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. –
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Omni-Sense Cane Tip Review
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...
Making Childhood Equal
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…
Improving Assisted Travel
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
Habilitation VI UK Virtual Conference 2021 – Full Schedule Available Now!
‘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...
Meeting the needs of children and young people with vision impairment (VI) as schools and colleges re-open in England
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).
National Habilitation Specialist Conference 2020
The Habilitation VI UK conference was held in Birmingham. Here are a few highlights of the training day:
Could you design a book?
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...
NAEHP
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...