For years Julia Lefelar was searching for a diagnosis to explain sudden periods extreme exhaustion, nausea, vision loss, and even trouble with walking. But it wasn't until fairly recently that she found her answer, and now, after having founded The MOG Project, she hopes to raise awareness of the still relatively unknown condition. She shared her story with our Paulina Kuchorew. Find out more about The MOG Project here: Home - The MOG Project Image shows The MOG Project logo. A read heart outlin...
Feb 16, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 973
Billy Baxter, you know him as an ex-soldier, supporter of Blind Veterans, daredevil, the man to break the land speed record for a solo blind rider on his motorbike and now, you can also know him for being UK's only blind town crier! Billy spoke with our Paulina Kuchorew about his appointment as Llandudno's town crier, being mistaken for a pirate, and how his booming voice helps him stand out in a crowd. Follow Billy's adventures here: (1) Billy Baxter, Llandudno's Official Town Crier | Facebook ...
Feb 15, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 973
With all the recent news about a new HRT product that once approved will be available over the counter at your local Pharmacy, for this week’s regular check in with Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Life Pharmacy in Glasgow, Connect Radio’s Toby Davey finds out from Elizabeth the truth behind the headlines. Elizabeth began by telling Toby that the first she knew of the new HRT product as a Pharmacist was like everyone else through the news reports. Elizabeth continued by sharing what she has...
Feb 10, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 972
There's a new exciting app on the market and it's all about accessibility and helping blind and partially sighted people navigate through traffic easier. To find out more about this interesting app, our Paulina Kuchorew spoke with Michiel Janssen and Willem Van de Mierop, founders of AYES, the Belgian start-up behind the app. Learn more and get in touch with the team here: AYES | OKO Image shows someone holding up their phone and aiming their camera at the traffic crossing in front of them. The ...
Feb 08, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 970
Let's hear from a budding young filmmaker in Scotland. RNIB Connect Radio's Paulina Kuchorew caught up with visually impaired filmmaker, Mitchell McKechnie, to hear about his passion for making movies, what inspires him, and his new short film 'Zen Mist'. When a surfer is found dead, reality, dreams and hallucinations wrap into one as a local stoner tries to remember what happened. Was he the murderer? Follow Mitchell's work here: Mitchell Zen - YouTube Image shows Mitchell in 'Zen Mist'....
Feb 08, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 970
Now for a round up of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Audio described shows and events included: Cyrano de Bergerac - Sunday 20 February, 2.30pm, Harold Pinter Theatre, London The Osmonds - Wednesday 23 February, 7.30pm, New Theatre O...
Feb 04, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 969
With so many reports going around about whether drinking coffee is good or bad for your health along with what might be the right amount of coffee to consume on a day to day basis, for this week’s regular check in with Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Life Pharmacy in Glasgow we are going to have an in-depth look into coffee drinking. Elizabeth outlined to Connect Radio’s Toby Davey a sum up of the findings and the affects coffee might have on our health such as; Is it a bad thing to drink ...
Jan 31, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 966
Some tech-y news today as we head across the pond to hear all about Supersense, a new app that helps blind and partially sighted people read things like letters, currency, barcodes, and more. It could even help you find items in your environment. RNIB Connect Radio's Paulina Kuchorew spoke with Shane Lowe from Supersense, to find out more about the app and to hear about a very special offer for our listeners. Find out more about Supersense here: Supersense - AI for Blind / Scan text, money and o...
Jan 28, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 967
Today we're going to find out about Marburg, a German city that’s been hailed as the Smart City for the Blind. Our Paulina Kuchorew spoke with filmmaker and academic, Dago Schelin, who has written extensively about the reasons for the city's accessibility and friendliness to its visually impaired citizens. They're joined by Bahaddin Batmaz, who has been blind since his teens and has lived in the city for around 30 years. Dago's work is titled: 'A Smart City for the Blind: Marburg as a Case Study...
