Sense blog

Sense art

10 May 2013 - 9:23am

by Nic Vogelpoel

For deafblind people, creativity is essential to maximise communication. Deafblind people have unique art-making skills and processes, and we're committed to supporting...

Social Care: a cost or a saving?

3 May 2013 - 1:00pm

Katie Vecina

Bureaucracy is the punishment for having the gumption to ask for support. Whether we need support from Access to Work, social security benefits, housing or social care, we...

Get yourself connected

2 May 2013 - 11:30am

Mrs L Jones

Whilst chatting with Donna (the technology co-ordinator for Sense) I told her about the different loops I use to enable me to listen to all my audio devices...

A spider captures a leopard who has been stung by a sleeping bee

12 April 2013 - 3:46pm

by Nic Vogelpoel

Sense has a long and proud history of supporting arts and cultural activities, and the work of deafblind artists. All around our organisation Sense artists are making...

Technology niggles - we all have them!

20 March 2013 - 3:21pm

Donna Corrigan

I am delighted to be the one to tell you about your new technology blog, and then a little about one of my own personal favourite pieces of technology, and just in case you...

Much more is needed to address the crisis in social care

1 March 2013 - 5:33pm

Liz Ball

Last year, when the Dilnot commission made its recommendations on the funding of care and support,...

Mobility is more than waving a cane

11 February 2013 - 12:04pm

Liz Ball

A report, Home Cure, published earlier this year by the think tank Demos, amongst other things,...

£5,000 to go to work one morning?

10 December 2012 - 5:14pm

This blog post was written to illustrate the extra costs that deafblind people can incur paying for the technology and support they need to live an active and healthy life. It is not...

Deafblindness is a costly business and we need PIP to help us cover the costs

10 December 2012 - 12:46pm

Liz Ball

It’s easy to be fooled into thinking the Government’s welfare reforms are fair and working. Last week in his autumn statement, the Chancellor said he was protecting disabled...

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