Useful Links
FAQs about visual impairment from children

www.nfb.org/kids.htm
RNIB FAQs

Resources for classroom use

“Iris’s World”, the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind’s educational kit for schools
“Vision” – a school program for grades 4-8 from the US’s National Eye Institute
Ideas for vision simulation activities.
Photos of eye conditions/eyes etc.
Photos of how a person with retinal degeneration sees the world

Background information on Retinitis Pigmentosa – medical aspects:

www.brps.org.uk/Graphics/G_Guide.html
www.retina-international.org

Classroom practices with a visually-impaired student

www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/resources/vitips.html
http://ccollege.hccs.cc.tx.us/instru/dssc/visual.htm