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Newsletter no. 378

Share The Vision newsletter highlights key developments and challenges in sight, vision, library, and disability news, including recent advancements in bionic eyes and retinal imaging that expand healthcare and vision restoration capabilities. It also addresses ongoing social and practical issues, such as the employment barriers faced by visually impaired young people, safety concerns regarding floating bus stops, the restrictions and backlash surrounding smart glasses, and new RNIB research detailing the significant financial pressures impacting blind and partially sighted individuals across the UK.

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Reading Sight Resource Pack

Librarian with a blind reader

Share the Vision, in partnership with the Ulverscroft Foundation, The Reading Agency, and Libraries Connected, have developed a FREE Reading Sight resource pack aimed at supporting people working in libraries to better support people with vision and print impairments. 

Hard copy packs have been sent to each library service in the UK and digital versions of all the embedded resources are yours to freely download from this website.

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The Vision and Print Impaired People’s Promise

blind reader

‘I can’t see to read books anymore. The library staff know what authors I like and request items for me, it is a lifeline to me.’
Talking with Readers quote from library user, Libraries Connected

The Vision and Print Impaired People’s Promise sets out the experience that people with blindness, sight loss and other print disabilities should have through public library services. We want everyone who visits a public library to be inspired by an exciting accessible environment which makes reading and seeking information a pleasure.

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