Researcher Guidance: Making research accessible for people with a visual impairment

Researcher Guidance: Making research accessible for people with a visual impairment

CamSight Research Ready Communities Project 2025-26

This guidance is for research professionals who are designing or delivering health and care research studies. The guidance sets out suggestions for making research accessible for people with a visual impairment.

The information in this guidance is based on feedback from the visually impaired community, as part of the NIHR Research Ready Communities (RRC) programme. You can view the full RRC project report here.

Why is it important to make sure research is accessible?

  • People with a visual impairment are already faced by health inequalities, with poorer health than the rest of the population. Research should help to reduce those health inequalities, not widen them.

  • To ensure research participation is representative of the whole population and the outcomes from research work for everyone, including people with a visual impairment.

  • By law, reasonable adjustments should be made to ensure people with disabilities are not disadvantaged.


This document includes practical guidance on:

  • Accessible information
  • Travel
  • Clinic space and accessible appointments
  • Digital services, websites and Apps
  • Accessibility Check List

You can view the full RRC project report here.