All About Employment is a series of articles to assist people with various topics about employment. Read more about what skills you can learn to articulate and demonstrate when applying for jobs.
Suzanne has recently been approved for an NDiS package that she hopes will enable her to re-engage with her family more often.
For people who are blind or have low vision, finding employment can be challenging due to systemic issues like inaccessible workplaces, employer attitudes and unconscious bias, but as Vision Australia client Olga said, it’s all about accessing the right support from the right people.
The introduction to braille music has led Jordie down a brilliant career path including professional singing, teaching braille music and transcribing print music to braille music.
There was cause for celebration recently at Vision Australia, as national audio description coordinator Michael Ward celebrated 20 years with the organisation.
Seven months working at Vision Australia, through the organisation’s Career Start program, has set 28 year old Brooke up with a role at Medibank.
Local council elections will be held in October 2020 and these elections will be conducted by post. There will be no elections for Casey City Council, South Gippsland Shire Council and Whittlesea City Council as these councils are under administration.
For book lovers, nothing beats enjoying a few hours of reading downtime. People who are blind or have low vision might not have the traditional book with pages, cover and a spine, but there’s a number of ways they can enjoy their favourite books.
Many people who are totally blind regularly have to go without a good night’s sleep because of disruptions to their circadian rhythms.
Having low vision hasn’t stopped Angela, and many other artists, from doing what they love and pursuing a career in art.