Reports and Insight
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Inclusive Journeys: Improving the accessibility of public transport for people with sight loss
Blind and partially sighted people tell us that better accessibility to transport and public places is the most important factor to improve their quality of life. However, many are not able to make the journeys they want to – 1 in 3 rarely or never use public transport. This limits their ability to work and participate in society.
What we know about education
Education is one of the known social determinants of health. School doesn’t only provide education, but helps with social, personal and technology skills that are used in employment, and everyday life.
Eye Work With You Too Research Project
Only one in four blind and partially sighted people of working age are in employment. This report aims to better understand the barriers faced by people with sight loss in the workplace.
Secondary analysis of the Millennium Cohort Survey
The Millennium Cohort Study is a research project following the lives of children born in the UK in 2000/1 with information collected from the child and their parents on a variety of topics.
VI Lives – understanding the experiences of people living with vision impairment
We’ve teamed up with two other leading charities to produce a new in-depth report into the experiences of visually impaired people in the UK. The report is called VI Lives and is based on hundreds of conversations with people who live with a vision impairment.
Reading and braille research
Being able to read, whether its books for pleasure, packaging on food and medicine, or information about health appointments, is important to blind and partially sighted people, yet this is often inaccessible.
The impacts of the Cost of Living crisis for people with sight loss
Rapid rises in the cost of living are having a bigger impact on blind and partially sighted people. People with sight loss already face additional, unavoidable costs like taxi journeys, assistive technology and support in the home.
Sight Loss Pathway: Final report
Sight loss can be a challenge to adapt to and an early, clinically appropriate, supportive, sympathetic, and efficient pathway is vital to facilitate the treatment needed, but also to ensure good patient experience.
Sight Loss and Technology Briefing
This briefing brings together existing evidence on the role and uptake of technology by blind and partially sighted people.
Labour Force Survey
We carry out an analysis of the national quarterly UK Labour Force Survey (LFS). The results give a detailed employment profile of people with sight loss and the issues they face.
