The Euros

Following the Euros as a blind person Euro 2020 got underway last Friday with Italy taking on Turkey at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. With the tournament lasting for exactly one month, football will be headlining the agenda for millions of people from across the...

Disability & studying abroad

Support provided by the Turing Scheme. Before leaving the European Union, the UK participated in the ERASMUS exchange programme. This funded international study within the EU for EU students. Since Brexit, the UK is no longer part of the ERASMUS programme. It has...

Disability confident hotels

How to welcome guests with vision impairments to your hotel. The easing of lockdown has come as a major boost to the hotel sector, which is now able to welcome guests back to their venues. There are a number of simple steps for a hotel to take to ensure that guests...

VI friendly job interview process

Make sure your interview process is accessible to vision impaired applicants. Challenging unconscious bias In last week’s blog, we discussed how to make the application processes accessible. An interview with a vision impaired person can be unnerving, but there are...

VI friendly job application process

Make sure that your application process is accessible to vision impaired applicants. With the PM set to announce an easing of restrictions, more job opportunities will hopefully become available. Are you confident that your job application process is accessible to...

Accessible website design

Making websites vision impaired friendly. Accessible website design is a must. Website designers now have a legal obligation under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments to ensure the vision impaired can access their sites. Aside from this, it make sense...