Equipment

To make their chosen activity more accessible, many of the activities and sports accessed by people with a visual impairment use adaptive equipment.

This could include:

• 'Audible' variations of equipment, such as balls
• Items that are more 'tactile' to enable people to have more sensory control of the activity and not rely so much on their vision, such as tactile boards for archery or boccia

All activities can be adapted in some way, meaning people with sight loss can take part in a huge range of physical activity.

The relevant equipment can often be accessed through the organisation linked to the activity or online retailers.

Some examples of these retailers are:

• British Blind Sport Shop
• Goalfix Sports
• RNIB Shop

There are also lots of online forums that discuss the best options for blind and partially sighted people to participate in physical activity using various options for equipment.

One of these is the British Blind Sport 'Be Active' Facebook Group where you can chat to other British Blind Sport members about what they use for any given activity.

You can join the group by joining here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishblindsportactiveathome/