Reports and Insight
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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.
Employment facts and stats 2020
Issues faced around employment represent one of the biggest barriers to equal participation for blind and partially sighted people.
Seasonal mobility for children with vision impairment
Suzy McDonald, Habilitation Specialist at Birmingham Education Habilitation Service, shares 12 tips for mobility training in winter.
Barriers faced by people with sight loss
We want to achieve a world where equal participation by blind and partially sighted people is the norm.
Coronavirus – Living with sight loss through lockdown
While the coronavirus outbreak has had a huge impact on the lives of everyone living in the UK, blind and partially sighted people have had to face their own unique set of challenges as a result of the crisis.
Employment for blind and partially sighted people in 2019
Sight loss should not impact someone's job prospects and yet, one of the biggest barriers to equal participation for blind and partially sighted people is issues faced around employment.
The Developmental Journal for babies and children with vision impairment (DJVI)
Structured early intervention can improve outcomes for babies and young children with severe vision impairment (OPTIMUM VI research project).
