)
Blind Golf ace Mike Mayo has made a solid start to his 2008 campaign (Carluke
Gazette, 23/4/08)
V
I Judo chief optimistic for Beijing - video report (BBC Disability Sport, 23/4/08)
Paul Willis
takes fast route to success (Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 23/4/08)
Blind British skiers doing just fine at Ylläs ski resort (Helsingen
Sanomat, Finland 19/4/08)
V
I Judoist Ben Quilter wins silver at British Universities Sports Association championships
(News Shopper, 16/4/08)
Visually
impaired football team shortlisted for nPower disability sports
award (West Bromwich Albion FC, 16/4/08)
Blind futsal boost in England
(UEFA.com, 14/4/08)
National Triples double for visually-impaired bowlers
(Bridgwater Mercury, 11/4/08)
Blind marathon runner raring to go
(South London Today, 9/4/08)
'Blind Dave' runs in Los Angeles (BBC
News, 9/4/08)
Portsmouth
fan Sylvia (95) is keen to be there (Portsmouth Today, 7/4/08)
Student wins British Acoustic Shooting Championships
title (Hereford Times, 6/4/08)
Childhood accident has driven Atlantic rower
(Eastern Daily Press, 3/4/08)
Falklands link for blind marathon runner Dave Heeley's family
(Birmingham Mail, 3/4/08)
Appeal for cricket commentators
(Northants Evening Telegraph, 2/4/08)
UEFA
backs blind football (UEFA.com, 2/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Marathon bid blind man flies out (BBC
News, 30/3/08)
Blind
rower on the crest of a wave (This is Bristol, 29/3/08)
Award for
Ajmal Ahmed, GB Partially Sighted squad captain (TheFA.com, 27/3/08)
Blind archer makes one-in-a-million Robin Hood shot
(Telegraph, 27/3/08)
Judo club joins disability scheme (BBC
Sport, 27/3/08)
Tandem pairing ready for action (BBC
Disability Sport, 25/3/08)
Heads Up: Blind Soccer Is All The Rage These Days
(features video) (MachoChip.com, 21/3/08)
England blind cricket
team primed for action (ECB.co.uk, 17/3/08)
David’s on run to Get Kids Going
(Blackburn Citizen, 17/3/08)
Cricket fan Fred's not barmy - just blind (Stuff.co.nz,
15/3/08)
Legend
toasted (features Blind Golf British Masters Champion Mike Mayo) (Lanark Gazette,
14/3/08)
Blind Bowler Beats Ban But He's Still On Club's Blacklist
(This is Exeter, 14/3/08)
Visually impaired archer Steve Prowse wins
Duncan Edwards
award (Stourbridge News, 13/3/08)
Video: Granny's still alive and kicking
(The Comet, 13/3/08)
Bowling them over!
(Glasgow Evening Times, 6/3/08)
Blind Dave Heeley to run London as part of his marathon challenge
(Birmingham Mail, 6/3/08)
Camilla
invited to play cricket with children from blind school (The Herald, 6/3/08)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008
Blind children benefit from specialist sports clubs(CommunityCare.co.uk,
29/2/08)
Sports For Blind Kids (Western
Daily Press, 20/2/08)
Ben will see to it for blind runners
(Sheffield Star, 20/2/08)
Youngsters learn the ropes at marine centre
(Sunderland Echo, 18/2/08)
Blind triathlete aims for medal
(Warwick Courier, 15/2/08)
It's
a Marathon effort! (Worcester Standard, 14/2/08, PDF)
£7000
grant for London Goalball Club (Hendon Times, 12/2/08)
Marathon man Trevor can’t stop running
(Welwyn & Hatfield Times, 6/2/08)
Eyes and ears for blind fans (South
Yorkshire Star, 6/2/08)
UEFA backs blind futsal
(UEFA.com, 5/2/08)
Vipnews.org.uk Blind and Visually Impaired Sports links 2007 page
VISION RESEARCH & EYE HEALTH
MAY 2008
(This is Cheshire, 31/5/08)
Wireless Vision Implant: Implantable Prosthesis Lets Patients Perceive Visual
Images (Science Daily, 29/5/08)
The Visually Impaired Patient
(RedOrbit.com, 27/5/08)
Brains of blind people store visual information (ITwire.com,
23/5/08)
Free NHS at home eye test for people with difficulties getting
around (MoneySavingExpert.com, 22/5/08)
Cat brain could provide bionic eye firmware
(New Scientist, 21/5/08)
UK Inventor Wins Top European Innovation Prize
for retinal scanner (AGIP News, 19/5/08)
Filters prevent blindness of eyes that won’t open
(Times Online, 19/5/08)
Doctor promotes blind issues
(Press Association, 17/5/08)
New treatment hope for blind Ashington girl
(NorthEast Chronicle, 16/5/08)
Operation helps blind man set sights on future
(Irish Independent, 16/5/08)
Identifying Abnormal Protein Levels In Diabetic Retinopathy
(Science Daily, 13/5/08)
Bayer and Regeneron start second Phase III macular degeneration study
(Pharmaceutical Business Review, 8/5/08)
Q&A with Dr Thomas Stuttaford on eyesight problems and
gene therapy (Times Online, 7/5/08)
APRIL 2008
Get tested says glaucoma sufferer
(Oxford Mail, 30/4/08)
Biovitrum Presents Detailed Results from Clinical Neuropathic
Pain and Glaucoma Projects (Hugin Online, 29/4/08)
How does it really feel to regain one's long-lost sight(The Guardian, 28/4/08)
Maze walk marks 'huge advance' in gene therapy for blindness
(The Guardian, 28/4/08)
Gene therapy lights the dark for blind student
(The Telegraph, 27/4/08)
Could blindness be eradicated in 10 years?
(Irish Medical Times, 22/4/08)
Bionic eyes implanted in blind patients
(The Telegraph, 21/4/08)
Press And Photo Call: UK Vision Strategy Launch Conference
(Medical News Today, 21/4/08)
Survey reveals nation's fear of sight loss
(Nursing in Practice, 21/4/08)
Valsalva Retinopathy in Pregnancy: A Case Report
(Doctor's Guide, 11/4/08)
Embryo Research May Never Produce Cures: Head of UK Stem Cell Network
(LifeSiteNews.com, 11/4/08)
Woman's life saved after optician spots brain tumour
during eye test (Mirror, 10/4/08)
Review saves Edward's sight
(This is Hertfordshire, 9/4/08)
AMD is the leading cause of sight loss in the UK (I
C Wales, 7/4/08)
Man's sight restored 66 years on (BBC
Scotland News, 6/4/08)
Northern
Ireland scientists in cataract advance (BBC News, 3/4/08)
After two-year delay 'left 20,000 people blind', patients finally get
sight-saving drug on NHS (Daily Mail, 1/4/08)
MARCH 2008
Sight drug avastin
available on NHS (Sussex Argus, 31/3/08)
No more blind tee shots! (features IOL VIP treatment) (GolfMagic.com, 24/3/08)
Unique Glaucoma Eye Test Through Eyelid (PRweb.com, 21/3/08)
Cases:
Midlife Diagnosis of Refsum Disease in Siblings With Retinitis
Pigmentosa (Doctor's Guide, 21/3/08)
Scientists Successfully Awaken Sleeping Stem Cells in the Eye to Regenerate
Retina (Ascribe Newswire, 18/3/08)
Laptop glaucoma test demonstrated to MPs
(Optician Online, 14/3/08)
Pioneering Eye Hospital Wins Top Design Award (Daily
Express, 14/3/08)
Plenty Of Help For Those With Eye Condition (This
Is Exeter, 10/3/08)
Moorfields Eye Hospital Develop New Glaucoma Test
(Londonist.com, 6/3/08)
Christchurch woman one of the first in the world to benefit
from revolutionary new AMD treatment (Response Source, 5/3/08)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008
Miracle operation Osteo Odonto Keratoprosthesis, gives blind man sight back
(Product-Reviews.net, 29/2/08)
Macular degeneration doubles risk of dying from heart attack or stroke,
researchers say (Daily Mail, 28/2/08)
Stretford optician's glaucoma warning (Messenger
Newspapers, 22/2/08)
Blind People's Other Senses Not More Acute (Psyblog,
