Learning disabilities
If you work with people with a learning disability you will find some resources here that can help you.
The prevalence of sight loss among people with a learning disability is far greater than previously thought. There are about one million adults in the UK with a learning disability.
People with a learning disability are 10 times more likely to have serious sight loss than other people and those with severe or profound learning disabilities are most likely to have sight loss.
For more information about learning disability and sight loss, read our guide:
Learning disability top tips
We’ve produced some top tips cards for working with people with learning disabilities, covering communication, environment, identifying sight loss, and mobility.
- Learning disability top tips – Communication
- Learning disability top tips – Environment
- Learning disability top tips – Identifying sight loss
- Learning disability top tips – Mobility
We have also produced resources offering guidance for supporting someone with learning disabilities and sight loss.
Healthy Eyes training pack: Helping adults with learning disabilities to recognise signs of sight loss
This training pack aims to give you, the trainer, step-by-step guidance on how to help adults with learning disabilities to recognise signs of sight loss. Sight loss is often hidden or not recognised among people with learning disabilities. Therefore, it is vital that as many people as possible know how to recognise the signs of sight loss in people with learning disabilities.
The pack will also help your training participants to have more confidence in attending an eye test. The pack contains links to films on YouTube and pictures which you can print out to facilitate group exercises:
