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Read our exclusive free online content from this month's Insight magazine. Read entries from our Young Columnist competition and get expert advice if you are struggling to get your child to wear glasses.

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The voice

Sandra Gayer, 23, is blind and has her own show on Insight Radio. How did she find a way to get her voice heard?

Images of blind young people in the media

Damon Rose, Editor of the Ouch! Blog and podcast on disability issues, introduces the theme for the May/June 2013 issue of Insight magazine, images of blind young people in the media

Finding a school for a child with additional needs

Where do you start when choosing a school for your child who is blind or partially sighted and who has additional needs which may include medical needs? Loraine Stewart, Education Support Manager at National Blind Children's Society, answers some of the questions parents may have about the process of finding a school.

Alström Syndrome

Alström Syndrome is a very rare genetic condition which causes childhood blindness and hearing loss. Here, the support group Alström Syndrome UK offers some information and advice

iPad use with blind and partially sighted children

New research sheds interesting light on how Apple iPads are being used in the education of children and young people with a vision impairment. Mary McDonald investigates

Something special

Allan Johnston is the producer who created the hit CBeebies show, Something Special. He talked to Deborah Webber about the disabled children who are the stars, and some trade secrets of making films for children with learning difficulties

Children with special needs and glasses

Lisa Rees gives advice on helping children with special needs to weat their glasses.

Glasses can make things worse

Maggie Woodhouse talks about instances when glasses don't always work for children.

Wearing glasses and a hearing aid

Children with visual impairment as well as hearing problems often have to wear both spectacles and hearing aids. Maggie Woodhouse offers tips on how to respond to this challenge

Wearing glasses

Maggie Woodhouse article about children getting used to their glasses.

Last updated: 13 May 2013

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