Understand that welfare benefits will continue to be essential to the well-being of people with a visual impairment.

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Recognise that people with a visual impairment will need specialist help to find work and that discrimination must be stamped out.

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However, a considerable number of people with a visual impairment do not claim all the benefits to which they are entitled.

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Ensure that essential services to enable people with a visual impairment to lead active and fulfilling lives, whatever their financial situation, are in place.

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Barriers to finding work include the fact that people with a visual impairment are less likely to hold educational qualifications, while they also face discrimination by employers, and a lack of awareness of help available.

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The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act will make it easier for people who are deaf, blind or live with a visual impairment to do what many of us take for granted -- from navigating a TV or DVD menu to sending an email on a smart phone.

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This legislation will make it easier for people who are deaf, blind, or live with a visual impairment to use the technology our 21st-century economy depends on, from navigating digital menus on a television to sending emails on a smart phone.

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With an increasing elderly population in many countries, more people will be at risk of age-related visual impairment.

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