Mary Reid

The Mayor of our neighbouring borough, Elmbridge, invited us to his Civic Reception on Thursday evening. He wanted to tell everyone about the successful fundraising for his charity, the Surrey Association for Visual Impairment.

SAVI is a voluntary body which offers support and advice to people with viusal impairment, and in particular provides training for those who have recently lost their sight. I was fascinated to hear how some of their clients with limited vision have been able to read again using a technique in which the eyes sweep the area of vision several times. And, of course, we also heard about the technologies that can enable a visually impaired person to use the Internet and computer sysytems to their fullest.

I will be visiting Kingston Association for the Blind next week so will be interested in comparing notes.