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Anna Tylor describes the assumptions she faces as someone who is visually impaired, and how healthcare professionals can make information accessible for blind and partially sighted people As I sat down at my appointment I was in for a surprise. The doctor explained that they had received a nice letter from my GP, which said I was suffering with my eyes. It was unexpected because this wasn’t an ophthalmology clinic. I had found a lump in my breast that was cancerous, and I was at my first hospi...

YOU can still enjoy gardening even if you can’t see very well.

YOU can still enjoy gardening even if you can’t see very well.

A PARTIALLY woman sighted has spoken out about her unacceptable experience at Winchester hospital.

SIR – Having voted for Boris Johnson all along, I think he now has to go, and sooner rather than later.

Voter ID plan is a thinly veiled Tory power grab Readers respond to the government’s move to make photo ID mandatory at polling stations, announced in the Queen’s speech this week ‘These plans would leave even more people feeling unrepresented – surely a dangerous outcome.’ Photograph: Mary Turner/Getty Images ‘These plans would leave even more people feeling unrepresented – surely a dangerous outcome.’ Photograph: Mary Turner/Getty Images Letters Thu 13 May 2021 13.48 EDT Last ...

‘Such a Personal, Private Thing’: Rethinking the Home Pregnancy Test The home pregnancy test has long been lauded for giving women privacy and autonomy. But that’s not the case for everyone who takes it. A tactile home pregnancy test could be a welcome change for woman who are blind or visually impaired.Credit...The&Partnership Published Dec. 22, 2020Updated Jan. 27, 2021 “I felt like the information belonged to me, and I shouldn’t have had to share it with anyone else....