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80 years
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Session 1
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NCBI Volunteer Policy - A Partnership in our Work
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SensAge - Lifelong Learning Needs for Ageing People with Sensory Disabilities
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XPress Your Vision
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Putting People First
Accessibility Goal
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Conclusion
Foreword
Introduction
NCBI’s Vision, Mission and Values Statements
Professionalism Goal
Professionalism Goal
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About NCBI Leaflet
About NCBI - Lithuanian
About NCBI - Polish
Eolas faoi NCBI
À propos de NCBI - Read About NCBI in French
Annual Report 2007
Annual Report 2011
Chairperson's Introduction
Chief Executive's Report
Directors' Report and Financial Statements
NCBI’s Work During 2011
1. Service Delivery
2. Collaboration
3. Research
4. Accessibility
5. Advocacy
6. Professionalism
Cost of Sight Loss Report 2011
Full Report
Background
Burden of Disease
Estimated DALYs
Estimated YLDs
Estimated YLLs
Methodology
Monetary equivalent of DALY burden
Cost Effectiveness Analysis
Reduction of public waiting lists for cataract surgery
Screening people with diabetes
Screening the older population
Executive Summary
Glossary
Health care costs
General ophthalmic services
Hospital expenditure
Other direct healthcare costs
Prescription drugs
Summary of direct health care costs
Indirect costs
Deadweight welfare loss
Informal care costs
Productivity losses
Summary of indirect costs
Prevalence of vision impairment and blindness
Blindness
Mild and moderate vision impairment
Population data
Prevalence sources
Total population with vision impairment and blindness
Total population with vision impairment and blindness
References
The Total Cost of Vision Impairment and Blindness in the ROI
Summary
Summary Report
Summary Report (text only)
Eyes on the Future Report
Framework to Adopt a Strategic Approach for Vision Health in Ireland
Appendix 1: Cost of Sight Loss
Appendix 2: Cost of Blindness
Appendix 3: Working Group
Preface
Section 1: Introduction and Content
Section 2: Overview of Key Challenges Associated with Eye Health in Ireland
Section 3: The Role of a Future National Strategy
Section 4: Principles for a National Strategy
Section 5: Key National Objectives for Consideration
Section 6: Conclusion and Next Steps
NCBI Annual Report 2008
2008 in Review
Case Study: Mark Talbot
Case Study: May Murphy
Case Study: Sangwan Murray
Chairperson’s Introduction
Chief Executive’s Report
Services and Operations Report
NCBI Annual Report 2009
Case Study: Rita Corley
2. Collaboration
Accessibility
Advocacy
Case Study: Aoiveen Simpson
Case Study: Paddy Kirk
Case Study: Tom Canavan
Chairperson's Introduction
Chief Executive’s Report
NCBI's work in 2009
Professionalism
Report & Financial Statements
Research
The Annual Report 2009 pdf
NCBI Annual Report 2010
Audio Files
Chairperson's Introduction
Chief Executive's Report
Directors' Report and Financial Statements
Gallery of Key Events and Activities
NCBI's Work in 2010
Accessibility
Advocacy
Collaboration
Professionalism
Research
Service Delivery
NCBI Low Vision Service Leaflet
National Mobility Study
Services
Services For Individuals
Who can use NCBI’s services?
Sight Loss - is it affecting you?
