Tackling Digital Exclusion: older blind and partially sighted people and the internet

Title: Tackling Digital Exclusion: older blind and partially sighted people and the internet; Publisher: RNIB

Summary

Whilst the use of the internet has grown dramatically in recent years, particular groups of people in society are less likely to be online than others. This includes older people with sight loss. In 2011, BT supported RNIB to investigate the barriers preventing older people with sight loss from using the internet. The aims of the study were to:

• Identify the barriers and enablers to getting online for older people with sight loss;
• Identify the types of online activities in which people would like to engage;
• Provide recommendations that will enable older blind and partially sighted people to get online.