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Seeing the problem

A GUIDE has been created to help GPs better understand the visual problems of people with learning disabilities.

Research shows that the estimated one million adults in the UK with learning disabilities are 10 times more likely to be blind or partially sighted than the rest of the population. In addition, people with severe or profound learning disabilities are the most likely to have serious sight problems, according to the study commissioned by eye care charity SeeAbility and the Royal National Institute for Blind People. But they are often unable to say that their sight is affected. In some cases they can be wrongly treated for behavioural difficulties or unrelated medical issues when it is simply a case of undiagnosed sight problems.

SeeAbility: 01372 755000. www.seeability.org

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