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It’s no secret, but The Garden is one of the more difficult Vision Australia Telelink groups to be a part of.

Welcome to another Best of the Web - a selection of stories, news and information from across the world-wide-web to enhance your weekend reading pleasure.

Vision Australia is helping legally blind Zavier Price make the most of his time at school.

Today, at the Australian Blindness Forum the Minister for Communications, Senator Mitch Fifield announced that a new working group will be set up to determine how audio-description can be made broadly available on Australian television.

Once again, the NSW Electoral Commission is using the iVote system for the upcoming By-elections for the Districts of Gosford, Manly and North Shore, on Saturday 8 April 2017. The iVote system is offered as an alternate voting option to enable people who may have difficulty casting a vote at a polling place or voting independently.

Vision Australia is seeking expressions of interest in a second round of its pilotonline small business course for people who are blind or have low vision.

Vision Australia Advocacy Advisor, Sarah Hartley has six key pieces of advice to help people understand their options and the opportunities that can be explored.

Bert Biesot is almost totally blind but still uses power tools to build his timber treasures, including delicately inlaid wooden tables.

Studying at university has been a long-time goal for Sally Aurisch, but the Long Jetty resident is looking forward more than ever to her Bachelor of Social Science after receiving a Vision Australia Further Education Bursary.

AFL football fan Colin Pascoe describes his experience with Telelink, Vision Australia's program to link people with shared interests via telephone.