What you need to know Irish
What you need to know Lithuanian
What you need to know about sight loss in french
What you need to know polish
Community Resource Worker
Day activity centres
Early learning centre
Employment support
Low Vision Services
Mobility training
Professional counselling service
Training courses
Types of Assistive Technologies available
Aids and appliances
Technology solutions
ATAG
Accessible Mobile Phones
Library
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Choose your own Downloadable Audio Books
Focus magazine
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NCBI Library Services Leaflet
Talking books
Joining the library
Services For Organisations
Advice and support for employers
Making websites and other technologies accessible (CFIT)
Making print and multimedia accessible (MCS)
Clear print mark
Make it clear
Media Centre leaflet
Accessibility advice and auditing
Disability awareness training
Information for
Eye health and eye care
Looking after your sight
Getting your eyes tested
Keep an Eye on your Sight
Lifestyle changes: nutrition, smoking and sight loss
Prevent sun damage
Protect your eyes at work and while playing sport
Your eye
Eye Conditions
Cataracts
Age related macular degeneration
AMD Awareness Week 2012
Foresight: AMD
Foresight - AMD (text only)
Diabetic retinopathy
Macular Holes
Retinal detachment
Sight loss in one eye
Glaucoma
World Glaucoma Week 2012
"Your eyes are so important" - Barbara Kelly
Family History - information is vital
Life changes: living with glaucoma
Media Centre
Open your eyes to glaucoma (text)
Open your eyes to glaucoma
Tips to help manage glaucoma and prevent vision loss
Prevalence of Sight Loss in Ireland
Parents of Children with Vision Impairments
Parents FAQs
Tip for parents: Your baby and toddler
Discovering the environment with your pre-school child
Government Benefits and Allowances Available to Children with Sight Loss
Friends and Relatives
Most common causes of sight loss
Guiding a person with a vision impairment
Meeting and greeting a person with sight loss
Choosing toys for children with sight loss
Employers
Application and interview guidelines for employers
Career Development
Employing a person with sight loss
Technology and adjustments which improve access to employment
Education professionals
Academic Examinations for Students with Sight Loss
Finding Out About Sight Loss Education Booklet and CD
Guidelines for teaching students with sight loss at third level
Integrating students with sight loss at third level
Planning for a pupil with sight loss
Practical tips for primary schools
Services available to professionals working with pre-school children with sight loss
Support services for class teachers and special needs assistants
The eye and eye conditions
Things to know about sight loss
Facts about sight loss
Famous blind people
Finding out about braille
all about braille
Protecting your eyes
Suggested further reading
Way you can assist a person with sight loss
Third Level Staff
Health professionals
Assisting adults with sight loss in hospital
Getting in touch with our services
Leisure Activities for Day Centres
Meeting and greeting people with sight loss
Practical tips for care staff
assisting children in hospital
Architects & Engineers
Access the Built Internal Environment
Accessible Taxi Report
Guidelines for Accessibility of the Built Environment
Recommendations for signage
Ways to use indoor floor surfaces to assist people with sight loss
making hospital buildings accessible
Students and Researchers
Applying and preparing for third level education
Think About Accessibilty
What is Braille
Who is louis braille
Ways you can assist a person with sight loss
Best practice guides
Assisting customers who are blind or vision impaired
Good practice guide - the retail experience
Making banking accessible
Making events and conferences accessible
Making football stadiums accessible
Making meetings accessible
Making your business accessible to customers with sight loss
Making sports and fitness accessible
Fitness centres and gyms
Sport and fitness for people with vision impairments
Living with Sight Loss
Government benefits and allowances
Budget 2011
Government benefits and allowances available to adults with sight loss
