Audio Tracks

01 Shining A Light On Blindness

02 Indexing and Contents

03 Foreword from Blind Low Vision CEO

04 Authorship and Acknowledgements

05 Nicholson Consulting

06 Blind Low Vision NZ

07 Special Recognitions

08 IDI Disclaimer

09 Executive Summary

10 Introduction

11 Purpose of The Work

12 Structure of This Report

13 Methodology

14 Defining The Population With Blindness

15 Criteria

16 Limitations

17 Static Population

18 Defining Severity Of Impairment

19 Population

20 Disability Rate Of Severe Visual Impairment

21 Demographics

22 Disability Rate By Age

23 Median Age

24 Indicative Median Age Of Visual Impairment Onset

25 Working Age Population Demographics

26 Gender

27 Ethnicity

28 Region

29 Rurality

30 Deprivation Index

31 Outcomes

32 Health

33 Public And Private Hospitalisation Events

34 Cataract Surgical Procedures

35 Access To Secondary Mental Health Services

36 Diabetes

37 Eye Disorders

38 Multiple Functional Disabilities

39 Housing

40 Home Ownership

41 Living In A Residential Care Facility

42 Living In Social Housing

43 Living In Emergency Housing

44 Education

45 Highest Qualifications Attained

46 Crime and Safety

47 Reports Of Concern

48 Convictions

49 Victimisations

50 Youth Court Proven

51 Driver licensing

52 Holding A Current Drivers License

53 Revoked, Surrendered, Or Suspended License

54 Employment Income and Benefits

55 Employment Income and Benefit

56 Calendar Year Income

57 Receiving Disability Support Services Payments

58 Receiving MSD Benefit Payments

59 Summary

60 Visual Impairment

61 Living With Visual Impairment

62 Outcomes For People Living With Visual Impairment

63 Education, Employment, Income, and Benefit

64 Health and Well-being

65 Access To Services

66 Future Research

67 Appendix 1: BVI Code Module

68 Description

69 Output Dataset

70 Key Concepts

71 Appendix 2: Definition Lookup

72 Blind and Low Vision Population

73 Primary Sources

74 Secondary Sources

75 Limitations

76 Outcomes

77 Closing Announcement