Vision impaired young people increasingly in work

A longitudinal transition study’s latest results show improvements for visually impaired young people entering work. The study, published by the Vision Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research (VICTAR) at the University of Birmingham and Thomas Pocklington Trust, has followed the experiences of the same group of young people with vision impairment from secondary school into further employment.

Compared to 2017 when just 14 study participants were in employment, 2019’s figures show that the figure has risen to 23.

The study’s findings are not all positive however, with much of the employment being made up of short term or low paid work. Some participants even recounted that they had been refused help at a Job Centre for being visually impaired while others had their ability to work questioned.