21/2/08)
Bausch & Lomb's Generosity Is Saving Sight In Africa
(Medical News Today, 15/2/08)
Iridix optimiser simulates human retina
(TVB Europe, 14/2/08)
Biovitrum has Completed an Exploratory Clinical Phase II Study
in Glaucoma (HUGIN online, 12/2/08)
Sound Waves Can Help Blind Children Move Around
(StaffNurse.com, 11/2/08)
How the blind could be taught to see like a bat using new echo technique
(Daily Mail, 10/2/08)
A blind man hallucinating
(MindHacks.com, 4/2/08)
Stent Implantation Not Recommended for Revascularisation in Diabetics With
Retinopathy (Docguide.com, 31/1/08)
Glaucoma screening assessed
(Clinical Services Journal, 29/1/08)
Should I Undergo Glaucoma Eye Op? (Daily
Express, 29/1/08)
NBCS
and IGA publish "A Day with Tom at the Eye Hospital" (National Blind
Children's Society, 8/1/08)
Vipnews.org.uk Vision Research and Eye Health links 2007 page
WEB ACCESSIBILITY
MAY 2008
Demystifying Accessibility Myths: The Alt Tag Attribute
(Online Public Relations blog, 31/5/08)
BotDetect ASP CAPTCHA
(Shareware) features audio (NetworkingFiles.com, 30/5/08)
Umbrella Specification For Web Standards Published
(E-access blog, 28/5/08)
Opinion - Regulating Accessibility: Time for a New Beginning
(E-access Blog, 28/5/08)
AxsJAX And Auditory User Interfaces At Google IO
(Emacspeak the complete audio desktop blog, 28/5/08)
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.3 with VoiceOver Enhancements
(Lioncourt.com, 28/5/08)
Are Efforts to Acquire Accessibility by the Blind Being Lumped
in with Piracy? (Blind Access Journal, 25/5/08)
Microsoft to shut down book
scanning operations (Associated
Press, 24/5/08)
AJAX accessibility for websites
(I T Wales, 21/5/08)
The Mystery of the Suddenly Inacccessible Encyclopædia Britannica
(AFB, 20/5/08)
Seven Ways To Kill Your Catalog
(WebProNews.com, 20/5/08)
Web Page Layouts for Low
Vision People (CSS-FAQ.com, 20/5/08)
NISO Standard at the Heart of Microsoft Plug-In for the Blind and
Print-Disabled (NISO.org, 15/5/08)
Workshop Report - Accessible Publishing: Are They Receiving
You Loud and Clear? (E-access blog, 15/5/08)
Making
it accessible from the start (Are we all Web 2.0 Crazy blog, 12/5/08)
Web Accessibility - The Power of Five
(E-access blog, 12/5/08)
Zone BBS Begins Using Accessible Text Based Challenge / Response
Test to Support Secure Registration (Blind Access Journal, 10/5/08)
Making
Twitter Tweet - using the TPG notifier (Paciello Group blog, 9/5/08)
"Narrator, the screen reader built into Windows
XP and Vista, is so crude that even Microsoft admits that it is not suitable
for daily use" (Computer World, 9/5/08)
April Website Rankings of 100 Retailers
(The Retail Bulletin, 6/5/08)
Web 2.0: A step
backwards for accessibility? (ZDnet,
6/5/08)
How Do You Say That?
New W3C
standard promises to improve pronunciation.(Speech Technology Magazine, 1/5/08)
APRIL 2008
WCAG 2.0 goes to Candidate Recommendation
(RNIB Web Access Blog, 30/4/08)
Government
must rationalise its websites, Committee of Public Accounts says (Computer Weekly,
30/4/08)
Mediasurface Upgrades Content
Management Software To Improve Website Accessibility (IrishDev.com, 29/4/08)
Ideas for accessibility from HP Climate Strategy
(IT-analysis.com, 29/4/08)
Road to nowhere,
by Julie Howell (Disability Now, 25/4/08)
Joomla! Accessibility by
Joshue O Connor (Free Software Magazine, 25/4/08)
Effective usability and accessibility testing
(IT-Analysis.com, 24/4/08)
Cyberclinic: Why are blind people ignored by websites?
