TV & radio on Ö÷²¥´óÐã iPlayer: Blind street stress and more
Shared space is a concept used in urban planning to encourage a more integrated use of our towns and cities - kerbs are dropped with traffic lights and crossings often removed.
Pedestrians walk along designated safe areas similar in width to a pavement but there is no separating raised kerb, instead cars, cyclists and pedestrians are all on the same level. But how suitable is it for visually impaired people?
Supporters say that safety records are higher than traditionally designed high streets but some blind people argue that these spaces are not only dangerous but have become no-go areas for blind people.
On this week's In Touch programme, Peter White visits Exhibition Road, a 'shared space' in London's museum district, and talks to David Bonnett, one of the architects behind the design.
Other highlights
A list of radio or TV programmes which include disability this week, all available on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's iPlayer service.
Winifred Robinson takes calls on the government plans to cap household benefits.
Listen - Andie Harper's Mid-Morning - Radio Cambridgeshire
Andie Harper hears from a disabled businessman from Cambridge who was ejected from a flight because of safety concerns. What are the rights of disabled travellers?
Listen Tony Fisher - Ö÷²¥´óÐã Hereford and Worcester
There's new controversy surrounding the disabled drivers Blue Badge scheme.
The Welfare reform bill suffers another Lords defeat. But should the Government stick to its guns? Is it time to decriminalise drug use? Would that help or hinder the war on drugs?
Watch - Coping
Five young people phone in to a night-time radio show with host, Aled Haydn Jones, to share their problems ranging from anorexia to depression, OCD to self-harm. (R)
Listen - Stephen Nolan on 5 Live
Iain Duncan Smith says people are not suffering because of benefit cuts and will press ahead with reforms.
Watch - Northern Ireland Assembly, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Parliament
Recorded coverage of a debate on the Health and Social Care review, from Monday 16 January.
Listen - Conversation Zone [name of radio station?]
In this special edition of the Conversation Zone, Dame Evelyn Glennie revisits her childhood, discusses her deafness and shares some of her most personal music favourites.
Sex on the agenda, Martha Reeves, Welfare Reform
Watch - Something Special, CBeebies
Each simple, fun and informative episode sees Justin and Mr Tumble out and about, applying signing in a variety of places relevant to a very young audience.
Coming soon
Comedy. To get out of maths homework Josh claims he has number blindness, and persuades novice supply teacher Janucek to let him off.
Watch - Saints and Scroungers - Ö÷²¥´óÐã One
Dom meets Laura and her daughter Poppy, who has been diagnosed as profoundly deaf.
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