Advice for parents and carers - visual impairment

Please see below links to a variety of organisations that support children and young people with visual impairments.

RNIB

www.rnib.org.uk

• Advice regarding eye conditions
• Benefits and support entitlements
• Technology
• Health, social and educational advice for parents and professionals

RNIB Bookshare

www.rnibbookshare.org/

• Online book service for blind or partially sighted children and adults. If you would like a personal login please contact your QTVI.

Clear Vision

www.clearvisionproject.org/

• Postal lending library of children’s books designed to be shared by visually impaired and sighted children and adults.

VICTA

www.victa.org.uk/

• National charity that offers activities and support for children and families.
• Provides grants to support the purchase of equipment to aid a child with a visual impairment.

Guide Dogs

www.guidedogs.org.uk

• Provide a range of services and activities to promote independence and mobility. This is not just a service for those who have or need a guide dog.

British Blind Sport

www.britishblindsport.org.uk

• A charity providing and promoting opportunities for blind and partially sighted children and adults to access, participate and compete in sport.

Royal Society for Blind Children

www.rsbc.org.uk

• A charity who provide a range of services across England and Wales for blind and partially sighted children and young people, their families, and the professionals who work alongside them.

Seeability

www.seeability.org

• A charity providing specialist support, accommodation and eye care help for people with learning disabilities, autism and sight loss.