David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026🎂 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity of Sheffield Arts Tower and record-breaking lift turn 60The Arts Tower features a paternoster lift, running on a continuous cycle while passengers access it. 020
Reposted by David TurtonRNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 13/05/2026What was in today's King's Speech? Here's our lowdown for blind and partially sighted people: First, the Governments plans for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reform in England: 1/7 143
Reposted by David TurtonThomas Pocklington Trust @pocklington.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Remember, Local elections in England are on Thursday 7 May. If you’re blind or partially sighted, your vote helps shape things like street design, transport and rehab services. 001
Reposted by David TurtonLeda Kamenopoulou @kamenopoulou.bsky.social · 28/02/2026blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2026/02/... Read our new @ioe.bsky.social blog about our exciting knowledge exchange project with the Seashell Trust. #SensoryNeeds #Inclusion @davidturton.bsky.social 💙blogs.ucl.ac.ukPlacing distinct perspectives in dialogue: learning across research, practice and lived experienceIn this blog post we reflect on a specific example of ‘knowledge exchange’ across research, policy, practice and lived experience in relation to learning with sensory needs... (read more) 041
Reposted by David TurtonThe Royal National College for the Blind @rnc.ac.uk · 28/02/2026Episode one of ‘See it our way: the VICTA podcast’ is out now: available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and the @VICTAUK YouTube channel! The @victauk.bsky.social Changemakers invite you to join them for open conversations between young VI people. #VICTASeeItOurWay 011
Reposted by David TurtonRNIB Campaigns @rnibcampaigns.bsky.social · 23/01/2026With Great British Railways being created, we have a once in a generation chance: embed accessibility from the start. Read our recommendations and help us deliver a railway for everyone: rnib.in/PlatformForChangernib.inPlatform for Change: New RNIB report reveals barriers to accessible train travel for blind and partially sighted peopleIf you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you 021
Reposted by David TurtonLeda Kamenopoulou @kamenopoulou.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Proud to share our latest report on good practices for supporting learners with sensory and physical needs in mainstream schools! #SensoryNeeds #PhysicalNeeds #ComplexNeeds #InclusiveEducation @cantalek.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68d66b...assets.publishing.service.gov.uk 042
Reposted by David TurtonRNIB Campaigns @rnibcampaigns.bsky.social · 04/09/2025In our new report, 34% of blind and partially sighted people told us they’ve collided with a street obstacle in the last 3 months. 11% of those needed hospital treatment. Would you put up with that? 😡 rnib.in/imw-newsrnib.inIn My Way: New RNIB report on walking reveals the unnecessary and dangerous barriers on our streetsIf you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you 011
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Such a treat to attend training on #TactileLanguage with the wonderful @stevenmrose.bsky.social today. Thanks also to @pocklington.bsky.social for having us! 030
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Tragic scenes in Oxfam today. The trend for oversized soft toys appears to have ended. Spare a thought. 040
Reposted by David TurtonSarah Matthews @sarahmatthews.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Beem to The British Library this morning for their art workshop for #blind & #partiallySighted people, discussing a 16th century image from The Book of Hours, then getting creative! More on it below #TactileArt #Disability tweesecake.social/@sarahmatthews/11…tweesecake.socialSarah Matthews (@sarahmatthews@tweesecake.social)I’ve been to The British Library this morning for their audiodescribed art workshop, so much fun! We looked at a very detailed painting by Flemish artist Simon Benning who was working at the start of ... 071
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Longest day, hottest day—potato flower Tuber, rhizome, solar power 050
Reposted by David TurtonNew College Worcester @newcollegeworc.bsky.social · 06/06/2025🌞 Looking for an epic summer break for blind or vision impaired teens (11–16)? Join us at NCW for 3 action-packed days of: 🥋 Karate | 🏊 Swimming | 🍳 Cooking 🎤 Talent Show | 🍕 Pizza Night & more! 📅 Book now 👉 loom.ly/175CtZY #SightLoss #VisionImapired 001
Reposted by David TurtonLeda Kamenopoulou @kamenopoulou.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Happy World Accessibility Day 2025! Let's all work together to make the world a more inclusive, equitable and beautiful place - we can do it! #Accessibility #InclusiveEducation #SensoryNeeds #InclusiveDesign 032
Reposted by David TurtonHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Pictures that explain things. ‘Classical mime in ballet’ Artist: Martin Aitchison 719728
Reposted by David TurtonHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 31/03/2025“It is much more satisfactory to give a child real hammers, nails, pincers, screwdrivers, saws and gimlets” (1971) Artist: Harry Wingfield 2138750
Reposted by David TurtonTom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Rebecca Atkinson writing about MixMups www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.com‘Finally, someone gets it!’ The TV invention that could revolutionise viewing for disabled peopleThere’s been no innovation in accessible TV since the 90s. That’s why we created the personalised service Ultra Access, so everyone can tweak how they watch based on their own needs 052
Reposted by David TurtonOpen Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · 31/03/2025🔊OpenFest is the annual open research event organised by Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam universities. Our theme this year is Open Research & Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. The call for proposals is now open - details on the link below. Please share! www.sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch... 098
Reposted by David TurtonMind @mind.org.uk · 17/03/2025Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"? 571524744
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Exploring bus travel skills for children with vision impairments today, with help from the wonderful Marvin and Loretta at Stagecoach. Also learned that new buses don’t need mirrors! 040
Reposted by David TurtonKelly @kellybarton.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Navigating parks, open spaces & urban areas can be challenging for #Blind and #PartiallySighted people. Yesterday Greater Manchester @slcouncils.bsky.social delivered a guided walk (using sim specs) to members of the North West Landscape architects: the very people who design all of these area. 031
