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Five facts about braille for National Braille Week

The 4th of January marks the birthday of Louis Braille, the creator of braille. Find out more about braille with these five interesting facts....

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Touch Tours – Getting hands on with theatre

What is a Touch Tour, and why is it important to provide access to an audio-described performance? Learn more...

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Child reading braille book

5 facts about braille for World Braille Day 2023

The 4th of January marks the birthday of Louis Braille, the creator of braille. Find out more about braille with these five interesting facts....

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day – Rubab Rizvi

In this guest blog, Rubab Rizvi, Tax Analyst at KPMG shares how the use of digital technology has become a crucial part of her life and empowered her to pursue a career in finance despite living with a visual impairment....

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day – Mike Brace

In this guest blog, Mike Brace CBE, DL, former Paralympic skier talks about the use of accessible technology and how it can help overcome various challenges for blind and partially sighted people at work and in daily life....

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A group of various ages people looking at different items on the table during the touch tour

Touch Tours – Getting hands on with theatre

What is a Touch Tour, and why is it important to provide access to an audio-described performance? Learn more...

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Child reading braille book

Five facts about braille for World Braille Day

The 4th of January marks the birthday of Louis Braille, the creator of braille. Find out more about braille with these five interesting facts....

Read more about Five facts about braille for World Braille Day

Image shows Khafa using an iPhone to read the Vision Foundation logo

Global Accessibility Day 2020

How do you use a smartphone if you're blind or partially sighted? Tech-whiz, Khafsa, gives us the lowdown on how to make the most of your smartphone accessibility features. ...

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Vision Foundation and RNIB send joint letter to Sadiq Khan

The Vision Foundation and RNIB have jointly written to Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, to draw his attention to the challenges facing London’s blind and partially sighted population in the current crisis....

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