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Blind: Chris McCausland

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
In the busy, stressful lives that many of us lead, a good way to unwind in the evenings is to watch one of the celebrity panel TV shows such as Would I Lie To You? or Have I Got News...

Glasses for the blind and a safer internet

1 April 2014 | | EYE - General
Google Glass I recently attended a demo of the Google Glass technology (at the TEDx Salford conference). For those who have not come across Glass, it a wearable computer developed by Google. In essence it is a very small computer...

Blind Faith: In Conversation with Mariya Moosajee

16 August 2023 | EYE - General
In light of the BBC releasing Blind Faith: Do genetic eye disease ‘treatments' work? earlier this year, a documentary which follows BBC journalist Ramadan Younes as he investigates practitioners who falsely claim to have ‘treatments’ for genetic eye disease, Eye...

Blind Veterans UK calls on eye health professionals to direct blind and vision impaired veterans to vital support

1 December 2015 | EYE - General
A national charity is asking ophthalmologists and eye health professionals to help them reach out to the tens of thousands of blind and vision impaired ex-service men and women who are currently missing out on vital support to help them...

In conversation with Richard Baker, Policy Manager for the Royal Blind and Scottish War Blinded

30 January 2020
The Eye News team recently met with Richard Baker, Policy Manager for the Royal Blind and Scottish War Blinded, Scotland’s biggest vision impairment third sector organisation. Richard chats about the Eye News Symposium and explains more about the work of...

Corneal transplantation in the United Kingdom: are we blind to the challenges that still exist after the Organ Donation Bill?

28 November 2022 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Corneal transplantation (CT) is a significant treatment option for a huge number of patients in the United Kingdom (UK) [1]. For an individual, CT results in a substantial improvement in quality of life. Penetrating keratoplasty with full thickness grafting has...

Blind Golf Scotland are proud to be hosting the British Blind Golf Open

30 April 2025 | news, opportunities, golf, charity, optometry, optometrist
Blind Golf Scotland (BGS) are proud to be hosting the British Blind Golf Open at the Macdonald Cardona Golf course from 6–10 July. BGS are pleased to be hosting international entrants from Scotland, England, Ireland, Sweden, Germany and Spain, and...

Blind astrophysicist inspires next generation

2 May 2025 | Haggeye, patient stories, science, TED Talk, Wanda Díaz-Merced, physics
Eilidh Morrison (23), a physics graduate from Aberdeen and Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) was starstruck last month when she met her long-time inspiration, blind astrophysicist Dr Wanda Díaz-Merced. Born with Joubert Syndrome, a rare condition that includes...

Blind Football Fan ‘Scores’ Support

25 January 2024 | ECLO, RNIB, sight loss, patient stories, AMD, Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
A Ross County supporter has praised the club and leading sight loss charity, RNIB Scotland, for helping him to keep attending games.

Inequities in access to education for blind and partially sighted children

21 June 2023 | Sight Scotland, RNIB, Education, Children, health policy
Leading Scottish vision impairment organisations call on Scottish Government to endorse new framework for vision impairment education.

First blind yoga classes launched by Sight Scotland

16 October 2024 | charity, news, Sight Scotland, exercise, Patient satisfaction, community
Sight Scotland is proud to announce the launch of its first-ever yoga classes specifically designed for people living with vision impairment. These inclusive sessions offer blind and partially sighted individuals the opportunity to enjoy the physical and mental benefits of...