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ClearVision exists to promote & further the education of blind and partially sighted persons and we do this by creating dual print & braille childrens books & operating a free postal lending library of these books to families and organisations across the UK.

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Categories

  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • Older People Older People
    • People With Disabilities People With Disabilities

    Situation

    Sighted children see words everywhere - on buildings, buses, food packets - long before they can read or even know that printed words have meaning. Babies who are blind do not receive that incidental literacy learning, putting them at severe disadvantage compared to sighted peers. By the time a child is five the Department for Education states that a child should be able to read and understand simple sentences. Yet at 5 years old only 17% of visually impaired children know the braille alphabet.

    Solution

    To help compensate for the lack of incidental learning it is important they are given books containing braille early on, so they start to make the connection between the touch of braille under their hands and the words read aloud to them. Without dual print and braille children’s books it is impossible for this to happen, denying both adult and child a unique and magical childhood experience that is fundamental for their family relationships, wellbeing and ability to read.

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    100%
    Categories

  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • Older People Older People
    • People With Disabilities People With Disabilities