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• Blind rights activist: ‘In the UK, 66% of visually impaired are unemployed’

  Interview | Brexit 23-10-2012

  Est. 7min
  

  There are huge variations in employment conditions for visually impaired Europeans, but those countries offering more modern solutions do not always provide the best chances, says Fred Reid.

• Europe blind to eyecare policy

  News | Science & Policymaking 17-10-2012

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  SPECIAL REPORT/ MEPs have called for urgent measures to increase eyecare, as Europe's aging population and an uptick in chronic diseases threatens a rapid increase in the numbers suffering from impaired vision.

• Sharp contrast in jobless levels for Europe’s blind

  News | Social Europe & Jobs 23-10-2012

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  SPECIAL REPORT/Unemployment rates amongst the visually impaired in Europe are highest in Romania, at 90%, and lowest in Sweden, where it dips below 60%, findings of an ongoing EU-backed research project show.

• Blind Europeans divided by living standards, united by obstacles

  News | Health 24-10-2012

  Est. 6min
  

  SPECIAL REPORT / Research shows that living standards for the blind vary considerably across the European Union, but a uniformly ageing demographic and the challenges of modern technology afflict all people with visual impairments in the same way.

• French move to create new eye professionals

  News | Health 22-10-2012

  Est. 4min
  

  SPECIAL REPORT / A move by French opticians to gain greater professional recognition and to bolster a pan-European optometry examination system reflect wider calls for impaired sight to be given more emphasis by policymakers.

• Germany eyes implants for ageing population

  News | Health 19-10-2012

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  SPECIAL REPORT / With an ageing population and blindness on the rise, German ophthalmic experts are taking strides to find innovative solutions to the sight crisis looming over Europe with pioneering implant technology.