S2 Ep161: Blind Leading: Learning Astronomy With Dr Nic Bonne

<div>As part of RNIB Connect Radio’s 20th anniversary celebrations, the team were set a challenge to find activities that blind people could excel in, or that sighted people could learn about from blind or partially sighted experts.<br> <br> For their challenge, our content producers Hubert and Paulina, travelled to University of Portsmouth to learn about astronomy from the mind behind the Tactile Universe, Dr Nic Bonne.<br> <br> Find out more about Tactile Universe here: <a href="https://tactileuniverse.org/">Tactile Universe – Making current astronomy research accessible to the blind and vision impaired community</a><br> <br> Access the resources through RNIB Bookshare here: <a href="https://www.rnibbookshare.org/cms/">UK education collection | RNIB Bookshare, accessible books for print disabled learners.</a><br> <br> Image: Hubert holds up a giant inflatable yellow beach ball. To his right, Dr Nic Bonne holds up what looks like a small football and a small tennis ball.</div>