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Story: Disability and disability organisations

Reading blind

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This 1950 film clip highlights the transcription services provided by the Royal New Zealand Institute for the Blind for its members.

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Reference: The white walking stick. National Film Unit, 1950

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Martin Sullivan, Disability and disability organisations – Organisations for people with disabilities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/29174/reading-blind (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Martin Sullivan, published 30 March 2011.