Registering with NCBI
Practical advice for everyday living
Older people with sight loss – living at home
Practical Tips For Living Independently
Changes in your own home
Guide to energy efficient lighting
Comreg and NDA consumer guide
Eating out and at home
Identifying clothes
Kitchen Tasks
Writing
housework
Requesting accessible information
Sports and Leisure
Choosing a holiday that suits you
Indoor Activities and Activities at Home
Places to visit
Sport and recreation
The arts and creativity
Know Your Rights
Exercising Your Rights to Accessible Information, Services and Buildings
Case studies of equality tribunal rulings
Making a claim with the equality authority
Organisations Who Have Made Their Information Accessible Using NCBI Services
Passenger Rights
Air Travel
Boats and Ferries
Bus and Coach Travel
Making a Journey
Rail Travel
Voting fact file
Going to college
Practical Tips for Parents with Sight Loss
Other helpful organisations
online awareness resources
Fundraising
Fundraising Events
Blazing Saddles Majorca Trip featuring Stephen Roche
Flora Women's Mini Marathon
Blind Football Tournament
Trip to Tipp Cycle 2013
NCBI Granard Cup
The Gathering Charity Run
Trans Siberian Adventure
NCBI Holmpatrick Cup
Holmpatrick Clubs Participating in 2013
NCBI Tree of Light
Cycling - Blazing Saddles
NCBI Car Draw
Parachute Jump
Running your own event
Volunteers
Becoming a Volunteer
Volunteer Centre Assistants
Volunteer Editor
Good Neighbour Volunteers
Sighted Guide Volunteer Role
Ways to donate
Make a Donation
Fundraising Pack
Bag packing at the supermarket
Car Draw
E-Fundraising
Raffles
Sample letter & donation form asking a company for a donation
Soccer Expert Game
Street / Shopping Centre Collections
Thank You – Where your Money Goes
Walks/Cycles
Work Fundraiser
table quiz
Leaving a Legacy
i-can appeal
story behind i-can
News
News stories
Events calendar
Blind Football Tournament 2013
Flora Women's Mini Marathon 2013
NCBI Car Draw
NCBI Granard Cup 2013
NCBI Holmpatrick Cup 2013
Trans Siberian Adventure
NCBI News Magazine
NCBI News Autumn 2010
A car blind people can drive?
Adamstown Run
Altered Images Exhibition
Anti-discrimination Laws
Blind Football Comes to Ireland
Brilliance in the face of great adversity
CFIT Making Virtual Users a Reality
Disability Ireland Supporters Community
Events Calendar 2010
Galway Visually Impaired Activities Club
Irish Blindsports
Making Electricity Services Accessible
More than a case of Murphy's Law
Mrs Quin's
New Seniors Alert Scheme
News Snippets
Thank you Maureen Grant
Tommy wins Person of the Month Award
Work experience with NCBI
sightlines
NCBI News Autumn 2011
AFB Celebrates 90th Year
Children's Independent Living Skills Workshop
Fundraising News
Historical Perspective on Cures
In Conversation With
Key Fundraising Events and Activities
NCBI's South East Region's trip to Carlingford
New App Paves the way for VIPs
Newbridge First with New NCBI Retail Brand
News in Brief
Sight Lines - Strength in Partnership
Six Nations Braille Chess Tournament 2011
Tablet lets vision impaired build a picture
Tablet lets vision impaired build a picture
Update from Irish Blind Sports
We're from Wexford but we're no slobs
Would you chose to restore your sight?
NCBI News Autumn 2012
"Do You Want Braille With That?”
AMD Awareness Week 2012
About a Blooming Place
Ageing and Eyes:
Ballitore Village Comes Alive for NCBI
Connecting the Dots 2012
Cootehill man finds ways to adapts to life with sight loss
Discovering Hands: A potential new occupation for blind women in Europe
Making the Switch
Meet NCBI’s New Chairman Kevin O’Boyle
Mobility is Key
NCBI Key Fundraising Events and Challenges for 2012
NCBI Retail: Mrs Quin's Wedding Veil Recycled
NEWS in Brief
SIGHTLINES Autumn 2012
NCBI News Spring 2011
The Altered Images Exhibition
European Blind Union launches the 2011 Braille Contest
Féach takes to the Piste at St Johann
Girls allowed @ IT Camp Dundalk
Hilary's run 24@work
Home care- what are your options?
Irish Paralympics Success
Make do and Mend
Marathon Man
NCBI Key Fundraising Events and Activities for 2011
NCBI Roscommon Information Day and Lunch for Service Users
News snippets
Phil Gauran retires after 33 years of dedicated service
Reading the Gift of Genius
Sightlines
Ski the limit!
