RNIB
@rnib.bsky.social
We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
Profile pic: Our logo, bold black capital letters spelling RNIB, with a bold pink underline.
Profile pic: Our logo, bold black capital letters spelling RNIB, with a bold pink underline.
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Congratulations to David Szalay for winning #BookerPrize2025 with his novel Flesh 📖
Hear our conversation with David about his book on Read On: The Audiobook Show this Friday, but for now, a little teaser below.
New episodes of Read On with @talking-books.bsky.social out every Friday at 1 pm.
Hear our conversation with David about his book on Read On: The Audiobook Show this Friday, but for now, a little teaser below.
New episodes of Read On with @talking-books.bsky.social out every Friday at 1 pm.
Bonus: Booker Winner 2025 - David Szalay for Flesh (Extract)
Full interview on Friday - but for now huge congratulations to David Szalay for his Booker win for Flesh - available in audio and Braille from RNIB Library.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Congratulations to David Szalay for winning #BookerPrize2025 with his novel Flesh 📖
Hear our conversation with David about his book on Read On: The Audiobook Show this Friday, but for now, a little teaser below.
New episodes of Read On with @talking-books.bsky.social out every Friday at 1 pm.
Hear our conversation with David about his book on Read On: The Audiobook Show this Friday, but for now, a little teaser below.
New episodes of Read On with @talking-books.bsky.social out every Friday at 1 pm.
Sobbing at our desks at the Waitrose Christmas ad this morning. 😭
And not just because of the noughties-romcom-worthy romance between Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDV...
And not just because of the noughties-romcom-worthy romance between Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDV...
The Perfect Gift | Audio Described | Waitrose | Christmas Ad 2025
YouTube video by Waitrose & Partners
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Sobbing at our desks at the Waitrose Christmas ad this morning. 😭
And not just because of the noughties-romcom-worthy romance between Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDV...
And not just because of the noughties-romcom-worthy romance between Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDV...
We've been working with Octopus Legacy, which got us thinking about octopuses, and now we're here describing one for your enjoyment 🐙
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We've been working with Octopus Legacy, which got us thinking about octopuses, and now we're here describing one for your enjoyment 🐙
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Want to include everyone in your high quality awesome and hilarious Bluesky content that has images? Want to stay faithful and not forget?
Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting
Then, when you add an image, you'll see the warning and the post button will be greyed out...
Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting
Then, when you add an image, you'll see the warning and the post button will be greyed out...
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Want to include everyone in your high quality awesome and hilarious Bluesky content that has images? Want to stay faithful and not forget?
Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting
Then, when you add an image, you'll see the warning and the post button will be greyed out...
Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting
Then, when you add an image, you'll see the warning and the post button will be greyed out...
To everyone who doesn’t add alt text, there’s still time to make your social media accessible and become a faithful. We've got you. ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
To everyone who doesn’t add alt text, there’s still time to make your social media accessible and become a faithful. We've got you. ❤️
how many other charity folk are watching #TheTraitors on the off chance a massive donation comes their way? 🤔
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
how many other charity folk are watching #TheTraitors on the off chance a massive donation comes their way? 🤔
The UK Government has released further details on the role disabled people will play in its upcoming review of the PIP assessment process. 1/5
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The UK Government has released further details on the role disabled people will play in its upcoming review of the PIP assessment process. 1/5
Okay, so this year's John Lewis Christmas ad featured beautiful audio description for blind and partially sighted people.
And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from @bagpuss.org deserves the same treatment.
Enjoy?
And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from @bagpuss.org deserves the same treatment.
Enjoy?
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Okay, so this year's John Lewis Christmas ad featured beautiful audio description for blind and partially sighted people.
And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from @bagpuss.org deserves the same treatment.
Enjoy?
And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from @bagpuss.org deserves the same treatment.
Enjoy?
Us trying to convince them to rename the charity "Royal Beavers."
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Us trying to convince them to rename the charity "Royal Beavers."
For this thread only, the B in RNIB stands for beavers.
And to your photos of actual beavers.
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For this thread only, the B in RNIB stands for beavers.
Please remember to add alt text to your photos of the beaver moon tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Please remember to add alt text to your photos of the beaver moon tonight.
The Keep Britain Working review has today reported to the UK Government with recommendations to tackle the rising number of people out of work through ill health or disability.
RNIB welcomes the report’s recognition of structural barriers faced by disabled people. 1/8
RNIB welcomes the report’s recognition of structural barriers faced by disabled people. 1/8
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Keep Britain Working review has today reported to the UK Government with recommendations to tackle the rising number of people out of work through ill health or disability.
RNIB welcomes the report’s recognition of structural barriers faced by disabled people. 1/8
RNIB welcomes the report’s recognition of structural barriers faced by disabled people. 1/8
An accessible gift can say everything, always.
Thank you to John Lewis for creating and sharing both audio described and non AD versions of your Christmas advert at the same time.
Love lives in gestures like this ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi4...
