British sailor, Luke Patience, on winning an Olympic medal, spending lockdown on a tiny Scottish island, and learning to read the subtleties of the ocean

The smart cane company aims to release a new voice assistant and develop a human behaviour model on the mobility of people who are blind or have low vision

OT  caught up with OrCam’s UK opticians’ sales manager, Jennifer Kerfoot to find out about the company’s latest campaign with Lionel Messi

Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, VP of international programmes at Operation Eyesight in Hyderabad, tells OT  why governments and NGOs need to work together to avoid a “looming sight crisis”

Sumrana Yasmin, global technical lead on refractive error at Sightsavers, tells OT  about the charity’s mission to ensure that eye care is included as part of the global COVID-19 recovery

Reducing impact of sight loss by 1% could save the UK economy billions by the end of the decade, the charity has revealed

The 300-piece kits feature Lego bricks specially moulded with studs to represent letters and numbers in the Braille alphabet

The professional dancer will share her own story of poor eyesight in the hope that it will inspire others to support the charity’s work

95% of the population have more sensitive vision than the traditionally used correction steps of 0.25D, according to research

After social distancing restrictions were announced in March, the charity fast-tracked a new COVID-secure way to deliver radios to people with sight loss