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Summary: Practical advice and guides for parents on eye tests, finance, and people and organisations who can support you.

• First steps
• Eye health
• Guides
• Forum: talk to other parents

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First steps

Coming to terms with your child's sight problem
What to do when your child's just been diagnosed.

Eye health

What to ask at the eye clinic
You're just about to go for your child's first eye test. Full of questions, confused, or don't know where to start? We asked other parents for ideas on what to ask. Find out what they suggested…

Understanding your child's vision
If your child has some sight at all, you'll want to find out how they can make the best use of it. Find out how eye specialists and your child's school can help.

Guides

Browse our quick guides to professionals, financial support, useful organisations and resources.

• Who's who? A guide to the professionals
• Grants and allowances for parents
• Resources for parents with sight problems
• Organisations who support parents (Word, 362KB)

Forum: talk to other parents

Looking for advice, or got a practical tip you want to share? Discuss it on the Parents' Place forum.

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Content author: parents@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 20/11/2008 11:13