Navigating Sight Loss

The Royal National Institute of Blind People

If you've been diagnosed with sight loss, we have resources and guidance to support you to live the life you want.

In this section

Diagnosis and next steps - Support and resources to help you navigate your eye care journey.

Eye care services and roles - Find out about different types of eye care services and the professionals you might meet.

Registering as sight impaired - Getting in touch with your local council to register as sight impaired, or severely sight impaired, can open up a host of benefits.

Dementia and sight loss - If you have dementia and sight loss, we can help make life easier.

 

Useful resources

We can help you deal with the uncertainty of living with sight loss. Our Sight Loss...
If you are a parent or carer who has recently found out your child has been diagnosed...
We offer grants to registered blind or partially sighted people for useful technology...
Meet or connect with others who are blind or partially sighted to share interests,...
Our Connect Facebook groups are a supportive space for anyone affected by sight loss to...
Our Sight Loss Counselling Team runs support groups for people affected by sight loss...
Our employment assessment tool kit for recruitment professionals can help you assess the...
Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs also known as Eye Clinic Liaison Officers) have lots of...
Design for every gamer is our initiative to create a better gaming world for people with...
RNIB can help you understand the needs of disabled people to ensure that your business is...
RNIB’s free, informal, community-based courses provide information, advice, support and...