A new picture book called Looking After My Eyes has been launched to raise awareness of better eye health for people with learning disabilities.
Charities SeeAbility and Beyond Words worked together on the book, which was written after 18 months of research by authors Baroness Sheila Hollins, Stephen Kill, Scott Watkin BEM and Professor Margaret Woodhouse.
The book has been printed in a larger landscape format and tells the story of two characters, one of whom get their first pair of glasses and the other who has cataract surgery.
Baroness Hollins said: ‘Losing one’s sight can have a devastating effect on almost every aspect of our lives. I hope that this book will help to inform and prepare everyone who reads it for if and when their own sight is impaired.’