Advice

Recruiting and keeping talented disabled people in your workforce is good for business.

If you are positive and confident about your child’s first day at school, they will feel happier and much less stressed. These practical tips apply to any child with a vision impairment.

How to help your blind or partially sighted 1 to 3 year old to walk, talk, learn and make friends.

If you employ someone with a vision impairment, you must make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to make sure they can do their job.

Many blind and partially sighted children go to mainstream schools. With the help of education professionals you can make sure your child gets the right support.

Open days are a fantastic opportunity to find out more about potential schools. Our advice and practical tips will help you ask the right questions and choose a school where your child will thrive.

Our advice and tips will help you ask the right questions on open days

Your child will need some form of motivation to move. It’s important to encourage them to move early on, through play or through touch, sound, smell or residual vision.

If your child has a vision impairment, there are many different therapists to help with their additional needs. Here we explain the roles of physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, educational physiologists, mobility officers and rehabilitation workers.