S2 Ep1735: Neil Atkinson on Voting as a Visually Impaired Person

About this episode

Neil Atkinson discusses his experience voting as a visually impaired person in the Scottish Parliament Election.

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Neil Atkinson, RNIB Scotland, Social Action Community Coordinator to find out how how he found it voting as a visually impaired person in the Scottish Parliament Election on Thursday 7 May 2026. Neil gives his thoughts on how accessible the whole experience was for him, the level of support he received from polling station staff, his thoughts on any accessible tools he was offered to help him vote independently as a visually impaired person and what could be done in the future to make the voting more accessible for him and other blind and partially sighted people. (Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font)

People in this episode

Host: Toby Davey

Guest: Neil Atkinson

Topics covered

• voting accessibility
• visually impaired
• Scottish Parliament Election
• support at polling stations
• independent voting

Keywords

• voting
• visually impaired
• accessibility
• polling station
• RNIB

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNIB Scotland

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