Area 1: Accessible physical environments

• RNIB: Access to Education (External). Guide looking at ways in which professionals can help reduce barriers to learning by understanding the individual needs of learners with vision impairment, providing accessible resources, enhancing communication skills, and making adjustments to the physical and sensory environment.
• Teaching Students with Visual Impairment: Classroom Design Tips (External). This US website with a range of resources on teaching students with VI, provides some useful Classroom Design Tips, with further links to other resources for facilitating access and inclusion. 
• RNIB: Lighting Considerations (Creation of an accessible physical environment) (External). General advice on the importance of lighting for creating an accessible physical environment for learners with VI. Aimed at non-specialists as well as useful for VI specialists.
• Thomas Pocklington Trust: Lighting in and around the home: A guide to better lighting for people with visual impairment (External). A Lighting Guide, endorsed by the Institution of Lighting Professionals, designed to provide practical tools and information to assist people with VI and their families to improve lighting in their homes. 
• Dr Lilli Nielsen: Active Learning Space (External). Active Learning is not just a piece of equipment, such as a 'Little Room' or a HOPSA dress, but rather it refers to a total approach, for instructing individuals with severe multiple disabilities. It contains an assessment, a curriculum, specifically-designed equipment, and instructional strategies that support learners to be active participants in their surroundings.
• Scottish Sensory Centre: Ideas to Assist Visual Difficulties due to Brain Damage (External). Document written by Dr Andrew Blaikie with suggested strategies for people with cerebral visual impairment (CVI) in various environments: indoors, outdoors, home, school, work etc. Published 2010.
• RNIB: Inclusive Playground Games all Children can Enjoy (External). RNIB offers practical tips on ensuring the playground is accessible to all children. The article includes information on toys and activities, getting the space right and making sure the space is safe for the child to run around. Published 2016.

Downloadable Resources 

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