Opinion pieces

As Australia’s largest service provider to people who are blind or have low vision, we believe that the Australian Government’s early release of the Productivity Commission report (on 10 August 2011) shows welcome progress and a genuine commitment to improving the lives of people with a disability.

Vision Australia staff, clients and families will join with thousands of Australians with a disability, their families and carers today to call on political leaders to make the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) real.

Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith recently announced the Walk in the Park Program, which aims to reduce the barriers to visitors to parks who are blind or vision impaired. The pilot program is the result of a partnership between Blind Sports Victoria and Parks Victoria, and a first for Australian parks.

With the shift to increased use of the web for a range of services and information, organisations have a legal obligation under the Australian Disability Discrimination Act 1992 to ensure web content is fully accessible.

People with disability now have access to important information about air travel to help them have a smoother and more pleasurable flight experience.

A Northcott study is exploring the transition experiences of adults with a disability (aged 40 - 65 years) who are living in New South Wales.

Worldwide, 285 million people are visually impaired...

Following on from the success of their May 2011 performance of The Window and the December 2011 showing of Café La Vida for International Day of People with a Disability, the group present their new play Demolished.

Awards are an integral part of Australia Day. They recognise and honour the outstanding achievement of Australian. Awards celebrate Australian excellence in our community.

Malek Chamoun, a 23 year old athlete from Summer Hill, is hoping to represent Australia in the 85 kg class Weightlifting at the 2012 Olympics despite having a limited amount of vision.