Reposted by David TurtonJeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Slime mold, Willkommlangea reticulata. When fully mature, this one will be brown in colour. Northwest Territories, Canada. #slimemould #fungifriends 617720
Reposted by David TurtonWalter Wittich @walterwittich.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I am excited to announce that the WHO ICF Core Sets for #deafblindness are now complete and available free online: www.icf-research-branch.org?view=article...icf-research-branch.orgICF RESEARCH BRANCH - ICF Core Sets for Deafblindness 063
Reposted by David TurtonDan Bennett @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social · 17/02/2025We are massively adaptive in our perception. Hammer manufacturers support real immersive engagement with woodworking. That isn't improved by removing mediation of a designed artefact, taking your bloodied fist to the nail directly. Touch via hammer is what it means to feel a nail's fixing. 132
Reposted by David TurtonChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I like this one . Thank you to @adrianblack for today's #FoxOfTheDay 141508111
Reposted by David TurtonDaniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 11/02/2025A remnant of your last belief system departing the world 1377
Reposted by David TurtonLeda Kamenopoulou @kamenopoulou.bsky.social · 04/02/2025If you want to know more about UCL's graduate taught programmes on #InclusiveEducation, including the stellar Special and Inclusive Education MA that I lead, book your place for our next online Graduate Open Events on 5 and 11 Feb 2025! @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/open-day...ucl.ac.ukGraduate Open Events: Special and Inclusive Education | IOE - Faculty of Education and SocietyJoin us online on 5 and 11 February 2025 to learn more about graduate taught programmes in Special and Inclusive Education at UCL, meet our programme leaders, and ask any questions you might have. 033
Reposted by David TurtonJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Move with care. And make things. 312735
Reposted by David TurtonUCL IOE PHD @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Interested in getting a specialist qualification in habilitation and disabilities of sight? Find out more about our graduate diploma here: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...ucl.ac.ukSpecialist Qualification in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight (Children and Young People) Grad DipThe Specialist Qualification in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight (Children and Young People) Graduate Diploma trains students to become Qualified Habilitation Specialists. An interim award, the ... 023
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Cultures of Surveillance (at Marylebone this morning) 130
Reposted by David TurtonJesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Jan Breughel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens, The Sense of Sight, 1618, Oil on panel, 65 x 109 cm (Museo del Prado, Madrid) www.museodelprado.es/en/the-colle... 38613
Reposted by David TurtonTilly Guthrie @tillyguthrie.bsky.social · 10/01/2025That moment when you find exactly what you were hoping for in the archive... Here's a blog post I wrote on The Most Exciting letter in Liverpool Record Office (I'm not at all biased). Thanks to Cultures of Disability for hosting this. culturesofdisability.mmu.ac.uk/blind-writin... #DisabilityHistoryculturesofdisability.mmu.ac.ukBlind Writing Before Braille - Cultures of DisabilityThrough the letters of Charles Cook, Tilly Guthrie explores what early forms of braille can tell us about the experience of blindness in the Victorian era. 042
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Fancy learning more about the workings of the iconic Perkins Brailler? Alan needs an apprentice: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSheffield braille teacher wants method taught more widelyA Sheffield braille teacher wants to see the six-dot tactile reading system used more widely. 040
Reposted by David TurtonMiranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 07/12/2024A girl near me on a bench in a shopping mall rocks back and forth. Her mum says to me: She’s autistic. The girl’s hands flutter, making beautiful, delicate, butterfly shapes in the air. She gives me a brilliant, broad grin. I give one back. 0515
Reposted by David TurtonUCL Centre for Inclusive Education @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social · 03/12/2024The call for papers for the London International Conference on Inclusive Education (LICIE) 2025 is now open. For more info and to submit an abstract: licie.co.uk #SEND #Inclusion 011
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Excellent review by @walterwittich.bsky.social of Inclusive Education for Learners with Multisensory Impairment by @kamenopoulou.bsky.social, demonstrating the broader relevance of this important contribution to the field of deafblindness education. 021
Reposted by David TurtonPicard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Picard engineering tip: Don't allow the computer to push you around. Let it know who's boss. 311420
Reposted by David TurtonMel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Nice story by Livia Dyring on human echolocation in today's online edition of "The Otter". Pleased to see a mention of our fMRI work on the activation of primary visual cortex (V1) by echoes in expert blind echolocators. theotter.ca/seeing-with-... 0216
Reposted by David TurtonDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 23/11/2024& 2nd gear home on the ghostroads - a deer without eyeshine, a woodcock suddenly cruciform & inches from the windscreen, even the car lurching itself on 0273
Reposted by David TurtonBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Photoreceptor Inner Segments bryanwjones.com/2020/09/phot... #SciArt #retina 6497
Reposted by David TurtonAntonios Ktenidis (Dr, SFHEA) @antoniosktenidis.bsky.social · 19/11/20241st post here, so starting with a blog post on teaching at a Critical Disability Studies PhD course in Copenhagen with the great @profkrc.bsky.social & Dan Goodley! I introduced my Anti-Ableist Pedagogical Principles & led a lecture on positionality & disability. www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/news/...sheffield.ac.ukiHuman and School of Education helps lead first Critical Disability Studies Doctoral Course in DenmarkThe first Critical Disability Studies Doctoral course took place in Copenhagen between the 14th-15th November, 2024. 2193
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The accessibility of Birmingham’s University train station caught my eye (and feet) when passing through recently. Impressive use of tactiles for wayfinding, amongst other things. 0161
David Turton @davidturton.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Habilitation students at UCL have been exploring ways of incorporating tactile maps into their teaching this week 150
