Employment disparity for people with sight loss

Research has found that one in three people living with vision impairment did not gain employment despite having qualifications in line with the general population.

A study was published by the Vision Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research at the University of Birmingham and the Thomas Pocklington Trust.

It tracked 82 people over 11 years from age 14 to 25 to improve understanding around why this group was at risk of becoming not in education, employment or training (Neet).

At the end of the study 66% of the remaining participants were in some form of employment, 17% remained Neet, including seven young people who by the age of 25 had never experienced paid employment.