(The Independent, 23/4/08)
Librarything
and Jaws (Are we all Web 2.0 crazy blog, 22/4/08)
Website accessibility issues unpicked in 2008 supplement from
SOCITM Insight (Egov Monitor, 18/4/08)
aDesigner:
Enabling Web Accessibility
(NewMobileComputing.com, 18/4/08)
Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web? (Slashdot,
17/4/08)
Accessibility: what do we want from AJAX?
(Usability News, 17/4/08)
Using the Firefox
Web Developer
Toolbar for Search and Usability (SearchEngineLand.com, 17/4/08)
Wave:
Another Accessibility Checker (Futurate.com blog, 16/4/08)
Del.icio.us
and Jaws (Are we all Web 2.0 crazy blog, 15/4/08)
Surfing into the Future: An Introduction to Web 2.0
(AFB Accessworld magazine, April 2008)
and Jaws (Are we all Web 2.0 crazy blog, 8/4/08)
YouReportTV launches only (accessible)
site to deliver 100% people's news (Response Source, 8/4/08)
Amex woes highlight common PDF accessibility problem (E-consultancy.com,
7/4/08)
User
friendliness and screenreaders (Are we all Web 2.0 crazy blog, 7/4/08)
CSS Naked Day on April 9th, 2008
(The Blog Herald, 6/4/08)
Trenton Moss: Ten common Accessibility errors (Usability News, 5/4/08)
Ebay UK appoints
Webcredible to maintain accessibility (New Media Age, 3/4/08)
London event to focus on Web 2.0 accessibility:
"Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom" (ZDnet, 3/4/08)
Accessibility Explored Information
Day (IrishDev.com, 3/4/08)
Peter
Abrahams: Accessibility Conferences (IT-Analysis.com, 3/4/08)
Bells And Whistles, Or Accessibility Stop Signs?
Practical Ecommerce, 2/4/08)
MARCH 2008
March Website Rankings of 100 Retailers
(The Retail Bulletin, 29/3/08)
Computer
and web accessibility: All About Attitude (Access Ability blog, 28/3/08)
AxsJAX:
My Web 2.0 Application Is Feeling Accessible, by T.V. Raman (Google Open Source
blog, 28/3/08)
Sharepoint
Accesibility: Down and Dirty on the Front Line (Futurate.com blog, 28/3/08)
Visual
Verification: LiveJournal Makes the Switch to ReCAPTCHA (Blind Access Journal,
27/3/08)
County
Council website upgraded to Dixerit Plus, provides magnification software (PublicTechnology.net,
27/3/08)
Website for blind and vision impaired developed with open source CMS (25/3/08)
Stay in touch with patients via the net
(This is Wirral, 24/3/08)
Accessibility expert addresses Media Trust ‘Accessible Information’
seminar (E-consultancy.com, 20/3/08)
Google Research Scientist Stresses Accessibility
(WebPRoNews.com, 17/3/08)
AJAX accessibility
for websites (WebCredible, March 2008)
Surfing into the Future: An Introduction to Web 2.0
(Accessworld, March 2008 Edition)
The Need for an Editor for Producing SVG Movies
(AmyBSanchez blog, 15/3/08)
Experts
nod for new council website (Northwest Evening Mail, 14/3/08)
One Step Forwards, Two Steps Back?
