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In Touch: Partially Sighted Society and Lighting

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13/03/2018

Partially Sighted Society and Lighting

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Partially Sighted Society and Lighting

The Partially Sighted Society's Anita Plant on their relaunch and Louise Gaw on lighting.

Anita Plant, CEO of the Partially Sighted Society talks to Peter White about the charity's relaunch and optometrist Louise Gaw gives lighting advice.

Tom Walker talks to visually-impaired attendees of the first conference of the Partially-Sighted Society.
Anita Plant, CEO of the PSS talks to Peter White about the charity's relaunch.
RNIB Optometrist Louise Gaw talks to Cheryl Gabriel about the way lighting can help someone with low vision, make the most of their residual sight.
Louise stresses the importance of getting professional help from a rehab worker or local blind society, to advise on the best lighting options, depending on the eye condition of the individual.
Claudia Hammond presenter of All in the Mind, tells Peter that the BBC's Loneliness Experiment online survey, which was previously inaccessible with a screen-reader, has been changed and it is now accessible.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Cheryl Gabriel.

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