LIBRARY RESOURCES

We have collected as much information as possible to answer any queries we might receive from visually impaired people or those who care for them, or from anybody who is interested in visual impairment. We try to make information available in whatever format best suits each individual - whether it is large print, audiotape, Braille, or on a computer disk. It would be impossible to include every piece of information here, but the subjects found in our collection are listed below. We rarely give up on a query, and if we don’t have an answer we try very hard to find someone else who does - and we keep the answer for the next person who asks the same question!

• Access issues and guides
• Aids and equipment
• Benefits and entitlements
• Campaigns - material produced by national bodies to draw attention to visual impairment issues, which could also be used locally
• Information for Carers
• Communication issues - how to make information
• accessible to visually impaired people
• Computers - Equipment, training, funding
• Information from Derby City and Derbyshire County Councils
• Dual sensory impairment (loss of both sight and hearing)
• Education post-16.
• Employment
• Eye conditions
• Information from national Government and various public services
• Hearing impairment
• Holidays and leisure pursuits
• Housing issues
• Independent living
• Other health issues, including multiple disability
• Other social and support services
• Talking books, magazines and newspapers
• Travel - concessions, assistance and so on
• Visually impaired children
• Visually impaired parents