EYECAN Newsletter – February 2022
Hello once again to all friends of EYECAN. We hope you are keeping well, and that life is treating you kindly. I am very pleased to tell you that, despite the difficulties imposed on work routines by Covid, EYECAN’s efforts to ensure that everyone is supported have been rewarded by a steady influx of new […]
Lateral Flow testing made easier for sight impaired people
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has launched a new service making it easier for partially sighted people to use lateral flow tests in their home. The service has been launched following an ongoing partnership between UKHSA and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the Macular Society, Thomas Pocklington Trust, Visionary and Be My Eyes […]
UK’s first patient to receive a bionic eye implant
Watch the video below to find out more about an 88-year-old grandmother who is the UK’s first patient to receive a bionic eye implant: https://www.itv.com/…/how-a-bionic-eye-is-helping-a…
Article on Blind Wood Cutter
After going blind in 2008, Chris Fisher from Derbyshire, was diagnosed with toxoplasmosis, an infection that can be contracted from animal faeces or infected meat. In the years to follow, he taught himself woodturning and now teaches the skill to children with disabilities. Click on the link below to learn more about Chris’s inspiring story: […]
Calls for Lateral flow testing to be made easier for visually impaired Islanders
A Jersey charity says coronavirus testing in the island needs to be made easier for those who are visually impaired. EYECAN says lateral flow tests can be difficult for people with sight issues to do on their own. Visually impaired islanders are currently being excluded from events due to many organisers requiring people to take tests […]
Glaucoma Awareness Month
Glaucoma is the name given to a group of eye conditions which cause optic nerve damage, most frequently due to raised pressure in the eye. The condition can be stabilised with treatment, but existing damage can’t be corrected. Glaucoma affects peripheral vision and can result in tunnel vision or even blindness if left untreated. Risk […]
World Braille Day
Frenchman, Louis Braille (1809 – 1852), who was blinded in both eyes as the result of a childhood accident, invented a tactile system of reading and writing, known as braille, for people with sight loss. Although there are now alternative options for most types of communication some people with sight loss still elect to use […]
ITV Report – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
“Be kind”- that’s the message from one Jersey charity on International Disability Day last Friday (Friday 3 December). Across the Channel Islands nearly one in five people live with a disability and some of those may not be obvious. Visual impairment is one such hidden disability which often leaves people unable to complete everyday tasks. […]