The Founding of NCBI, 1931
The Languages Project
NCBI News Spring 2012
Before the Games begin - Blind Paralympians Living in Hope
Braille-like texting app speeds up typing on smartphones
Brian’s Kindle Review
Child Development - CampAbilities
Congenitally blind people can learn to link vision and touch
De-clutter and kick-start our shops
Dedicated Carlow Volunteer Retires After 25 Years of Service
Finding Your Feet in Third Level Education
In Conversation with … David Keegan
Mining the Library of the Past
NCBI CFIT Technology Showcase 2012
NCBI Involved in Creating Inclusive Future Internet Web Services
NCBI Key Fundraising Events and Activities for 2012
Sight Lines: Exodus from HSE could cause further delays
The Thrill of Westmeath Tandem Cycling
This Composed Barrister Takes it all in his Stride
Your guide to Audio Description and Saorview
NCBI News Spring 2013
NCBI News Summer 2010
Against all odds
Blind Football Comes to UCD
Changes afoot in urban design
Days of Wine and Roses - Summer holiday memories
Events calendar for 2010
Income Protection Benefit and what is a Disability?
Irish Blind Golfers win Celtic Cup
Mrs Quin’s - Off to a Good Start in 2010
NCBI Downloadable Audio Books
NCBI audio book club wins inaugural competition
News Snippets
Our History - Drumcondra Hospital, its origins and progress
Sightlines: VISPA Vision Week
Upcoming Irish Blindsports events
VISPA Vision Week 2010
World Blind Union celebrates 25 years of achievement
World Glaucoma Day
NCBI News Summer 2012
45 years volunteering with the Granard Cup
Diabetes in pregnancy going undiagnosed and untreated
Guide to Sunglasses: Protect and Prevent
In Conversation with … Margaret McDowell
In Memoriam: Shane Hall
NCBI Key Fundraising Events and Challenges for 2012
NCBI Retail Roundup
NCBI and Diabetes Ireland warn of risks to sight from diabetes
News in Brief
Providing the European Computer Driving Licence at NCBI
Vision Loss Inspires Innovation at Inclusive Design Showcase
Working with Migrant People with Sight Loss
NCBI News Winter 2010
A Christmas message from our Chairman
AMD Awareness Week
Braille Chess Association of Ireland Open Tournament, 2010
Celebrating Fifty Years of Dedicated Service
Challenge 24@ Work
Foyle Golf Club celebrates success at the 2010 Holmpatrick Cup
Gift ideas for Christmas
How to Make your Businesses More Accessible to Customers with Sight Problems
Marjorie Quarton celebrates her 80th birthday
NCBI West Working with NUI, Galway’s Community Knowledge Initiative
New service will protect the rights of people with disabilities and make positive changes in their quality of life
News Snippets
Sad passing of NCBI staff
Sightlines
Spex Days Vision for a Greener Future
To the waters and the wild with Irish Blind Sports
Top of the Hill Club and Iona Centre – Trip to Trim
VISPA Make a Difference Awards
NCBI News Winter 2011
A Last Good-bye
Another Successful Spex Day
Braille Chess Championship 2011
Christmas Message From Our Chairperson
Conference for Parents Shares Skills For Success
Counting the Cost
Fundraising Events and Activities
In Conversation With...Tom Canavan
Iona Centre Lighting Up The World
It’s a Celtic thing!
NCBI’s Come Dine With Me Experience
News in Brief
No Further Cuts To The Blind Pension - VISPA
Poetry Now and Forever
Preventing Falls This Winter
Sight Lines: And so it goes on
The NCBI Holmpatrick Race to St. Andrews
To the Waters and the Wild
Public Policy and Campaigns
Electric vehicles
NCBI Submission on Control of Postering for Elections and Referenda
NCBI's Response on Light Bulb Proposal
NCBI's Response to Biofuel Obligation Scheme
NCBIs response to Dept of Comm Customer Charter
National Positive Ageing Strategy
About NCBI
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Accessing services
Age-related eye conditions
Attitudes and awareness
Digital inclusion
Funding
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Imposing age limits
Increase in sight loss with an ageing population
Introduction
Living with sight loss
Loss of entitlements for older people
Obtaining information
Recommendations
Right to Read
Share your story
Shared space seminar
Tactile paving
The impact of shared space on people who are blind or vision impaired
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