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25 October 2019
Source: RNIB Scotland
Butchart, Maggie & Colahan, Craig. (2019). Retrospective chart review of spectacle prescription prevalence in adults with learning disabilities in Scotland. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 32. 10.1111/jar.12588. Abstract Background Evidence suggests that people with learning disabilities are less likely to have an up‐to‐date eye examination as sight loss is characteristically underdiagnosed in people with complex needs. Method A
Read more Retrospective chart review of spectacle prescription prevalence in adults with learning disabilities in Scotland
10 October 2019
Source: SeeAbility
In celebration of World Sight Day 2019, SeeAbility, the national learning disability, autism and sight loss charity, is releasing a report on its successful campaign for eye care in special schools. The report will be launched in Perseid School in Merton, the school where SeeAbility first began its project in 2013. Supported by the charity’s campaigning work and the insights
Read more Charity celebrates ‘a change in sight’ for thousands of children with learning disabilities and autism
28 March 2019
Source: SeeAbility
An evaluation on the eye care needs of children in special schools in England has now been published in the peer reviewed international science journal PLOS ONE. Three of the four authors, including the lead author, are from SeeAbility’s clinical team – Lisa Donaldson Optometrist and Clinical Lead, Marek Karas Senior Optometrist and Donna O’Brien Policy and Research manager, supported by Dr
Read more How children with learning disabilities can miss out on eye care
12 November 2018
Source: Learning Disability today
Home or away? When it’s time for an adult son or daughter with learning disabilities to fly the nest, should parents opt to move out so they can have round-the-clock care in the home they have always known, or is a fresh start in supported living the better option? Darren Devine explores the options. For parents of children with learning
Read more Learning Disability Today: Leaving the family home: the possibility of supported living
25 April 2018
This report from Mencap, written by the Housing LIN, shows that at a time of rising demand, specialised supported housing is a cost-effective way of providing homes for people who would otherwise be stuck in inpatient units or living in residential care, highlighting how important that independence is to people with a learning disability. It sets out a series of
Read more Housing LIN: Making the funding system of supported housing work for all people with a learning disability: Specialised Supported Housing
3 July 2017
Source: SeeAbility
The focus for this year’s Learning Disability Week (19-25 June) was employment. It looked to raise awareness on the benefits of employing people with a learning disability to help tackle the appallingly low levels of employment there currently are. Scott Watkin, Eye care and vision development officer at SeeAbility, thinks that ‘it’s really bad that only 6% of people with a learning disability
Read more Learning Disability Week and Positive Choices
1 June 2017
John Welsman, Strategy and Research Policy Team, Guide Dogs, speaks to Rachel Pilling, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals/ VISION 2020 UK Learning Disability Committee. Rachel gives listeners an understanding of the issues around learning disability and vision impairment.
Read more 7: Rachel Pilling, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals/ VISION 2020 UK Learning Disability Committee
16 December 2015
Source: VISION 2020 UK
The College of Optometrists and VISION 2020 UK Learning Disability Committee have produced a self-assessment tool to support the provision of services for people with learning disabilities within community optometry. There are a number of reasons for wanting to know how well a clinical service is working. A commissioning organisation or a regulatory body may want evidence of quality to inform
Read more Quality Standards for Services for Patients with Learning Disabilities
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