Rehabilitation and Habilitation: Useful Websites
This guide contains resources, help and support from the library for Visual Impairment - Rehabilitation and Habilitation
Not all websites are of academic standard or trustworthy. The following websites are related to your profession and have standing within your industry. They may be helpful for current awareness, your professional development, or specific forms of information relevant to your studies.
- Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education ProfessionalsACVREP's certification programs are designed to offer professionals the means to demonstrate critical knowledge and skills that promote the provision of quality services and ethical practice.
- American Foundation for the BlindAmerican Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a national nonprofit organisation which supports people who are blind and low vision.
- Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually ImpairedA not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to professionals who provide services to persons with vision loss.
- National Federation of the Blind of the UKNational Federation of the Blind of the UK is a national membership organisation of blind and partially sighted people working and campaigning on behalf of others in the UK with similar difficulties.
- RNIBThe website of the The Royal National Institute of Blind People
- RSPH Allied Health Professionals HubResources to support all UK AHPs to protect and improve public health
- NHS Acronym BusterNHS Acronym Buster has over a thousand commonly used healthcare abbreviations for you to access when you need them.
- UK Health Security AgencyOne of the organisations taking the place of Public Health England. Responsible since April 2021 for UK-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability, and replacing Public Health England. It is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care..
- Office for Health Improvement & DisparitiesOne of the organisations (together with the UK Health Security Agency) taking the place of Public Health England. This Office focusses on improving the nation’s health so that everyone can expect to live more of life in good health, and on levelling up health disparities to break the link between background and prospects for a healthy life..