Useful Resources
- The Royal National Institute For The Blind (RNIB) which is the leading UK body committed to helping blind and partially sighted people. The RNIB’s online shop also provides products specifically designed for sight impaired individuals. The RNIB also provides a workplace adjustments service which a sight impaired individual or an employer can utilise to establish the appropriate adjustments required for an individual.
- Blind in Business: An organisation that helps people who are blind or have partial sight into work and they offer help and support with finding work, the interview process, and obtaining equipment to help sight impaired individuals succeed. Blind in Business also support employers in hiring and working with people with visual impairments
- Scope: A national charity that provides practical and emotional support to individuals and organisations on most disability matters.
- Business Disability Forum: A leading business membership organisation in disability inclusion which works in partnership with business, Government, and disabled people to remove barriers to inclusion. The Business Disability Forum has nearly 500 members employ over 20% of the UK workforce and an estimated 8 million people worldwide.
- DisabilityPlus: Providing a nationwide network of therapists and counsellors DisabilityPlus aims to connect individuals with therapist and counsellors with the same or similar disability to ensure each individuals needs can be most beneficially met, understood and empathised with. Services can be funded privately or through the NHS depending on the individual client’s circumstances.
- Official guidance and advice provided by the UK government with respect to disability and those directly affected by a disability and those working, living and caring for disabled individuals.