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Audio Description; Goalball Classifications

Audio Description; Goalball Classifications

FromIn Touch


Audio Description; Goalball Classifications

FromIn Touch

ratings:
Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

During the lockdown period, we all added an extra 40 minutes a day, on average, onto our TV watching time; whether that was watching live TV or via streaming platforms. But are there sufficient levels of audio description available able to accompany this increase? We'll be asking this of some TV consumers and looking into the minimum legal requirements for audio description, set by the UK's regulator of communication services Ofcom.

Goalball is the sport designed to be played by blind and visually impaired athletes. And, like all parasports, it has a classification system that determines what athletes will compete together to make it an equal playing field. However, some athletes of goalball believe that their classification system has discriminated against them because they are deemed to have 'too much sight' to compete at an international level. We speak to one of the athletes on this and hear about a new PHD research study that could determine any future changes to the sport's classification system.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings
Released:
Aug 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted