As part of Down's Syndrome Awareness Week (March 19-25) SeeAbility is highlighting how people with Down's syndrome need access to eye care.
The charity highlighted that people with a learning disability were 10 times more likely to have serious eye problems than the rest of the population.
'With good staff training, a multidisciplinary approach and, where appropriate, domiciliary eye care or examination under anaesthesia, people with Down's syndrome can make the most of their sight and have a better quality of life,' Seeability said.
It added that even when those with Down's syndrome had more complex needs there were ways to improve vision, giving the example of one 46-year-old patient with keratoconus, cataracts and high myopia who is due to have cataract treatment with one-to-one aftercare and the support of a SeeAbility eye clinic liaison officer.
SeeAbility launched its eye 2 eye campaign in 2005 to enable more people with learning difficulties to access good eye healthcare.
