If you would like to know more about sight loss, these sections of the website may be useful.
Living with sight loss
Includes our guide to
coping with sight loss and contains information on registering your sight loss, help around the home, education and learning, travel and shopping and reading and writing.
Adapting to sight loss
Information to help people come to terms with a diagnosis and introduce the information and support available.
Sight problems guide
Our guide addresses many topics relating to sight loss.
Meeting, greeting and guiding
How to introduce yourself to people with sight problems and support them in getting around
Key sight loss information and statistics
Answers to some of the most common questions we receive about blind and partially sighted people in the UK.
Prevention of sight loss research
Levels of avoidable sight loss in the UK are unacceptably high. Fifty per cent of sight loss is avoidable. Read about our research on preventing sight loss.
Common feelings about sight loss
When and how we begin to experience sight loss can make a difference, and so can our personality and usual ways of coping with difficulties, or how much support is available. However there are a range of feelings and responses that many people experience.
Family, carers and friends
A guide for family, carers and friends of someone with sight loss, outlining the support, information and products that are available to help you and the people you look after.
Living with sight loss discussion forum
Chat online to other people living with sight loss.