Thank you to John Lewis for creating and sharing both audio described and non AD versions of your Christmas advert at the same time.
Love lives in gestures like this ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi4...
Where Love Lives | John Lewis & Partners | Christmas Ad 2025 - Audio Described
YouTube video by John Lewis
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
An accessible gift can say everything, always.
Thank you to John Lewis for creating and sharing both audio described and non AD versions of your Christmas advert at the same time.
Love lives in gestures like this ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi4...
Thank you to John Lewis for creating and sharing both audio described and non AD versions of your Christmas advert at the same time.
Love lives in gestures like this ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi4...
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"That was the first time I'd ever heard about any kind of support that I could get. From my rehabilitation worker, 12 years after my diagnosis."
Following her sight loss diagnosis, Bhavini had to put her life on pause.
Join RNIB's call for change: https://bit.ly/RNIBOutOfSight
Following her sight loss diagnosis, Bhavini had to put her life on pause.
Join RNIB's call for change: https://bit.ly/RNIBOutOfSight
November 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"That was the first time I'd ever heard about any kind of support that I could get. From my rehabilitation worker, 12 years after my diagnosis."
Following her sight loss diagnosis, Bhavini had to put her life on pause.
Join RNIB's call for change: https://bit.ly/RNIBOutOfSight
Following her sight loss diagnosis, Bhavini had to put her life on pause.
Join RNIB's call for change: https://bit.ly/RNIBOutOfSight
Too many blind and partially sighted people have their lives put on pause because vital services are reduced and delayed.
If you believe they have the right to access support quickly, then sign our petition to Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care rnib.in/OutOfSightPetition
If you believe they have the right to access support quickly, then sign our petition to Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care rnib.in/OutOfSightPetition
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Too many blind and partially sighted people have their lives put on pause because vital services are reduced and delayed.
If you believe they have the right to access support quickly, then sign our petition to Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care rnib.in/OutOfSightPetition
If you believe they have the right to access support quickly, then sign our petition to Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care rnib.in/OutOfSightPetition
Images without alt text 😱
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as acid reflux
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Images without alt text 😱
Post something random (with alt text!) or you'll have an awful November.
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Post something random (with alt text!) or you'll have an awful November.
The NHS 10-year plan means more eye health services will be delivered by opticians and other community providers.
Take our survey so we can understand what you currently go to your opticians for, and how you’d feel about accessing more services there in the future surveymonkey.com/r/3ZVW5Q3
Take our survey so we can understand what you currently go to your opticians for, and how you’d feel about accessing more services there in the future surveymonkey.com/r/3ZVW5Q3
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The NHS 10-year plan means more eye health services will be delivered by opticians and other community providers.
Take our survey so we can understand what you currently go to your opticians for, and how you’d feel about accessing more services there in the future surveymonkey.com/r/3ZVW5Q3
Take our survey so we can understand what you currently go to your opticians for, and how you’d feel about accessing more services there in the future surveymonkey.com/r/3ZVW5Q3
Did you know that if you chant “add alt text” three times in the mirror, a social media manager appears behind you with a cat meme!
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Did you know that if you chant “add alt text” three times in the mirror, a social media manager appears behind you with a cat meme!
Us creeping into our comments to see who's confused us with the @RNLI and @RSPB again.
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Us creeping into our comments to see who's confused us with the @RNLI and @RSPB again.
Thousands of blind and partially sighted people across England are having their lives put on pause, unable to access the vision rehabilitation support they need to restore their confidence and independence.
The reality is stark: 1/3
The reality is stark: 1/3
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thousands of blind and partially sighted people across England are having their lives put on pause, unable to access the vision rehabilitation support they need to restore their confidence and independence.
The reality is stark: 1/3
The reality is stark: 1/3
If you’ve got 7 mins spare, we'd louvre you to book an eye test.
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If you’ve got 7 mins spare, we'd louvre you to book an eye test.
The internet’s down and suddenly it’s chaos. Welcome to a day in the life of blind and partially sighted people trying to access websites that aren't accessible, it’s like the internet’s down all the time.
October 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The internet’s down and suddenly it’s chaos. Welcome to a day in the life of blind and partially sighted people trying to access websites that aren't accessible, it’s like the internet’s down all the time.
The nervous system wasn't made for scrolling social media without image descriptions.
Adding alt text says, ‘we want you here too,’ and keeps our nervous systems in check.
It’s easy to add: Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.
Adding alt text says, ‘we want you here too,’ and keeps our nervous systems in check.
It’s easy to add: Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The nervous system wasn't made for scrolling social media without image descriptions.
Adding alt text says, ‘we want you here too,’ and keeps our nervous systems in check.
It’s easy to add: Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.
Adding alt text says, ‘we want you here too,’ and keeps our nervous systems in check.
It’s easy to add: Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.
Name the best audio described spooky szn film for a rainy autumn day.
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Name the best audio described spooky szn film for a rainy autumn day.