Children, was developed in collaboration with Roy Cole of the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) in 1953. Her significant breakthrough came in 1964 with Vision On, which instead of ghettoising the deaf was designed to appeal to all children, with its emphasis on the visual arts such as mime, painting and drawing. Supported by the RNID and the National Deaf Children's Society, Eason insisted that the programme made use of signing, even though it was then unpopular with many teachers of the deaf. Later life Eason never married, and retired from the BBC in 1970. She subsequently travelled all over the UK championing the RNID. Affected by the onset of Alzheimer's in her mid-70s, she was initially cared for by her sister Phoebe and her niece Ann, until she eventually had to give up her home in Kew Green and enter a nursing home. Eason died on 25 December 1993 and was cremated at Mortlake. References Notes Citations Bibliography 1910 births 1993 deaths BBC people Deaf culture in the United Kingdom British radio producers English deaf people Educational broadcasting in the United Kingdom People from Streatham Women radio producers