Search

You searched for "sight loss"

49 results found

Pupils at a South Lanarkshire school experienced the challenges voters with sight loss face when casting their ballots

27 November 2023 | RNIB, youth forum, democracy, politics, elections, education, school
The mock election, which was held at Uddingston Grammar School on Friday 24 November, was organised by RNIB Scotland, in collaboration with South Lanarkshire Council and Haggeye, RNIB Scotland's award-winning youth forum.

Two centuries later, braille is still as important as ever, says teenage sight loss campaigner

4 January 2024 | RNIB, Braille, anniversary, campaign, blindness, Scotland, charity
Braille, the system of raised dots that has enabled blind people to read and write, is as vital as ever, and has adapted to the advances of new technology, says RNIB, Scotland's leading sight loss charity.

Sight loss charities slam Scottish government for making blind and partially sighted people play tactile paving roulette

14 February 2024 | Sight Scotland, Sight Scotland Veterans, Government, ministry of transport, scotland
Sight Scotland launches ‘Pave the Way’ campaign to have tactile paving installed in every train station in Scotland.

DOs study myopia management at ABDO’s NRC

14 November 2023 | ABDO, Myopia, Conference, CPD, Alicia Thompson
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has held the first Myopia Management Conference in Birmingham this week.

Orbis launches podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech

7 December 2020
A new podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech to curb rise in preventable blindness has been launched by international eye health charity, Orbis.

What's trending Apr/May 2024

3 April 2024 | | Ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #GrahamNorton #eyelids Graham Norton’s chat show is always a must-watch in my book. I was particularly surprised to find two eye-related...

Improving eye care for children with learning difficulties: a view from SeeAbility

1 August 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry
Marek P Karas from sightloss charity SeeAbility examines why children with a learning disability do not access the eye care they need and asks how the system needs to change. Children with a learning disability are 28 times more likely...

What's trending Dec/Jan 2019

1 December 2018 | Ophthalmology, Orbit, Emergency Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…A #RyderCup globe injury An unfortunate spectator was hit in the eye by a wayward golf ball during the Ryder Cup, and suffered, as she called it, “a fracture...

Fairytale published to encourage children to wear glasses

7 March 2022
The Amazing Fairy Glasses is the first book published by author Katy Tainton, of Neath, South Wales. Katy felt the need to write a book aimed at helping young children who wear glasses when her eldest daughter Belle was diagnosed...

New study maps priorities for UK eyecare research

4 June 2024 | glaucoma, AMD, dry, wet, new study, research, updates, UK, eyecare
Glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, childhood vision loss, and short-sightedness are highlighted as target study areas.

IN FOCUS - Beyond 2020: what next for global eye health?

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology
The year 2020 is a pivotal year for global eye health. It marks the conclusion of ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ which has guided action for the past two decades, and the end of the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Leading North London eye clinic appoints retina expert to treat growing ‘epidemic’ of patients living with myopia

21 November 2023 | My-iClinic, myopia, Yvonne Luo, vitrectomy, floaters
Leading independent eye hospital based in Finchley, My-iClinic, has welcomed Consultant Ophthalmologist, Ms Yvonne Luo, to its growing team of specialists.