Opinion pieces

The Vision Australia Information Library Service, in partnership with the State Library of Victoria and the Public Library Network Victoria were delighted to interview Australian Best Selling Author James Phelan on “Hear This” as part of the 'High Road to Reading' program.

In the program for the week of April 10, we dip in to a wealth of content available from Vision 2014, the international conference on low vision held in Melbourne from March 31 through to April 3.

The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network and the Australian Human Rights Commission have today launched the inaugural Apps For All Challenge 2014, a competition to find Australia’s most accessible apps.

Vision Australia Orientationa and Mobility Specialists and MS Queensland work together to make crossing a busy road safer.

From Sunday 30 March to Thursday 3 April, more than 600 low vision researcher and practitioners attended Vision2014, the 11th International Conference on Low Vision, hosted by Vision Australia in Melbourne.

In the program of March 31, there is news of an initiative to have more orientation and mobility specialists around the country and we pay another of our occasional visits to Vision Australia’s equipment shop.

According to the World Health Organisation, more than 246 million people worldwide have low vision. Here in Australia, that figure is estimated to be around 330,000, a number that is set to increase dramatically as the population ages.

The program for the week of March 24, covers the opening of the new Seeing Eye Dog National Kennel and Puppy Centre.

Telephone voting in the 2014 WA Senate election is now open for people who are blind or have low vision.

The program for the week of March 17 begins with a fascinating item involving volunteering with an edge. There’s talk of a modern way for reading and a little sport.