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Users with visual impairments

Action for Blind People

Enables blind and partially sighted people to transform their lives through work, housing, leisure and support; offers a wide range of services to visually impaired people, their families, advocates, professionals and the general public.

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Provides mobility and freedom to blind and partially-sighted people; campaigns for the rights of those with visual impairments;, educates the public about eye care and invests millions of pounds in eye disease research.

Lighthouse International

Leading resource worldwide on vision impairment and vision rehabilitation. Through its pioneering work in vision rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy, Lighthouse International enables people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted to lead independent and productive lives.

National Blind Children's Society

Provides a range of services, activities, support and information, enabling blind and partially sighted children to have an equal opportunity to the provision of education, and sports and recreational activities.

National Library for the Blind

Website of the UK National Library for the Blind providing a gateway to library and information services for visually impaired people.

Opening up Access to Books and Reading: Delivering Reader Development with Visually Impaired People

A DCMS-funded resource to help public library staff improve local services for visually impaired people.

Resource: the Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives: Library Services for Visually-impaired People:

Best Practice Manual.

Revealweb

Range of resources available in Braille, moon, audio and digital talking books, large print and more; details of organisations that hold titles in accessible formats and the terms under which they will supply them; who produces, loans or sells accessible material.

Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)

UK's leading charity offering information, support and advice to people with sight problems: Braille, Talking Books, Computer Training, and imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges.

See, Hear, Imagine

Presents the symbolistic world of the Finnish artist Hugo Simberg (b.1873, d. 1917) through six of his works. The works are presented through detailed descriptions of the pictures and by analyses of their background and themes.

SeeAbility

Registered charity working with adults who have a visual impairment and a range of additional disabilities, promoting an understanding of their needs,and providing a range of services designed to encourage independence and enhance quality of life.

Vision Connection

A friendly, accessible, interactive global Internet portal for people who are partially sighted or blind, the professionals who work with them, the families and friends who support them and anyone looking for the latest information on vision impairment, its prevention and vision rehabilitation.

Visugate

Information from all of the leading visual impairment organisations in the UK and beyond; online learning resources on visual impairment; online community of people with an interest in visual impairment issues.




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