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Connect Issue 20 Summer 2018 Bringing together everyone Connect affected by sight loss rnib.org.uk/connect-magazine Henry Blofeld: Memoirs of a cricket commentary legend Holiday planning made simple Keeping your eyes healthy this summer Issue 20 / Summer 2018 Share your story with us! Since RNIB’s launch in 1868, we’ve seen huge changes in the world for blind and partially sighted people. We’re proud to have played a part in helping to bring about changes to law, delivering unrivalled services and building a community for everyone with sight loss. To celebrate our 150th anniversary we want to hear about the changes, developments and milestones that matter to you. In 150 words, please tell us about one of the following: • a life-changing moment • a change you want for people with sight loss in the future • an experience you’ve had with us or one of our services • a development in the last 150 years that has made the biggest change to your life • the technology or product that you can’t live without. Write, record or film yourself talking about your story and send it to us by email [email protected], by post to Connect magazine, RNIB, 105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE or call 0303 1234 555. Later in the year we’ll be sharing some of your experiences to help us celebrate 150 years of RNIB and you, our community. Check out rnib.org.uk/150stories for more information. Welcome Contents 2 Share your story with us! 3 Welcome 4 Holiday planning made simple 7 Keeping your eyes healthy this summer 11 The inside scoop from a BBC sports journalist Summer is officially here and in this edition, we’ll be talking about 13 Tried and tested being active. navigation apps If you’re planning a day trip, holiday 16 Campaign update or staycation this summer, why not have a look at my tips on accessible 21 Memoirs of a cricket travel research using your computer commentary legend or smartphone on page four. There 24 And the winners are… are also more tips on page 13 on top navigation apps, courtesy of 26 RNIB’s 150th anniversary: RNIB radio presenter Steven Scott. Your stories Our cover story is an interview 28 Contact the RNIB with cricket commentator Henry Connect team Blofeld. He spoke to Connect about the fun he had hosting the BBC programme Test Match Special and his latest autobiography on From the cover: Henry “Blowers” page 21. Finally, if you’re looking Blofeld talks to Connect about for the right sunglasses this his autobiography and having summer, we have some great sight loss advice on page seven. © RNIB July 2018 Stacy Rowe, Registered charity numbers Connect member 226227 and SC039316 3 Being active Holiday planning made simple Arranging a day trip, staycation or dream holiday can be problematic when websites are inaccessible. Travel enthusiast Stacy Rowe shares her favourite websites and apps to help you plan your summer holiday. My name is Stacy and I have very The weekend away nearly didn’t little vision. I’m not really one for happen, but thankfully after a sitting still so I’m always looking lot of googling, I was eventually for places I want to travel to next. successful. We went to Hever Recently, I wanted to take my Castle in Kent, not just because partner on a weekend away it was beautiful, but I was able for his birthday but I wanted to to find the information I needed, keep it a surprise. I was trying book a room and pay online. to find a bed and breakfast but How I start organising a trip I couldn’t get beyond the front page of many websites because I always start by googling the they were inaccessible. “top 10 things to do in the area” and I look at TripAdvisor, a useful customer review website. I also search for the places I want to go on Facebook, too. That’s often the most straightforward way of looking up how people have rated a place. My top websites and apps Websites TripAdvisor (tripadvisor.co.uk) is a really good source of current user reviews. The hotel booking website, Trivago (trivago.co.uk) has certainly been user-friendly Stacy Rowe on holiday in Finland for me in the past too. 4 Being active Hever Castle, Kent For looking up transport, Traveline Some companies have their (traveline.info ) is a good transport own apps, and often you will route planning site and also be able to book assistance National Rail (nationalrail.co.uk) in advance of a visit. is quite accessible. How websites are inaccessible Applevis.com is also extremely useful for blind and partially I think websites are becoming sighted people who use Apple more and more difficult to products. Go to “categories” navigate these days because of and select “travel”. adverts and automatic pop-ups that cover part of the screen. The search result will show all the relevant travel apps Pop-ups are images that appear available and the accessibility over whatever it is you’re looking ratings, as well as a description at. It’s easy to accidently click on of what the app is about. them and you find yourself on a completely different website. Apps My screen reader will be reading A great app for booking from the page and then just start accommodation is HotelTonight reading the pop-up, “image, blah, (hoteltonight.com). It’s very blah, blah”, and a whole lot of accessible and you can use numbers. It can be very confusing. Apple Pay so you don’t even have to fiddle around trying to put your card details in. 5 Being active Mattia Felice Palermo/Wikicommons Mattia Felice Arc de Triomf, Barcelona, Spain How to avoid pop-ups My next holiday It’s pretty much the norm I’m planning a road trip in Spain. now for websites to use There’s so much to see and do pop-ups to advertise things. and that’s really taxing all of my Ninety per cent of the time I research skills. I want to see some use my phone for browsing as waterfalls and go kayaking, so it’s far more user friendly. there’s a lot of reading to be done. Apps are great for avoiding excessive pop-ups too. I have an If you would like to get online or iPhone and when using Safari, I learn more about technology but enable Reader Mode as it strips don’t know where to start, our out anything that isn’t plain text. Tech for Life team is here to Using apps on my phone has support you. Visit rnib.org.uk/ changed the experience of practical-help/technology-hub booking trips online for me. to find out more. Other websites you might like Euan’s Guide (euansguide.com) features hotels, restaurants, theatres and more. It’s informed by people with disabilities and offers a real look at how accessible places are. Open Britain (openbritain.net) is accessible, informative and lets you search for destinations and attractions by region. 6 Eye health Keeping your eyes healthy this summer Bright sunlight, pollen and swimming can be irritating or even harmful to our eyes. Louise Gow, Specialist Lead for Eye Health at RNIB shares her “Big Three” health tips for how you can protect your eyes this summer. from the sun. When choosing 1. Getting the right sunglasses, make sure they have sunglasses the CE and British Standard Mark; this ensures you will be One of the biggest misconceptions protected from ultraviolet light. about protection from sunglasses is that darker lenses will protect your You don’t need to buy a specific eyes more, but that’s not the case. brand of glasses for people who are blind or partially Sunglasses protect you from two sighted. The most important things, ultraviolet light and glare thing to remember is that wraparound sunglasses will help you more than just an off- the-shelf sunglasses frame. The sun isn’t directly in front of you; it’s above and at the side of you too. So if you don’t have wraparound sunglasses, you’re not going to protect your eyes fully from the glare. When it comes to the colour of the tint, it’s purely down to your personal preference. There are some eye conditions where specific colours are thought to be better than others, but it really does depend on you. 7 Eye health My advice is to shop around and Traditional sunglasses for people try different colours to see which with sight loss are not very pretty. ones you think help the most. You might want to go for a sports Lenses with yellow tints cut out range. A lot of the ones that the blue end of the spectrum cyclists and runners use are ideal so they’ll enhance contrast because they contour right round and make things look bolder. the side of your face and won’t let light in from any direction. Equally, you might find that it’s worth trying a dark grey or dark With sports sunglasses though, brown tint and see which one you may be restricted to a helps you see best. One may cut small range of colour tints so the glare out more than the other, although they look good, they but it does come down to what might not actually do the job. you feel more comfortable in. 8 Eye health 2. Avoiding hayfever From spring through to the end of When you have been out in the summer, I see a much higher rate sunshine and you come indoors, of people coming to the low vision you may have pollen on your centre with itchy eyes.
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