(E-access Blog, 13/3/08)
iLinc Web Conferencing Software Provides Accessibility, True Functionality
to Disabled Users (Earth Times, 13/3/08)
ARIA
For Google Reader: In praise of timely information access (The Official Google
Blog, 12/3/08)
National Federation of the Blind
Launches Nonvisual Access Certification Program (Business Wire, 12/3/08)
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Working Draft
(W3.org, 10/3/08)
Internet Explorer 8 Promises Better Standards Compliance...and a Whole Lot More
(CIO.com, 6/3/08)
Nokia's Open Signed Online" not Accessible to the Visually
Impaired (Mobile Space, 5/3/08)
Website
Makes Gaming Accessible For Everyone (Kotaku.com, 5/3/08)
Council sites need better accessibility
(IT Pro, 4/3/08)
Accessibility still a big problem for Irish websites (Sillicon
Republic, 3/3/08)
Latest eNation report on social networking websites widely covered in the media
(AbilityNet, 3/3/08)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008
Lancashire Evening Post's special Talking Newspaper service
(L E P, 27/2/08)
Gotcha,
CAPTCHA! Gmail bot detector system cracked (Ars Technica, 26/2/08)
BCAB Join New Web Standard Committee
(British Computer Association of the Blind, 26/2/08)
Travel sector websites fail disabled travellers (E-consultancy.com,
25/2/08)
Public Bodies ‘Face Assistive Technology Legal
Action’ (E-access Blog, 19/2/08)
Work
begins on British Standard for web accessibility (Computer Weekly, 15/2/08)
Accessibility Conferences
(IT-Analysis.com, 11/2/08)
Investment in Accessibility is beginning to Pay Off
(UsabilityNews.com, 8/2/08)
Case study: The National Archives - providing
access to archival material for students with a visual impairment (PublicTechnology.net,
8/2/08)
Translation + Gmail help people communicate (The Official Google Blog, 8/2/08)
Council's e-accessibility to be studied
(PublicServant.co.uk, 4/2/08)
Relationship Between Mobile Web and Web Content Accessibility (First Public
Working Draft) (w3.org, 22/1/08)
Social networking sites lock out disabled users
(AbilityNet, 18/1/08)
Public
Transit Made Easy (The Official Google Blog, 18/1/08)
Disabled Accessibility For Websites Still An Issue For UK Online Retailers
(IT Backbones, 4/1/08)
Vipnews.org.uk Web Accessibility links 2007
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Global Hop - International Stories (one per day in reverse
date order)
May 2008
31/5/08
- Taiwan - Challenging Sports (features V I Javelin thrower) (Taiwan Review)
30/5/08
- United Arab Emirates - In quest of light
(Khaleej Times)
29/5/08
- Australia - Is there a radio DJ in you? (features Adrian Eckert, vice president
of 2dryFM) (Barrier Miner)
28/5/08
- Australia - Karate's blind passion (Inner West Weekly)
27/5/08
- Canada - Visually impaired anglers take part in tournament (Pembroke Daily
Observer)
26/5/08
- Pakistan - Al-Shifa Trust awarded USF IT project for the visually impaired (Online
News PK)
25/5/08 - Uganda - Mukwano aids the blind
(New Vision)
24/5/08
- Swaziland - Christ Worshippers V
I Choir appeal for funds (The Swazi Observer)
23/5/08
- Japan - Blind Peruvian woman denied admission to fitness clubs in Shizuoka
(Japan Today)
22/5/08
- Guyana - Caribbean Council for the Blind to set up school of optometry (Stabroek
News)
21/5/08
- Kuwait - Banks eye
hi-tech facilities for blind (Arab Times)
20/5/08
- Venezuela - Center for Integral Attention Caroní, “When blind people
receive a light” (Agencia Bolivariana)
19/5/08 - Yemen
- Two blind women fulfill their dreams
with help from a special association (Yemen Times)
18/5/08 - Georgia
- Eurovision.tv talks to Diana Gurtskaya (Eurovision.tv)
17/5/08
- Japan - Blind man wins shamisen contest (Daily Yomiuri)
16/5/08
- Bahrain - Blind easy prey for abusers (Gulf Daily News)
15/5/08
- China - An all-blind cast drama debuts in Beijing (China View)
14/5/08
- Qatar - Al Noor: An institute that empowers the
blind (The Peninsula)
13/5/08 - Cuba
- Latin American Blind Congress Closes in
Brazil (Cuban News Agency)
12/5/08 - India
- Blind workers find a thrill in outsourcing jobs (IHT.com)
11/5/08 - Sri Lanka - Smacking a ball that some can’t see! (The Island)
