Health
Fratton Park Audio Description Facility
Written by: Andrew Fletcher – partially sighted member and trustee of Losing My Sight UK. I’m a visually impaired photographer, I am blind in my right eye and can see about 6 feet with my left eye. My eye condition has been the same since birth. I enjoy taking photographs at Fratton Park and recently … Read moreFratton Park Audio Description Facility
Seema and Savarn Lata’s Story
Seema is a visual awareness and disabilities consultant and is also supporting Target Ovarian Cancer, here’s her story… I got in touch with Target Ovarian Cancer after my mum Savarn Lata passed away – I had to do something to raise money and raise awareness. Mum, who everyone knew by her middle name Lata, was a generous and kind person, who lived for her family. … Read moreSeema and Savarn Lata’s Story
Virgin Australia Introduces Innovative Vision Impaired User Interface For In-Flight Entertainment
19 April 2017 Virgin Australia has become the first airline in the Asia Pacific and the second airline in the world to introduce an in-flight entertainment (IFE) user interface for passengers who are blind or have low vision. Designed to make the customer experience more accessible for vision impaired passengers, the new interface increases accessibility … Read moreVirgin Australia Introduces Innovative Vision Impaired User Interface For In-Flight Entertainment
National Eye Health Week 2016
Between 19th and 25th September was National Eye Health Week – a weeklong event created by Vision Matters to raise awareness for eye health and the importance of having regular eye tests. Over 1.8 million people in the UK are living with sight loss. For 53% of these, a simple sight test and new glasses … Read moreNational Eye Health Week 2016
AN ARTICLE ABOUT ME AND THE MAGAZINE ON THE RNIB WEBSITE
David Taylor, Editor of Losing My Sight Magazine, sits down to tell us how losing his job as a result of sight loss inspired him to start the magazine, and why he’s looking for people to join the project. Having lost my job due to my sight loss back in 2014 I was not in … Read moreAN ARTICLE ABOUT ME AND THE MAGAZINE ON THE RNIB WEBSITE
ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE
Action for Blind People are a National Charity who run one and two-day courses providing information, advice and practical skills for anyone who has sight loss as well as their family and friends. The sessions provide people with sight loss advice on a range of essential everyday skills such as how to get around outside, … Read moreACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE