Visual acuity – your central vision, the vision you use to see detail. Visual field – how much you can see around the edge of your vision, while looking straight ahead. Your visual acuity is measured ...

Choosing the best school or college (effectively the educational setting) for your child is a big decision. To help you, this page outlines the different types of school you might be able to choose ...

Many blind and partially sighted people like to play chess. A braille chess code has been developed to help record the moves in a game, so that braille users can record their own games, as well as ...

RNIB has been the leading advocate for braille for more than 150 years. In 2021, we are renewing our commitment to providing embossed braille, particularly in children’s literature. Image: A woman and ...

Being a vision rehabilitation officer is a varied job, you have to think on your feet, make instant decisions and respond to the different needs of very different people. A man and a woman crossing a ...

RNIB Scotland actively campaigns on matters of interest or concern to blind and partially sighted people, engaging with MSPs, MPs, councillors, civil servants, media, and commercial, public and other ...

Gus Alexiou is a disability inclusion journalist for Forbes covering everything from assistive technology to social policy and the arts. He developed sight loss at the age of 25 due to a medical ...

When you arrive, you should let the receptionist know that you are there and they will tell you where to wait. You may find that you are waiting for a long time, or that there are periods of waiting ...

RNIB is dedicated to providing books in a variety of accessible formats. Over time the impact of accessible books and devices in digital formats has continued to change the way many customers read. A ...

On air seven days a week, our RNIB Connect Radio presenters bring you a fantastic selection of Talking Books, music, news and views. With a mix of blind, partially sighted and sighted staff on both ...

Information for blind and partially sighted young people experiencing negative feelings about their vision impairment. Everyone's different, but there are feelings that a lot of young people tend to ...

Our campaigning work focuses on the key issues and barriers identified by blind and partially sighted people across Northern Ireland. Find out what we've been working on and how you can support our ...