In Touch - Isolation; Echolocation
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The disability charity Sense are calling on the Government and local communities to prioritise disabled people as the country plans its way out of the Coronavirus restrictions. It's been laid out in their ‘Left out of Life’ report, which reveals the extent to which people feel worried about going out and anxious about measures like social distancing. We speak to the charity’s CEO, Richard Kramer.
Echolocation has long been endorsed as a way of helping people who are blind or partially sighted to navigate the world. The University of Durham have been studying the potential of the technique for some years - we'll get an update from the author of the latest report. In the study, Echolocation was taught to people with and without sight, of varying ages and it revealed some rather surprising results…
Published on Tuesday, 22nd June 2021.
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