10/5/08
- Trinidad & Tobago - DEAF, MUTE, BLIND: A mother who beat the odds (Trinidad
Express)
9/5/08 - Singapore -
Charity Golf Tournament to Support Blind Babies Foundation (Earth Times)
8/5/08
- Canada - Blind Commuters see transit light (Toronto Sun)
7/5/08 -
Brunei - SR Dato Basir teachers attend Braille workshop (Borneo Bulletin)
6/5/08 - Belize
- Braille Manual And DVD On HIV/AIDS Launched (Love FM)
5/5/08
- Cayman Islands - A ‘life–changer’ for blind officer (Cay Compass)
4/5/08
- Canada - The Way Bobby Sees It (Whistler Mountain Bike magazine)
3/5/08
- Bangladesh - Bangladeshi NGO organizes cricket training camp for blind (China
View)
2/5/08 - Cuba - Cuban Visually Impaired Women in Brazil for Latin American Forum
(Mathaba.net)
1/5/08 - South
Africa - Lawyer files application against Justice Committee (Independent Online)
April 2008
31/4/08 - Trinidad
& Tobago - Students’ inventions to aid the blind (Newsday)
30/4/08 - Estonia
- Blind driver busted again in Estonia (RIA Novosti)
29/4/08 - United Arab Emirates - Nattiq Technologies announce the release of Eye-Pal reading solution (AME
info)
28/4/08 - India
- Chess competition for the blind (The Hindu)
27/4/08 - Nigeria - An Ambitious Blind Newscaster (AllAfrica.com)
26/4/08
- South Africa - Watta Woof! (Sunday World)
25/4/08- Zimbabwe: Gospel Artiste Nemhara Releases Album (AllAfrica.com)
24/4/08 - Spain - Blind across the Moroccan desert on a tandem (TypicallySpanish.com)
23/4/08
- New Zealand - Awareness trainer at the Royal NZ Foundation of the Blind (NZ
Herald)
22/4/08
- Poland - Poland’s council websites not visually impaired friendly (Polskie Radio)
21/4/08
- Australia - Blind voter awarded $5,000 damages (ABC News)
20/4/08
- Kenya - Excluded From the Fight (AllAfrica.com)
19/4/08
- Canada - Sharon Ballantyne, first blind minister in the United Church of Canada
(Peterborough Examiner)
18/4/08
- China - Beijing to open 100 massage parlors run by the visually
impaired (Beijing2008)
17/4/08 - New
Zealand - University of Canterbury leading the way for blind students (Scoop.co.nz)
16/4/08
- Japan - Blind teacher returns to classroom (Yomiuri Shimbun)
15/4/08
- Pakistan - Islamabad grab blind cricket title (Dawn.com)
14/4/08 - Barbados
- No sight but she's outasight! (The Nation)
13/4/08 - Trinidad & Tobago - Blind cricket gets English boost (Newsday)
12/4/08
- Germany - Blind Passion (Fifa.com)
11/4/08
- India - Visually-challenged runs busiest
betel shop (NewIndpress)
10/4/08 - Turkey - The plight of three blind sisters on the big screen
(Today's Zaman)
9/4/08 - Azerbaijan - Project on providing an access for blind & VI persons to ICT is being completed (ABC.AZ)
8/4/08 - New Zealand - Robot helps blind children find write way (NZ Herald)
7/4/08 - Korea - Sightless runner completes third impressive feat (Korea.net)
6/4/08 - Vietnam - A blind man's courage and vision (Thanh Nien Daily)
5/4/08 - Fiji - Blind claim taxi rip-off (Fiji Times)
4/4/08 - Armenia - Sun Shine: Special scanner brings literature, music to blind (Armenia Now)
3/4/08 - Cuba - Blind and partially sighted people read Braille universal literature in Camagüey (Radio Cadena)
2/4/08 - Malawi - Malawi Union for Blind wants parliament meet to pass Disability Bill (Nyasa Times)
1/4/08 - Australia - Students inspired by blind guitarist (Toowoomba Chronicle)
March 2008
31/3/08 - India
- Gandhi meets visually-impaired at Raj Bhavan (Express India)
30/3/08
- Africa - Trip to Malawi brings new insight to Felpham group (Bognor Regis
Observer)
29/3/08
- Germany - Players in Germany's New Blind Soccer League Kick by Ear (Deutsche
Welle)
28/3/08 - Cyprus
- Blind battle for equal rights (Cyprus Mail)
27/3/08 - Russia
- Shepherd sues over rocket debris (Telegraph)
26/3/08 - Brunei
- "Tsunami Joe" Author Reads For Vision To Read Project
(Bru Direct)
25/3/08 - Poland
- Financial aid for visually impaired in Poland (Polskie Radio)
24/3/08
- India - Blind students will count tigers (Times of India)
23/3/08
- Japan - Blind school student makes enka debut (Yomiuri Shimbun)
22/3/08
- Trinidad & Tobago - T&T host regional Blind Cricket Championships
