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East Kilbride teenager with sight loss will be heard at UN meeting on children and adolescents with disabilities

An East Kilbride teenager who is partially sighted will contribute her thoughts to a global online meeting today to launch a new United Nations manifesto for children and adolescents with disabilities.

Posted Friday, 3 December 2021 News type: News story

A very accessible Christmas! Keira experiences festive magic thanks to RNIB and Santa

This year, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is celebrating the magic of Christmas with 12-year-old Keira Mills and the excitement she experiences when receiving a letter from Santa in an accessible format.

Posted Monday, 29 November 2021 News type: Press release

Metro story highlights the benefits of disclosing your sight loss

Newspaper The Metro has published a First Person story by entrepreneur and artist manager Ben Price, where he tells of his sight loss journey and how he came to realise the importance of disclosing his disability.

Posted Monday, 29 November 2021 News type: News story

Young people with sight loss in Scotland will get a chance to make their voices heard

What's it like to be a young person who's blind or partially sighted in today's Scotland? To strive to keep up in the classroom alongside your sighted peers? To try to be part of the youth's highly visual world of social media and computer games?

Posted Saturday, 20 November 2021 News type: News story

RNIB Talk and Support service celebrates two decades of supporting people with sight loss

RNIB Talk and Support service celebrates two decades of supporting people with sight loss.

Posted Monday, 15 November 2021 News type: News story

RNIB prompts grocery company Milk & More to open up access to its service

Milk & More has made changes to enable digitally excluded older and disabled customers to use its services after RNIB raised concerns.

Posted Friday, 12 November 2021 News type: News story

Campaign win: London Mayor responds to RNIB-backed letter with call for temporary halt to new colourful crossings

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has asked Transport for London (TfL) to halt the installation of a series of colourful crossings in central London including Tottenham Court Road. He has also advised London boroughs to do the same.

Posted Friday, 5 November 2021 News type: Article

Multi-coloured road crossings pose a threat to people with sight loss, warn charities

Two national sight loss charities have raised concerns about the introduction of multi-coloured road crossings.

Posted Friday, 29 October 2021 News type: News story