Jan 24, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 964
Barry Snell chats to Lucy Edwards. Lucy, a blind TikToker makes video's around disability and is keen to highlight the difficulties herself & other blind and partially sighted people have faced when doing home covid tests. Lucy, who has over 1.7 million TikTok followers has released her own YouTube video documenting how tricky the test can be and also explaining how her Be My Eyes app plays a crucial role in helping with the process. Follow Lucy on: Instagram: #BlindNotBroken Twitter: @lucye...
Jan 19, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 962
Now for a round up of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Audio described shows and events included: Bring it On - Thursday 20 January, 7.30pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London Waitress - Saturday 29 January, 2.15pm, Curve L...
Jan 18, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 960
With many of us thinking about dieting and losing weight as one of our New Year’s resolutions, for the first regular check in of 2022 with Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Life Pharmacy in Glasgow, Connect Radio’s Toby Davey asks Elizabeth whether it is a good idea or not to have dieting and losing weight as one of your New Year’s resolutions. Elizabeth also outlined her views on slimming products that you might find on the internet and how joining an online or hopefully face-to-face weight...
Jan 17, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 959
Now for a round up of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Audio described shows and events included: Cinderella - Wednesday 29 December, 1pm, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre The Fir Tree - Wednesday 29 December, 6.30pm, touch tour 4.30pm, Sha...
Dec 21, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 957
Sarah Caltieri is an award-winning singer, songwriter and recording artist. Since the beginning of the pandemic, she's been hosting 'Sarah's Secret Sofa' online gigs to help break down myths and misconceptions around sight loss. And his December, she has a special festive performance coming up so our Paulina Kuchorew got in touch to find out more! For more info about Sarah's Secret Sofa Christmas Special Streamed Gig visit: Sarah Caltieri Videos And Music | Sarah Caltieri Image shows Sarah Calti...
Dec 21, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 956
With Covid very much in the news at the moment with the Omicron variant and booster vaccinations too, for this weeks regular check in with Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Life Pharmacy in Glasgow Connect Radio’s Toby Davey began by asking Elizabeth if there was any update on the new medicine that was brought out at the beginning of December to treat Covid. Elizabeth also gave some suggestions on home remedies to have in stock just in case over the holiday period and with maybe some of us e...
Dec 20, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 955
Merry Christmas from RNIB Connect Radio. If you're still organising your Christmas shopping and feeling little bit overwhelmed by all the choices out there, there's someone who can help. With a look at one of the latest accessible games on the market, here's blind gamer Chad Bouton reviewing: 'Far Cry 6'. Follow Chad on YouTube at DBKAI Gaming, and on twitter @DBKai_Gaming. Image shows the cover of 'Far Cry 6' game.
Dec 16, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 953
Have you ever wondered what the universe sounds like? Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System is a sound-based educational astronomy show created by Astronomers from the universities of Newcastle and Portsmouth, and supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Dr Nic Bonne is a blind astronomer and our friendly astronomy guide on the tour and he spoke with RNIB Connect Radio's Paulina Kuchorew about the project. Find out more here: Audio Universe Image shows Earth as seen from sp...
Dec 15, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 954
Merry Christmas from RNIB Connect Radio. If you're still organising your Christmas shopping and feeling little bit overwhelmed by all the choices out there, there's someone who can help. With a look at one of the latest accessible games on the market, here's blind gamer Chad Bouton reviewing 'Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.' Follow Chad on YouTube at DBKAI Gaming, and on twitter @DBKai_Gaming. Image shows the cover of 'Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart' game.
Dec 15, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 953
Merry Christmas from RNIB Connect Radio. If you're still organising your Christmas shopping and feeling little bit overwhelmed by all the choices out there, there's someone who can help. With a look at one of the latest accessible games on the market, here's blind gamer Chad Bouton reviewing: 'Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy'. Follow Chad on YouTube at DBKAI Gaming, and on twitter @DBKai_Gaming. Image shows the cover of 'Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy' game.
