Steven Suspended From X & RNIB Tech Team Faces Cuts

Today on the show Steven and Shaun discuss two major stories – the potential cuts to the UK’s RNIB technology service for blind people and Steven’s recent suspension from the X/Twitter platform.

The guys dive into a discussion about social media following Steven’s suspension, which Steven now knows the reason for and shares how others can avoid this pain. It leads to a perhaps unsurprising conversation about the role X has in our society and whether platforms like Mastodon are better places to go.

Next up Steven brings us the news that RNIB in the UK is going to potentially cut a major service that helps blind and low vision people to access technology. The Royal National Institute of Blind People’s Technology for Life team is made up of a number of blind and low vision people itself and provides an essential service to those who need access to tech following a diagnosis of sight loss. Campaigner and trustee of the Eye Matter charity in the UK, Rachel Bowden, joins Steven by phone to explain her decision to set up a petition to challenge the upcoming decision by the charity, which also faces a massive £10 million ($18 million CAD) cut in its budget over the next decade.

 

You can find and sign the petition here – https://www.change.org/p/save-rnib-s-technology-for-life-team-from-cutbacks-to-staff-and-services

 

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