Share the experiences of young vi bloggers or vloggers online Young people with visual impairments have so much to teach and share with us, encourage children and young people to become involved with others with visual impairments and profit from their experiences. Try this brilliant blog post as an introduction.
Looking for practical help with home or garden projects to improve your child’s independence and well being ? WellChild Helping Hands is a home improvement programme which, with volunteers from local companies, transforms gardens and bedrooms for children and young people with exceptional health needs across the UK
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Developing independent living skills and mobility for preschoolers RNIB learning through play in the early years may 2014 Habilitation Services – a guide for parents Parents tell the RNIB that one of the most difficult parts of finding out that their child has a vision impairment (VI) is knowing how to talk about it with...
New approaches to Enhancing Human Perception – workshops held in Newcastle June 2019 This was an exciting workshop which brought together scientists, VI professionals and people with a VI to exchange ideas and experiences in sensory substitution and augmentation. The workshop was generously funded as part of a research grant from the Economic and Social...
As some of you may be aware, Dr Karl Wall has retired this year. His contribution to Habilitation and the teaching of children and young people with a visual impairment in general has been immense. It has been suggested it would be nice to recognise all of the effort he has put in by contributing...
The BBC have produced news pages dedicated to the issues faced by people who have a visual impairment. They include a variety of news reporting videos. On 24th April the BBC reported on Lego bricks for children with sight loss. On 11th April the BBC reported on Mikey Poulli who lost his vision two years...
Did you know HabVIUK has a closed members Facebook page? Find us on Habilitation VIUK on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/habilitationviuk/ We also have a strong range of Pinterest Boards https://in.pinterest.com/habilitationv/ We would welcome your contributions on both these. News will appear regularly on our facebook page and on our twitter feed. Some items, that you may wish...
The LEGO Foundation and LEGO Group have unveiled a pioneering project to help children who are blind and partially sighted learn braille through play. For more information see the RNIB site.