Beth Payne @[email protected]

@AngieBeatDown Clear Vision have books which ar tactile with print and braille

What children’s books do you recommend for baby? Preferably something large print and or tactile I can attempt to try and read to baby. Needs to be readable for OH too

@blindseyeview Glad you can go home.

I have been allowed to go home. My immune system is bad at its job

If you have a traditional #prepay meter, you will have been issued an energy bill support voucher from the Government. You can redeem your voucher at a top-up point, ie. Post Office or PayPoint shop. ⚠️ Hurry! All vouchers will expire on Friday 30 June. gov.uk/get-help-energ…

I don’t think I’ve the following but wouldn’t it be great if we could get #HappyBirthdayVikki trending in honour of my amazing retired guide dog Vikki who turns 13 today? Love you so much sweetheart. Every day spent with you is a pleasure and a privilege. Keep that tail wagging!

@GdVikki I made a snuffle mat for my previous dog out of old fleace cut up into stripes and a rubber mat with holes in which i bought online, she loved it

So we’ve been allocated a different Dog Health & Well-being Officer from Guide Dogs now who I spoke to on the telephone yesterday. They suggested buying a Snuffle Mat toy like this for Vikki. Anyone ever heard of it? petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/p…

@GdVikki Bit awquard but grateful for the help

One for my visually impaired friends - how would you feel if a coach driver was really helpful but announced to the entire coach they would be helping you get off before anyone else could leave? I was grateful for their help but a bit embarrassed by the announcement?

@blindseyeview So proud of you, Charlie!

7 years ago I was homeless and now I am graduating university. Don't give up the dream. No one is worthless. Everyone with the current support can achieve amazing things.

It’s really worrying to think that people genuinely don’t know how to spot a working guide dog who is wearing a yellow harness (here in the UK) It gets really tiring having to always fight my corner and have to explain constantly that my dog is a guide dog.

Word of the day is ‘matutinal’ (18th century): cheery, active, and alert in the morning. (For those who need it, ‘crumpsy’ is the opposite.)

@blindseyeview Good luck!

today I sit my last Undergraduate exam

This is one of the worst bits of #PavementParking I’ve come across in a while. There was no way I and my retired guide dog Vikki could get past this without having to go into the road to pass or cross over 😡 😡 👎

I want chocolate But I’m still too anxious to go over to the shop. This is the impact of access refusals. It’s not one refusal and it’s over: it’s a lasting effect you question everywhere you go. It shouldn’t be like this. I should just be able to go buy chocolate

Tonight I feel let down by @skytv Who announced that the Sky Plus App was being removed, as of 31 May, as a Blind customer I rely on this App to access my TV, Sky Accessibility have promised to get back to me, I’ve called 3 times without response #PoorShow #Fail

BBC Springwatch is back on BBC2 from Monday 29th May for three weeks of live programmes! Chris and Michaela will be at our brand new location at RSPB Arne in Dorset, Iolo will be roaming the region and Gillian is in North Wales! #springwatch @Natures_Voice 📸 Stu8fish on Flickr

🆕 report: Global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women and babies has flatlined -------- for 8 years.   Over 4.5 million women and babies die annually in pregnancy, childbirth or the first weeks after birth - that's 1 death every 7 seconds.   bit.ly/3nMPnW9

Happy birthday Sir David Attenborough! And thank you for your tireless commitment to #ClimateAction. Here's how you can #ActNow and join him in protecting our planet: un.org/actnow

One in five UK phones did not receive emergency alert, government says trib.al/pjrqMyh

How to turn on audio descriptions on your iPhone or iPad coolblindtech.com/how-to-turn-on…

So @royalmailhelp it seems some of your staff don't understand the "Articles for the Blind" service. I sent some braille books to a friend on 28th November under the scheme and they were returned to us apparently owing payment yesterday!! Thats 4 months! It should be 1st class!