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
‘Brilliant event. This is one of the best virtual conferences I have attended. Great variety of speakers. So much information to digest. The day went so fast’ A big thank you to all our fantastic speakers and to everyone who attended this year’s conference. We would like to give a special thank you to Dr...
This is an open letter to you from the following organisations supporting children and young people with VI in the UK: RNIB, VIEW, TPT, Guide Dogs, Habilitation VI UK, Sense and the National Sensory Impairment Partnership (NatSIP).
The Habilitation VI UK conference was held in Birmingham. Here are a few highlights of the training day:
Could you create a picture book for a child who cannot see pictures? Enjoying books is, for most young children, an essential part of childhood. Tactile image books like those in ClearVision’s collection are the solution for blind or partially sighted children. Click on the link below for more information on the Typhlo and Tactus...
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...