LVPEI plans exclusive website for visually challenged

Will act as single platform for stakeholders to understand and exchange information about upbringing of children with vision challenges

The rehabilitation team of Hyderabad-based not-for-profit eye care institution, LV Prasad Eye Institute (PVPEI), is contemplating developing an exclusive website for persons with visually impairment.

Apart from visually impaired, the website would also benefit those who work closely with visually impaired such as their family members, acquaintances, and professionals handling persons with vision disability, as also persons with additional disabilities.

"Our aim in developing the proposed website is to create a platform that eases access to information and knowledge related to a visually challenged person. We anticipate that this website will create a positive impact in enhancing the quality of life of a person with visual impairment, and will hopefully be an equaliser for them in the digital world," Virender Sangwan, director (Srujana Centre for Innovation), LVPEI, said in a release on Monday.

The proposed website will act as a single platform for stakeholders to understand and exchange information about upbringing of children with vision challenges, early intervention, education, employment, low vision care, social benefits etc, both at the national and international arenas, the release said.

According to LVPEI, there are an estimated 246 million people with visual impairment globally,of whom 18 million are blind and 50 million have low vision due to untreatable eye diseases.