Tiresias - Your online guide to Low vision

The Tiresias project  initially started life 30 years ago in printed form and evolved from work carried out by Dr. Janet Silver formerly of Moorfields Eye Hospital and Dr. John Gill, Chief Scientist of the RNIB in London.  I still have an old printed copy on my book shelf and whilst I appreciate it is well out of date now, I just don’t want to part with it.

The site is maintained and developed under the direction of Dr. Gill at the RNIB Scientific Research Unit.  
 

According to myth, Tiresias was a blind prophet from Thebes who, having been robbed of his sight was given the gift of prophecy.

The Tiresias home page is a massive wealth of information for people who work in the field of visual disability.  The site has now grown to over 2000 pages of information. If you are studying for an exam or simply need to find out about a specific device or agency, then book marking this page is a must.
 
Current information available on-line includes

• Assistive Devices
• Current Research and Development
• Scientific and Technological Reports
• Main Agencies Serving Blind and Partially Sighted People
• Guidelines on Accessibility of ICT Systems
• Serial Publications and Sources of Funding for Research.

The Tiresias pages are a testament ot the hard work and energy of Janet Silver and Dr Gill and his team over the past 30 years. 

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