P8 - Research on Sight Loss

"There are almost two million people in the UK living with sight loss. This figure includes around 360,000 people registered as blind or partially sighted in the UK, who have severe and irreversible sight loss.” (Access Economics, 2009)

"Over 50% of sight loss can be avoided." (Access Economics, 2009)

"There are almost 25,000 blind and partially sighted children in Britain. That is equal to 2 in 1,000 children. As many as half of these children may have other disabilities." (Morris and Smith, Educational Provision, 2008)

"The number of people in the UK with sight loss is set to increase dramatically. It is predicted that by 2050 the number of people with sight loss in the UK will double to nearly four million" (Access Economics, 2009)

"Sight loss affects people of all ages. Sight loss affects people of all ages but especially older people: 1 in 5 people aged 75 and 1 in 2 aged 90 and over are living with sight loss." (Access Economics, 2009)

"Two-thirds of registered blind and partially sighted people of working age are not in paid employment." (Douglas et al, Network 1000, 2006)

"Nearly half of blind and partially sighted people feel ‘moderately’ or ‘completely’ cut off from people and things around them." (Pey, Nzegwu and Dooley, 2006)
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