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Deafblind Awareness Week [16] [17] runs at the end of June to coincide with the birthday of Helen Keller. [18] In 2021, it fell on the week of 28 June - 4 July. [19] The week aims to make dual sensory loss a more widely known condition; educating people about what it is and letting them know what to look out for in themselves and others.
RNIB Connect Radio (previously Insight Radio) is a British radio station that is part of the Royal National Institute of Blind People and was Europe's first radio station for blind and partially sighted listeners. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online, on 101.0 FM in the Glasgow area and on Freeview channel 730. Live shows make up ...
Janet Quigley who had been promoted into BBC management in 1956 took a key role in launching the world's first national radio programme for blind people which was named In Touch. [2] In Touch began to be broadcast by the BBC Home Service in 1961, and was continued by BBC Radio 4 from 1967 with hosts including David Scott Blackhall and Peter White .
RNIB was first established on 16 October 1868 as the British and Foreign Society for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind. [7] [8] The first meeting, which was held at 33 Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London, involved founder Thomas Rhodes Armitage (a physician who was partially sighted) and Daniel Conolly, W W Fenn [a] and Dr James Gale [b] (all three of whom were blind). [8]
Love Is Blind UK is officially a huge deal and there is only one human in the world more obsessed with these people’s relationships than Us, and ‘Love Is Blind UK’ Season 1 Reunion: Every ...
Following this revelation, it’s now been revealed that Olivia, a 28-year-old creative project director from London, actually got engaged to 31-year-old Conor, a health food business owner from ...
Relationship status: Still married. Jasmine, a 29-year-old nurse, sought to create a "safe space" for Bobby, a 33-year-old luxury shopping guide, from the get go.
In August, she modelled for Sinéad O’Dwyer's catwalk as part of Copenhagen Fashion Week, accompanied by her guide dog. This made her the first blind model to participate in the event. [12] [13] In October 2024, Edwards was one of three winners of The Estée Lauder Companies' The Catalysts program. She aims to use the award's funding and ...