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Special needs pupils in England 'pushed to one side' in Covid crisis

Sizeable number of Send pupils were unable to return to school in September, according to survey

Published: 18 Feb 2021
Ved Mehta proved that blindness is no obstacle to sparkling observation

Ian Jack

Published: 5 Feb 2021

Published: 5 Feb 2021
'He wants to work so bad': how the pandemic is affecting US guide dogs and their owners

Published: 2 Feb 2021

The resolution I kept No one can read 50 books a week. So why was I buying or borrowing that many?

I have always been a voracious reader. But one day I realised my passion for books had turned into a mania

Published: 1 Jan 2021

Helpless and bereaved: how Covid separated blind couple after 47 years

Peter Wilkins calls for hospital and care home visits to resume in England after death of his wife, Linda

Published: 23 Oct 2020

Lego launches braille version of its plastic bricks

Firm ‘wants to encourage blind and visually impaired children to explore new ways to learn’

Published: 20 Aug 2020
Is a woman my age allowed to be happy when the world is going to hell in a handbasket?

Helen Garner

Helen Garner was once the queen of paying attention. Now in her 70s, she writes, the tools that she relied on are beginning to wear out

Published: 14 Aug 2020

Published: 14 Aug 2020

Children at RNIB schools and homes put at risk, charity regulator finds

Discovery of safety failures at charity for blind people follows critical reports at Oxfam GB and Save the Children

Published: 24 Jun 2020

Physical distancing makes life harder for blind people – just ask my friend Dave

Adrian Chiles

He certainly doesn’t need the pity or prayers strangers offer him – but he does occasionally need a hand or elbow to help him cross a road, writes Adrian Chiles

Published: 27 May 2020

Published: 27 May 2020
'We're being fobbed off': why disabled students are losing out in lockdown

Disabled students need extensions to their deadlines and extra equipment, but are finding it hard to get them

Published: 21 May 2020

3 out of 5 stars.

Climbing Blind review – elevating portrait of a higher love
3 out of 5 stars.

This captivating documentary focuses on the extraordinary bond between blind climber Jesse Dufton and his wife and climbing partner Molly Thompson

Published: 18 Mar 2020
Doctors use gene editing tool Crispr inside body for first time

It may take up to a month to see outcome of attempt to treat inherited form of blindness

Published: 4 Mar 2020
DWP accused of offering disabled people 'take it or leave it' benefits

Lower value ‘deals’ allegedly offered to vulnerable people appealing against decisions

Published: 2 Mar 2020
Older women are needlessly going blind. Why isn’t it a national scandal?

Dorothy Byrne

GPs regularly fail to diagnose giant cell arteritis, says Dorothy Byrne, a trustee of the charity for the disease

Published: 1 Mar 2020

Published: 1 Mar 2020

Accessible cities 'It’s a game changer': a 690kg, cloak-wearing guide dog is making its Mardi Gras debut

This year audio describers, and one very large guide dog, are aiming to enhance the vision-impaired experience of the Sydney parade

Published: 27 Feb 2020
Oliver Twist for all the senses: Leeds makes Dickens fully accessible

Deaf and disabled actors are bringing a fresh dimension to the much-loved tale in Leeds Playhouse’s new production. The creative team explain its ‘aesthetics of access’

Published: 26 Feb 2020

Glaucoma patients going blind due to treatment delays, watchdog finds

Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch highlights case of woman, 34, losing sight due to delay in seeing NHS consultants

Published: 8 Jan 2020
Sight loss research needs urgent investment

Letter: Leading ophthalmologists call on the new government to develop a national plan to fight blindness and address the critical lack of funding

Published: 6 Jan 2020

Published: 6 Jan 2020

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