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In Touch: Audio Described Theatre Performances; World Record Runner Sinead Kane

Audio Described Theatre Performances; World Record Runner Sinead Kane

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The falling numbers of UK theatres offering audio described performances in recent years.

Fern Lulham discusses the falling numbers of UK theatres offering audio described performances. And visually impaired runner Sinead Kane calls for more blind participation in sport

Fern Lulham sits in for Peter White (you can see a picture of Fern, with her guide dog Nancy, on this programme's page on our website).
The Audio Description Association will be telling us about the falling numbers of theatres offering audio described performances in recent years. They're hoping there'll be a reversal of that trend once the theatres start to reopen after lockdown.
And Fern chats with Sinead Kane. Sinead was the first registered blind solictor in Ireland. And, three years ago, she was the first blind woman to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. 
Sinead is now calling for for more people with visual impairments to get involved in sport of any kind. She says she's frustrated at not being encouraged to participate in sport when she was younger.
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