Charities met with the Minister for care services and representatives from the All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on eye health, visual impairment and learning disability this month.
RNIB, SeeAbility and Mencap attended the meeting and went over research by SeeAbility and RNIB that showed people with learning disabilities are 10 times more likely to have serious sight problems than other people.
This means access to eye tests needed to be improved for this group, the charities said.
Minister Paul Burstow acknowledged that more people with learning disabilities need eye tests, as only 50 per cent currently have an annual health check which includes an eye test.
He also promised to attend the enhanced optometry scheme, which offers eye care services, in his constituency to learn how these work and how improving eye health could benefit people with learning disabilities.
Tom Clarke MP, co-chair of the APPG on Learning Disability, said "The issue deserves the maximum focus. Those attending the meeting felt that we had taken a big step in the right direction."
Read RNIB's research into sight loss and learning disability.