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In Touch: Braille on Food Labelling; Disability Policy at the White House

Braille on Food Labelling; Disability Policy at the White House

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Braille on Food Labelling; Disability Policy at the White House

We hear about a campaign that aims to get braille onto food packaging.

We hear about a campaign that aims to get braille onto food packaging and an interview with a former Director of Disability Policy at the White House.

Getting braille onto food labelling is the subject of an ongoing campaign by a number of disability groups in Scotland. Oban and District Access Panel, Disability Equality Scotland and Sight Scotland have taken their campaign to the Scottish Government and are currently seeking visually impaired people's experiences and preferences when it comes to accessible food packaging. 

If you'd like to submit your experiences, visit: http://inclusivecommunication.scot/braille-campaign
Or call Disability Equality Scotland on 0141 370 0968

Day Al-Mohamed may not be a household name here in the UK, but she is certainly making waves in the United States. As well as being an author, a broadcaster, a documentary film maker and co-founder of a company that helps disabled people get into film making, she also spent a year working at the White House. There, she was Director of Disability Policy and would review new legislation and current policies to ensure the rights and needs of disabled people were being met.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings	 
Production Coordinator: Liz Poole  
Website image description: Peter White sits smiling in the centre of the image, wearing a dark green jumper. Above Peter's head is the BBC logo (three individual white squares house each of the three letters). Bottom centre and overlaying the image are the words "In Touch" and the Radio 4 logo (the word Radio in a bold white font, with the number 4 inside a white circle). The background is a bright mid-blue with two rectangles angled diagonally to the right. Both are behind Peter, one of a darker blue and the other is a lighter blue.

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