March 24-31 (Trinidad Express)
21/3/08 - Bahrain - Bahrain International Book Fair A Cultural Landmark (Bahrain News Agency)
20/3/08
- Philippines - Blind Pinoys Read 'Pasyon' In Braille
(Newsflash.org)
19/3/08
- Germany - Blind football league set to start in Germany (TheWest.com.au)
18/3/08
- Thailand - From Thai to Braille, in just ten seconds (The Nation)
17/3/08
- Russia - Aeroflot entered standard of passengers-invalids' service (AKM.ru)
16/3/08 - Russia - Blind designer takes Ukraine by storm
(Russia Today)
15/3/08
- Spain - Blind man receives a fine for driving drunk (TypicallySpanish.com)
14/3/08 - United
Arab Emirates - Middle East needs to do more to accommodate tourism for the blind
(AME Info)
13/3/08
- Trinidad and Tobago - Blind cricketers get Govt funds
(Newsday)
12/3/08 - India
- India launches site for disabled (BBC Asia)
11/3/08
- Ghana - We can’t get suitors – visually impaired
women (Joy Online)
10/3/08 - New Zealand
- Tails wagging at fun day for guide dogs (Stuff.co.nz)
9/3/08 - Swaziland - Disability no inability
(Weekend Observer)
8/3/08
- Canada - McKeever unstoppable at IPC World Cup (Rocky Mountain Outlook)
7/3/08
- Jamaica - Governer General Launches White Cane Month (Jamaica Information
Service)
6/3/08
- Hungary - Orbán canvasses disabled and blind for referendum votes (Politics.hu)
5/3/08 - Australia
- No, mayor's not blind (TheDaily.com.au)
4/3/08
- Vietnam - Massage courses for visually impaired (VNA)
3/3/08
- South Africa - Blind dad reunited with baby (IOL.za)
2/3/08 - Japan
- Braille Labels Make Beer Drinking for the Blind No Accident (InventorSpot.com)
1/3/08 - Barbados - Technology helps blind senator (Nation News)
February 2008
29/2/08
- Canada - The Ontario Blind Sports Association has created a grass roots judo initiative
program (SLAM! Sports)
28/2/08
- Namibia - Visually Impaired Get Legal Training (AllAfrica.com)
27/2/08
- Australia - Jean Cinis has been nominated for this year's NSW Woman of the Year award
(Parramatta Sun)
26/2/08
- Dubai - Sharq Village & Spa adopts the Al Noor Blind Institute (AME info)
25/2/08
- Japan - Suit filed over guide dog's death (Yomiuri Shimbun)
24/2/08
- Qatar - Braille Teacher to light up the lives
of the blind (The Peninsula)
23/2/08
- Iceland - National Museum of Iceland “Looks with Fingers” (Iceland Review)
22/2/08
- India - Visually impaired girls to be given laptops (The Hindu)
21/2/08
- Australia - Cricket Match unites clubs (Macleay Argus)
20/2/08
- South Africa - Visually impaired students boycott classes (Independent Online)
19/2/08
- South Africa - Software helps the visually impaired (MyADSL.co.za)
18/2/08
- Canada - Learning to live with vision loss (Niagara Falls Review)
17/2/08
- Sri Lanka - Colombo University launches programme to find host families
for visually-impaired students (Sunday Times)
16/2/08
- Australia - A blind date on the Harbour Bridge (Easier Travel)
15/2/08
- Bangladesh - Reserve 5pc quota for people with disabilities in govt
jobs, Speakers urge (Daily Star)
14/2/08
- India - A blind man's journey from peak to peak (Times of India)
13/2/08
- India - The Indian Braille mobile for the blind (PocketPicks.co.uk)
12/2/08
- Malta - School gets new multi sensory area (Times of Malta)
11/2/08
- India - Visually challenged men go on fast (The Hindu)
10/2/08
- India - Chorus of the heart (ExpressIndia)
9/2/08 - Bangladesh - Vow to achieve goals of eliminating blindness (Daily Star)
8/2/08
- India - OHRC comes to rescue of visually-impaired teacher (Newindpress)
7/2/08
- Israel - They Shoot blind people, don't they (Haaretz)
6/2/08
- Canada - Art you can see, touch and smell (Toronto Star)
5/2/08
- Azerbaijan - Institute of Information Technologies researches possibilities to provide visually impaired persons with
computers (ABC.AZ)
4/2/08
- India - Gift to visually challenged (Newindpress)
3/2/08
- Trinidad - Trinidad to host cricket tournament for visually
impaired (Irish Sun)
2/2/08
- Barbados - Champion for all in Senate Nation News)
1/2/08 - India - Centre for retina diseases opened at
Aravind Eye Hospital (The Hindu)
January 2008 (Under Construction!)
