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RNIB

RNIB website (opens in new window )

Level: novice

What is RNIB?

RNIB is a fantastic resource and charity helping blind and partially sighted people. Their website, as you’d expect is perfectly accessible and full of useful resources, information, opportunities and a shop.

Using RNIB

Everything is either under a heading, or clearly linked.

There are links to various pages on eye conditions, a forum – which requires you sign up first in order to reply, but the sign up process simply involves filling out a fully accessible form.

They have a webpals section, which provides opportunities to meet new people from all over the world, who also have little or no sight.

You can, by following the relevant links, find out about the magazines they produce, see job vacancies within the organisation or browse the online shop, which has links to each section.

Each product, including the price is also a link, you click this, then enter the quantity and add to basket.

There is also a very useful list of contact details for various organisations linked to blind and partially sighted people.

Navigation

This website is best navigated by links, as they are very well labelled, or headings, to jump through the various sections.

 

The Free Internet Cafe for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the first in the whole of Africa, which opens the World Wide Web, making The Gambia a leading light in Africa, with this technology by allowing free and total access to surf the net send and receive emails and for students to enhace their studies with the aid of this pioneering software. No more do they need to rely on a third party to read to them newspapers, magazines, books, letters and world wide information.