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...
News
The BBC Blindness and Visual Impairment news pages:
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...
HabVIUK on Facebook and Pinterest
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...
Learning braille through play
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.