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Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
105 Judd StreetLondon
WC1H 9NE
Tel: 0845 766 99 99 (for the price of a local call, UK callers only)
Tel: 020 7388 1266 (switchboard/overseas callers)
Fax. 020 7388 2034
Interpreters are available: please call for details
Textphone users dial 18001 before one of the numbers above. (e.g. 18001 0845 766 9999 for UK callers). A Typetalk Operator would then join the line to relay the conversation
Web: www.rnib.org.uk
Best time to telephone: normal office hours.
The Royal National Institute of the Blind is the leading charity working for blind and partially-sighted people throughout the UK. RNIB offers practical support and advice to anyone with a sight problem. Its services include the following.
- Provision of over 60 services to help blind and partially-sighted people and the professionals who work with them.
- 2,000 staff from teachers to braillists, sound engineers to care staff.
- Supported from over 10,000 volunteers who read books onto tape, help in RNIB homes and schools, service Talking Book machines, and raise funds.
- Information on a large number of eye conditions including: Aniridia, Best's Disease, Cataracts, Charles Bonnet Syndrome, Coats' Disease, Coloboma, Congenital Cataracts, Corneal Dystrophy, Corneal Graft, Diabetic retinopathy, Dry eye, Genetic Eye Disease, Giant Cell Arteritis or Temporal Arteritis, Glaucoma, High Degree Myopia, Macular degeneration, Macular Dystrophy, Nystagmus, Posterior Vitreous Detachment, Retinal detachment, Retinitis pigmentosa, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Stargardt Macular Dystrophy, Stroke-Related Sight Loss - Hemianopsia, Thyroid Eye Disease, and Uveitis.
- For information on Artificial Eyes contact the Artificial Eye Service Web: Web: www.naes.nhs.uk
For further information on these and the many other RNIB services please phone, write to the above address, or see the website.
Checked: March 2006
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