by Callum Russell | blog
Building a sustainable strategy for disability inclusion in schools. As a bespoke consultancy supporting organisations, including schools, to build sustainable strategies for disability inclusion, CrystalEyes is delighted to be hosting a workshop at SAfE’s ‘Belonging...
by Callum Russell | blog
Accessing medical services for blind people. Last week, I was delighted to deliver a lecture on my experiences of the medical profession as part of a disability awareness module run by Dr Qulsom Fazil from the University of Birmingham. This blog explores some key...
by Callum Russell | blog
The challenges of post pandemic travel for those with a vision impairment. A weekend in Paris 18 months ago would have seemed very straightforward. But the pandemic and BREXIT have brought new challenges. This blog takes my weekend trip to Paris as a case study and...
by Callum Russell | blog
The Inclusive Fitness Initiative. The short answer is ‘not very’. Of the 7,000 gyms in the UK only 67 are part of the Inclusive Fitness Initiative that supports leisure centres and gyms to become more welcoming and accessible environments to disabled...
by Callum Russell | blog
A blind person’s perspective of education transition. Transition in education is upon us and can be daunting for blind and vision impaired students. The 10th and 12th of August were much anticipated dates for many families with thousands of students receiving their...
by Callum Russell | blog
Lost in transition Recently, I had the privilege of delivering a workshop as part of the University of Birmingham’s ‘Lost In Transition’ conference. Theoretically, employment is the ultimate transition for anyone. However, one in every four vision impaired adults...