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Sight Loss

The Bedroom Tax Will Lead to the Further Impoverishment of Vision Impaired People

Tom Pey | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Royal London Society for Blind People, Sight Loss, Blind Young People, Rlsb, Welfare Reform, Blind People, Disability Rights, Visually Impairment, Iain Duncan Smith, London Mayor, Bedroom Tax, Boris Johnson, UK Politics News
Tom Pey

New research by national sight loss charity RNIB has revealed that 17,000 vision impaired people of working age look set to be displaced from their homes as a result of the Bedroom Tax. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, they will have to choose between relocating or losing a portion of their benefits (which will be on average £14 a week; a sizeable sum when you are already struggling to make ends meet).

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Join the Fight to Help Blind Children Get Vital Support and Improve Their Quality of Life

Tom Pey | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Blind, Royal London Society for Blind People, Visually Impaired, Blind-Babies, Blind Young People, Sight Loss, Rlsb, Blindness, Vision Impaired, Untold Story, UK Impact, UK Lifestyle News
Tom Pey

For many vision impaired young people, despite having the same kind of hopes and ambitions as others, they don't have the self-belief or independence to fulfill them. Judging by research we have conducted, the impact of sight loss on quality of life can be seen as early as seven.

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Losing the Sight of an Eye

Josa Young | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Eye Loss, Road Traffic Accident, Lose Sight of Eye, Sight Loss, Run Over by Bus, Writing, Hospital, Accident, Surgery, New Job, Health, National Health Service, Nhs, UK Health, UK Lifestyle News
Josa Young

Losing an eye is no big deal.

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