Links

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Council Services

Social Services Sensory Impairment Team (part of Sheffield City Council).

Education

Sheffield Service for Sensory Impaired Children (SSSIC) - The Service offers assessment, advice and direct teaching for any child with hearing or visual impairment from the age of diagnosis to school leaving age.

The Sheffield College - page for Additional Support.

The University of Sheffield - page for Student Services: Central Support and Welfare - Visually Impaired Students.

Sheffield Hallam University - page for Student Services Centre: Disabled Student Support - Blind and Visually Impaired Students.

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Eye Health & Eye Conditions

The Eyecare Trust - An independant source of information on all eye related issues including a wealth of information on specific eye conditions.

Moorfield Eye Hospital - The major eye hospital in the UK. Details of a variety of eye conditions and possible treatments.

Understanding Your Eye Condition - RNIB fact sheets on more than 30 eye conditions.

British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society.

International Glaucoma Association.

Nystagmus Network.

Macular Disease Society.

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Local Directories

Community Information Service - Visual Impairment and Blindness Resources - list of visual impairment / blind resources available in Sheffield. (You can search the Community Information Service for other community resources too.)

Sheffield Directories - links to local online directories. (These resources are not maintained by the SRSB.)

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Access to the Media

Sheffield Talking News

Sheffield Talking News - STN send out a weekly digest of articles from The Star, Telegraph and Yorkshire Post on audio cassette or CDRW at no cost to local subscribers. They also transcribe to audio for 3rd party organisations.

Sheffield In Focus Radio Show

Visually impaired people in Sheffield now have their own weekly 2 hour F.M. radio show on Sheffield Live 93.2 F.M.

SRSB member Trina Brown and friends do a fantastic job making sure that every show is packed with information and comment of particular interest to local blind and partially sighted people. There is always a roling diary of events and activities, plus interviews, news, guests and a weekly quiz to help keep those brain cells working. She also plays a selection of music, so get those requests coming in.

The show can be heard every Tuesday between 3 and 5 at 93.2 FM (next to Radio 4) or if you use a computer, you can also listen at www.sheffieldlive.org. If you think you have something to contribute or want to find out more, contact Trina by email at infocus@sheffieldlive.org or by phoning the station on Sheffield 2814092.

British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWFB) - more information on the service that the SRSB administers locally.

Listening Books - A national charity that operates a library of books on audio tape.

Calibre Cassette Library.

The Talking Book Shop - specialises in Audio Books only.

Clear Vision Project - Story Books for visually impaired children.

National Library for the Blind - A Braille lending library.

Big Print - A weekly newspaper in large print, complete with news, TV/Radio listings and crosswords/puzzles.

TNAUK - Talking News Association of the United Kingdom with over 200 national newspapers and magazines available in a variety of formats.

UK Audio Network - News, Sport (includng live commentaries), Radio Theatre and much more all output in audio format.

Granny Time

A friend of ours Diana Stimeley has launched a number of audio CDs containing children's stories and read by her. The CDs are ideal for young children with sight problems even though the stories are for ALL children, sighted or otherwise. Here is the link to 'Granny's' website for those who want more information.

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National Organisations

National Blind Children's Society (NBCS).

LOOK - National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children.

Torch Trust for the Blind - Non-denominational Christian fellowship which meets in Sheffield.

Deafblind UK - a national charity supporting people with dual sensory loss.

SPECS - a source of information relating to specific eye conditions.

Sense - Another national charity supporting people with dual sensory loss.

Action for Blind People.

National Federation of the Blind (NFB).

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB).

Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDBA).

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National Directories & Search Sites

EyeUK - This is a resource of links to and reviews of UK WWW sites related to the eye, vision and ophthalmology.

Google.

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Employment Assistance

Access to Work.

Employment Opportunities - A charity assisting disabled people into work.

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UK Government Information

Disability on the Agenda - information and resources from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) - the DDA Part 3 deals with the provision of accessible information.

DDA Regulatory Impact Assessment - issued by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

- how organisations can show their commitment to disability issues.

Parliamentary Eye Health Group.

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Access to the Web

Adobe Acrobat Reader - This free software is used to read documents in PDF (Portable Document Format).

Access Adobe - A resource designed to help people with visual disabilities work more effectively with Adobe Acrobat software and PDF files, including tools to help visually disabled users whose screen reader software is not compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader. These online tools convert Adobe PDF documents into HTML or plain text (ASCII), which can then be read by a number of common screen reading programs.

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