16th October 2024

Scholarships for blind and visually impaired students at the University of Iceland

The board of the Þórsteinssjóður is currently calling for applications for grants from the fund. The purpose of the fund is firstly to support blind and visually impaired students to study at the University of Iceland. Secondly, the objective of the fund is to promote research that can increase knowledge of the lives and conditions of blind and visually impaired individuals, especially in social and cognitive sciences.

15th October 2024

The White Cane Safety Day

The White Cane Safety Day is held every year on 15 October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the White Cane and the issues of interest to blind and visually impaired people.

10th October 2024

World Sight Day

The World Sight Day 2024 is held on October 10th. The day is intended to raise public awareness all over the world about blindness and visual impairment, vision loss and vision protection.

21st June 2024

Skills camps for the visually impaired, the blind and the people with integrated visual and auditory impairment

The Blind community, Sjónstöðin, the Sports Association for the Disabled and Reykjadalur, under the guidance of the University of Reykjavík, will hold skills camps for children and young people aged 9 to 25 from 11 to 13 October.

12th June 2024

Employment of occupational therapists at Sjónstöðin

A 100% job is available for occupational therapists who will work as consultants at Sjónstöðin - service and knowledge center for the blind, visually impaired and individuals with integrated vision and hearing impairment.

8th May 2024

Do you want to learn how to teach blind/vision-impaired people how to communicate and process?

The Centre, in collaboration with Support for Independence, a fund run by the Blind Association and the Blind Workers’ Association, offers autumn courses in teaching the occupying and the transiting. The courses are on a university level and are rated to 10 credits at the advanced level (diploma).

24th April 2024

International Day of Guide Dogs

International Day of Guide Dogs is being celebrated worldwide today, 24 April. In recent years, the number of guide dogs has increased steadily and we can expect to see a further increase in the number of guide dogs in the coming years. In May, the number 22 guide dog is expected to arrive in Iceland, of which 13 are currently active. We would like to use this day to shed light on the way guide dogs interact with people.

4th January 2024

International day of the dotted alphabet

Today, 4 January is International Date of the Letter. On 4 January 1809, Louis Braille was born in the small town of Coupvray, France.

25th October 2023

The day of the white letter, 15 October.

The 15th of October is the Day of the White Star; the Day of Confrontation and Awareness for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The Day is international and its purpose is to raise awareness of the issues of the blind and visually impaired, especially accessibility and the barriers to access that prevent them from living independently and being socially active.

25th October 2023

Nordic point-of-sight conference in Iceland

A Nordic point-of-sight conference was held from 25 - 26 October at the Blind Society's house in Hamrahlíð 17. Participants from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden attended the conference, as well as several participants from Teams.