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Artificial intelligence company and four UK charities partner to find a cure for AMD
Posted: Wednesday 14 March 2018
BenevolentAI and Action Against AMD, a group of UK sight loss charities, have today announced their partnership to use BenevolentAI’s technology to find treatments and a potential cure for the leading cause of blindness in the UK – age-related macular de…
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Tips for VIPs: Travel and transport
Posted: Tuesday 13 March 2018
Following our collection of tips on food and cooking as a visually impaired person (VIP), we asked you to share your advice on getting out and about.
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Why register as sight impaired?
Posted: Thursday 8 March 2018
Each local authority in the UK has a register of people who are sight impaired and severely sight impaired.
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Understanding deafblindness
Posted: Monday 5 March 2018
Although around three-quarters of people with combined sight and hearing loss are elderly, deafblindness can affect people of any age.
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Take part in a research project
Posted: Wednesday 28 February 2018
Royal Holloway University of London is looking for volunteers to assist with a research project: ‘Investigating reading with an iPad app for people with central vision loss.’ The project, funded by the Macular Society, will look at the advantages of pre…
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Are you visually impaired and in employment?
Posted: Wednesday 28 February 2018
Statistics have shown that blind and partially sighted people are significantly less likely to be in paid employment than the general population, or other disabled people.Only a quarter of registered blind and partially sighted people of working age are …
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How accessible are the programmes you watch?
Posted: Friday 23 February 2018
Do you use subtitles or audio description on BBC channels?
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Have you experienced visual hallucinations known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome?
Posted: Wednesday 21 February 2018
Newcastle University is looking for people diagnosed with Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) and currently experiencing frequent visual hallucinations to take part in a study.Currently, there are no effective treatments for visual hallucinations in people wit…
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The Order of the White Stick
Posted: Friday 16 February 2018
Are you reluctant to use a white stick?
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Coming up in spring’s Sideview
Posted: Wednesday 14 February 2018
The latest issue of Sideview magazine will be sent to all Macular Society members in early March.
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Treatment trial for Stargardt disease reaches the UK
Posted: Monday 12 February 2018
Researchers in the south of England will become the first in the UK to trial a new drug that could prevent sight loss caused by Stargardt disease, a currently untreatable condition.Stargardt disease, also known as Stargardt macular dystrophy
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Charities unite to tackle leading cause of blindness
Posted: Friday 9 February 2018
Four leading sight loss charities have announced a unique partnership to find a treatment for one of the world’s leading causes of blindness.
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