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In Touch: Assistive Technology For Pupils; Comedian Jamie MacDonald

03/08/2021

Assistive Technology For Pupils; Comedian Jamie MacDonald

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Assistive Technology For Pupils; Comedian Jamie MacDonald

A new scheme is aiming to provide assistive technology to visually impaired school pupils.

The Tech for All scheme, launched by charity Guide Dogs, aims to provide blind and visually impaired children with technology to help their school work and overall independence.

Home learning can be difficult for blind and visually impaired children. But the charity Guide Dogs is aiming to change that with their new Tech for All scheme. Within the pilot of the scheme, Guide Dogs are aiming to provide free iPads to around 3,500 children to help them with their school work and overall independence. We talk to the charity's Director of Operations, Peter Osborne about the background to the scheme and we hear from a family who have benefitted.

If you've not heard of him already, we're introducing you to stand-up comedian Jamie MacDonald. We talk to him about his career to date, including his Radio 4 comedy series Life on the Blink and his latest project, a BBC 2 documentary called Blind Ambition. The documentary examines blindness in relation to the way creative people, across different professions, continue to create fantastic work despite losing their sight.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings

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