Dec 14, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 953
Sarah Caltieri is an award-winning singer, songwriter, recording artist, actor and much more! 2021 was an exciting year for the musician and our Paulina Kuchorew spoke with her all about her new music, smashing blind stereotypes and her plans for next year. Find out more about Sarah's work: Sarah Caltieri Videos And Music | Sarah Caltieri Image shows a profile photo of Sarah with a deep purple and glittery makeup encompassing her eye in the shape of a butterfly wing....
Dec 13, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 953
Now for a round up of festive accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Audio described shows included: School of Rock - Thursday 16 December, 2pm, New Oxford Theatre Wicked - Saturday 18 December, 2.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm, Apollo Victoria, L...
Dec 07, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 950
We all know Christmas is just around the corner but what should we be doing to prepare for the festive holidays for our regular medical prescriptions and what should we do if we fall ill over Christmas and the New Year. For this weeks regular check in with Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Life Pharmacy in Glasgow Connect Radio’s Toby Davey began by asking Elizabeth whether we should all be thinking about getting our prescriptions in now in time for the festive holidays? Elizabeth also expla...
Dec 03, 2021•4 min•Season 1Ep. 948
This coming Monday, why not rug up and check out a unique audio described tour and workshop, starting in the streets of Edinburgh? Called 'Inverted Streets', it's a collaboration between artists Juliana Capes and Alice Betts and telling us more about what we can expect on the day and how to take part is Juliana, who will lead the audio-described tour at the event. Event details: Time: 2:25pm-5pm Date: Monday 6th December Where: Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, 21 Hawthornvale, Newhaven, Edinburgh E...
Dec 03, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 949
Robert King is a Photographer and Digital Artist who challenges pre-conceived notions of what those living with a visual impairment can achieve. Recently he received an honourable mention for his work at the Mobiography Awards 2021 and is currently working on a series which aims to convey the deterioration of his sight by combining self-portrait photography with medical scans and photographs. And of course, Robert joined our Paulina Kuchorew to chat photography and how you can create some amazin...
Nov 23, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 946
Now for a round up of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Items highlighted included: VocalEyes online course from creative writing to performance - deadline The Shark is Broken - audio described performance, The Ambassadors Theatre, Lond...
Nov 23, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 944
Covid booster vaccinations have again been in the news with people in the 40s age group now being invited and encouraged to book their booster vaccinations and with recent news of new Covid treatments. For this weeks regular check in with Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Life Pharmacy in Glasgow Connect Radio’s Toby Davey began by asking Elizabeth about her thoughts on all the Covid booster and treatment news. Toby also asked Elizabeth for her thoughts and comments about the news in England...
Nov 22, 2021•4 min•Season 1Ep. 940
The second ever Global Disability Summit is taking place in February and Sightsavers want commitments from the government. Our Ellie Marsh has been speaking with Ross McMullan at Sightsavers to find out more. For more information visit: Global Disability Summit - Home Image shows: The Global Disability Summit logo. A grey outline of the globe atop a white background with words GLOBAL DISABILITY SUMMIT written atop. 'DISABILITY' is written in different colours....
Nov 19, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 943
Blind Dave Heeley has been a regular contributor to RNIB Connect Radio over the years, providing us with regular updates about his fundraising escapades, which has seen Dave raise millions of pounds for charity by taking on some of the Worlds toughest terrains and obstacles, including running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 day and escaping from Alcatraz. Last year Dave was recognised in the Queens birthday honours, being appointed with an OBE. Unfortunately due to lockdown restrictions he wasn...
Nov 19, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 942
Sandra Gayer chats to Tim Pennick to find out about his Braille Book Swap email list, which has been set up to facilitate the exchange of hard-copy braille books. If you would like to find out more about the service, please click on the link below https://groups.io/g/BrailleBookSwap {image: Picture of an old Braille Book, it is a close up picture to illustrate the raised dots}
Nov 19, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 941
As theatres, museums, galleries, and other arts venues welcome back blind and partially sighted people RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people, to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Items highlighted included: Slow Looking - Hellen Levitt, online audio described event, Photographers' Gallery, London, Thur...
Nov 09, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 939
