Happy new year to you all! This year’s conference is kindly being supported by UCL London and will be held there on Wednesday 1st March. The theme of the conference is Transition and speakers will include Blind in Business, Thomas Pocklington Trust, the AGM and a session on living with albinism as a young adult....
We were honoured to attend a memorial lecture celebrating the life and legacy of Dr Olga Miller, who sadly passed away earlier this year. The event celebrated Dr Miller’s exceptional contributions to the field of developmental psychology, vision impairment, multi-sensory impairment, and complex and severe special educational needs/disability. The lecture took place on Friday 28th...
HabVIUK Guidance on completing Consultation Questions *Update – New extension to response deadline is now 12th September. Please continue to submit your responses. These are for guidance only, members should make their own decision on appropriate responses, however, Habilitation VIUK, together with the habilitation course providers at IOE and BCU, are recommending opposition to these...
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As of the 29th January 2022, new rules have been introduced to the Highway Code to improve safety for all road users. Some of these changes have been implemented specifically to improve safety for pedestrians. Below we have highlighted these key changes and how they may affect CYPVIs. People crossing the road at junctions When...
We are delighted to announce our first conference of the year will take place on Wednesday 2nd March 2022! Once again, this year’s conference will be held virtually. The theme of this year’s online HabVIUK conference is Early Years. Our speakers this year are fantastic, with Andrew Miller, lead optometrist at Birmingham Focus as our...
Guide Dog’s recently published a report on their recommendations for transforming support services in England for children & young people with vision impairment. Click the link below to read the full report. –
We recently had the opportunity to test a new style cane tip developed by Australian company Omnia. The tip features the company’s “Omni-Wheel” technology, initially designed for factory conveyor lines, the wheels allow 360° movement in all directions. The unique design of the Omni-Sense promises many benefits over a conventional cane tip including; improved tactile...
This key research explores the provision of habilitation training across England and sets out clear recommendations to Government and local authorities to act to ensure that every child with vision impairment has access to timely habilitation support. Read more…
The new Accessible Travel Policy Guidance for train and station operators sets out the commitments they must include in their policies for helping disabled people to travel by rail: https://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/tens-thousands-railway-staff-trained-understanding-disabled-peoples-needs