31/1/08 - New Zealand
- 'Didge ya 'ear that?!' (Scoop.co.nz)
30/1/08
- South Africa - Blind to benefit from groundbreaking document format project (IT Web)
29/1/08
- India - Exclusive hostel sought for visually impaired women (The Hindu)
28/1/08
- Nigeria - Expert makes the case for visually impaired children (The Tide)
27/1/08
- Malta - The Ultimate Visual Aid – A Guide Dog for the Blind (Malta Independent)
26/1/08
- Canada - Missing your bus stop? Meet 'the annunciator' (Vancouver Sun)
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UPCOMING UK
V I P EVENTS - 2008 (in forwards date order):
April
- Humanware GPS demonstration - South London (April 4th)
April - Retinal Awareness Group weekend - 11th to 13th April (Blackpool)
April
- UK Vision Strategy Conference - 18th April (London)
April
- "Uniform Men: A workshop for blind & partially sighted visitors"
(National Maritime Museum, London 24/4/08)
May
- BCAB Short Course:
USING GPS SYSTEMS, Saturday 10th May, (London)
July
- Blind & VI Gardening charity THRIVE at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2008
- July 7th (Middlesex)
July
- Sight Village 2008 - July 15th to 17th (Birmingham)
July
- Hire Vision - employers recruitment event - July 15th (Liverpool)
MORE COMING SOON!!!! PLEASE CONTACT THE EDITOR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LIST A 2008
EVENT (FREE!)
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RECENT UK
V I P EVENTS - in reverse date order):
2008
January - BETT (British Educational Technology & Training) Exhibition, Jan 9th to
12th (Earls Court, London)
February - Professional Development Event - Teachers & Learning Assistants Feb 28th
(Q A C, Birmingham)
March
- Conference: Supporting people with stroke and sight loss - 3rd March (Devon)
2007
November
2nd - Oxfordshire Association for the Blind I T Demonstration Day (Oxford)
July/August - ICC International Computer Camp (Helsinki, Finland)
March 31st - Rambling in Epping Forest event (North East London)
February 28th - Speed Recruitment for V I Graduates/Undergraduates (Edinburgh)
February 12th - Dry Slope Skiing and Golf Trip (Surrey)
January 31st - Arts - Touching the Wallace Collection event (London)
January 29th - RNIB "Future Focus" Careers Workshop (London)
January
& February 07 - Extant Theatre Performing Arts Workshops (London)
Click here for previous events before
1st January 2007
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Some great U K websites you might like to check
out:
T A F N - The Accessible
Friends Network
B C A B's
"Guide Cats for the Blind" CD page.
VIPonair, Europe's 1st
radio station by & for v i p's
White Stick, one of the the web's
most useful sites for v i p's
Sues Kitchen, a great online resource
for v i p cooks
Looking at You: A first class
website made and run by blind & visually impaired children
UK Audio Network - A great UK audio website
with lots to explore!
The BBC. The best website on Planet Earth!
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