​If your child has a visual impairment, it means that their sight cannot be fully corrected using glasses or contact lenses (NHS Choices - Visual Impairment). Should your child have a visual impairment, you are entitled to specialist services from Education, Health and Social Work.​

How can I help?

• You may wish to seek emotional support and/or further information in the first instance.
• When you are moving from place to place, say what you are doing and where you are going.
• Use the tone of your voice to express how you are feeling (for example happy, excited, angry, disappointed), to show the difference in things you are talking about and who you are talking to.
• Let children explore objects for themselves using different parts of their body.  Support their exploration of the object by describing its visual aspects.
• Encourage sensory play.

Where can I find further advice?

• The Visual Impairment Network for Children and Young People (VINCYP) provides a wealth of information on all aspects of visual impairment there is information on health, education and third sector organisations.
• Blind Children's Resource Center
• Sense - Early support for your deafblind child
• Royal National Institute of Blind People
• Scottish Sensory Centre​