Spending time in nature could help children with visual impairments develop important skills. Sarah Bell introduces Moorvision, a charity aiming to support these kinds of opportunities.
We recently held an interactive workshop at the Annual Visionary Conference, providing a great opportunity to share some of Sensing Nautre's early findings.
What’s your definition of ‘nature’? For many, spending time near water is a central part of their interactions with the natural environment. Sarah Bell takes the plunge…
Today we have a guest news piece written by Judith Potts about one of the most common – but best kept – secrets about adjusting to loss of vision: a condition called Charles Bonnet Syndrome.
Research is all about people and data - but how does ‘data collection’ work? Sarah Bell talks through what it’s like to gather data from across the country for Sensing Nature.
Over the last couple of months, I’ve had great conversations with volunteers who run outdoor walks with people living with vision impairment. Here are some of their tips for promoting positive nature experiences.
This week we have a guest author, Joanna Grace, who talks through The Sensory Projects - multi-sensory experiences designed to help people understand each other despite their differences.
Why do we tune into the sounds of nature and how do we relate to the origin of those sounds? Could the 'sonic charisma' of a landscape have something to do with it?
Amongst other nature-based activities, we’d like to learn more about people’s experiences of gardening with a visual impairment, and recently met up with an exciting charity that uses gardens as therapeutic environments.