ChildVision/Fighting Blindness
Location: ChildVision, Gracepark, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. Click here for Google Maps
Date and Time: Friday 8th July 2022 at 9.30am-1.00pmChildVision is Ireland’s only dedicated centre for children and young people with a visual impairment, some of whom have additional disabilities (MDVI). It is recognised, as one of Europe’s leading centres of excellence in the provision of innovative services to students with MDVI.
From its main campus in Dublin and satellite centre in Cork, ChildVision acts as a nationwide resource for families and professionals who need expert help and advice in the area of visual impairment or visual impairment and additional disabilities. Our work is divided into four different areas: Clinical, Education, National Networks and Reading Services, which together provide a full range of supports for children and young people from birth to 23 years.
The site visit will include an in-depth presentation of the services ChildVision offers, and an opportunity to visit departments from our different service areas. This will include Reading Services (alternative format production unit, library, 3D), our Early Years Services, our Lifelong Learning Social Enterprises, our Equine Therapy Unit and our Clinical Services (our range of Therapies). The visit will also include an opportunity to participate in an optional workshop entitled “Experiencing the wonder of riding a horse when you have a Visual Impairment” presented by Audrey Darby, our OT manager based in the Equine Therapy Unit.
ChildVision are delighted to host Fighting Blindness as part of our collaborative site visit. Fighting Blindness is a patient-led charity with a vision to cure blindness, support people living with sight loss and empower patients. They are the only Irish charity funding research into treatments for sight loss. To date, we have invested over €20 million in more than 115 research and clinical projects. They provide professional counselling and therapeutic services for individuals and families living with vision impairment and blindness. They advocate for equity of access to timely and appropriate diagnosis, healthcare, therapies and support services and, through education and information provision, we work to empower the 272,000 children and adults in Ireland who are blind or visually impaired. The site visit will include a presentation on the work of Fighting Blindness.