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RNIB Top Tips When Using Wheelchairs
RNIB have produced a set of handy tips to help people who support people with sight loss who are wheelchair users. This Open Badge is awarded to people who have read and reflected on the tips, and identified one to be used in their practice.
RNIB have produced a set of handy tips to help people who support people with sight loss who are wheelchair users.
This Open Badge is awarded to people who have read and reflected on the tips, and identified one to be used in their practice.
Click here to read the tips. You can also download them, or print them off to share with others.
To earn this badge you will need to:
- Read the tips card available from the RNIB website here .
- Pick one of the top tips you have read about. Tell us why you found it helpful and how you have either used it in your work, or how you intend to use it in the future. We are looking for around 100 words.
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You will need to provide around 100 words to earn this badge. Read the criteria carefully before submitting your statement, as your application will be declined if you don’t cover all the points within your evidence.
You need to focus on only one of the tips, and write from the point of view of your own personal experience. You can put your statement in the Evidence box below, paste a link to your own blog or portfolio or send us a short audio or video statement using the ‘Add Attachment’ button further down this page.
Remember, the evidence you provide will be seen by anyone who sees your badge. Please don’t include confidential or private information in your evidence.
Read Preparing and publishing your evidence to find out more about what’s required and increase your chances of getting your badge approved first time.
Badge issuer
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities and the largest community of blind and partially sighted people. Everyday 250 people begin to lose their sight. RNIB has a crucial role to play in creating a world where there are no barriers to people with sight loss. We want society, communities and individuals to see differently about sight loss.
Submit your application
I confirm that I have read, understood and completed all the activities listed in the badge criteria and that each question from the criteria is answered in the evidence I have provided. My evidence has been written or recorded by me and I have not copied it from anywhere or anyone else. I understand that it will take 28 days for you to assess my application and that feedback cannot be provided if my application is unsuccessful.