Tag: visual impairment
Seeing through my eyes
Daniel Williams details his struggle to come to terms with his visual impairment
Eshan’s story told in RNIB’s new film
Meet Hardeep and his nine-year-old son Eshan in RNIB's new film introducing its specialist schools and residences for children and young people with vision...
A vision of Britain revisited
Sue Keil examines the state of specialist services for visually impaired learners
Seeing the individual
Neurological sight loss highlights the need for a personalised approach to learning support for children with visual impairment, writes Richard Ellis
Is poverty blind?
John Harris assesses the chances of vision impaired children becoming socially mobile adults
Visually impaired kids suffer at school
Visual impairment can have a major impact on a child’s happiness, success at school and future opportunities, says a new report.
Sight Impaired at Aged...
New research into nystagmus launched
A new research project into the eye condition nystagmus has been announced by London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Nystagmus is characterised by involuntary movement of the eyes...
Intervenors needed for deafblind kids
Deafblind children should get one-to-one support from specialists called intervenors, says the charity Sense. Intervenors are highly trained professionals who work with deafblind children...