Area 9: Personal identity, understanding and acceptance of VI

• Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: information for children (External). Moorfields has produced information for children about eye conditions, how the eye works, tests and treatments, and eye health. May also be of interest to QTVIs and other professionals.
• Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: information for teenagers (External) Moorfields has produced information for teenagers about eye conditions, how the eye works, tests and treatments, and eye health. May also be of interest to QTVIs and other professionals.
• National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation: teen spotlight (External). This US National Organisation for Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH) has developed content for teenagers.
• Albinism Fellowship UK and Ireland: FAQs (External). Albinism Fellowship has some FAQs about Albinism (teachers and parents could adapt for children and young people).
• Visual Impairment Network for Children & Young People (scot.nhs.uk) External). The Visual Impairment Network for Children and Young People (VINCYP) in Scotland explains a wide range of sight conditions in accessible and straightforward language. Would be of interest to parents and young people, QTVIs and other professionals.
• LOOK: peer mentoring (External) LOOK provide peer mentors for those with a visual impairment. The mentors come from a variety of backgrounds and have different VI needs and experiences. They are committed to supporting other young people with VI. Here, you can find more information about mentoring and how the service can be accessed.
• LOOK: How to talk to your child about Usher Syndrome (External). In this article, LOOK provides advice and information from clinical psychologist Dr Ian McCubbin for parents on how to talk to their child about Usher Syndrome. Includes issues of self esteem, confidence, resilience and identity.
• RNIB: Tough Talks: talking to children about sight loss (External) RNIB’s ‘Tough Talks’ guidance for parents on how to talk to their child about his/her vision impairment. In developing the guide, the authors spoke to parents of children with VI and young people and adults with VI about what was most helpful to them.
• RNIB: Aiming High for Children With Low Vision (External). Article explaining the importance of low vision assessments, what they are and how they are important to supporting the child's independence and emotional wellbeing.

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