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Accessible Santa mail is back for 2022!
Children and families
Australia Post is assisting Santa by enabling children to write him letters, and helping his responses get back to them in accessible formats.
This week on Talking Vision: Speak My Language podcast series
Vision Australia Radio
Talking Vision is Vision Australia Radio’s flagship program, discussing the latest news and issues from a blindness and low vision perspective. Sam is joined this week on the program by Loc Tang, a participant in Speak My Language, an online podcast series which features hundreds of Australians with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Swinburne journalism students to host live state election broadca...
Vision Australia Radio
Swinburne University of Technology students will be reporting on the Victorian state election with a live radio broadcast on Saturday 26 November. Journalism students will host the broadcast on the Vision Australia Radio network across Victoria including on the digital radio station IRIS in Melbourne.
Vision loss and phantom images: Charles Bonnet syndrome
Vision Australia Radio
If you’ve ever seen a clown jumping up and down in your peripheral vision, or maybe a cow, penguin or elephant in your living room, you may have Charles Bonnet syndrome.
This week on Talking Vision: Vision Australia’s priorities for th...
Vision Australia Radio
Talking Vision is Vision Australia Radio’s flagship program, discussing the latest news and issues from a blindness and low vision perspective. On the show this week Sam had the opportunity to catch up with Vision Australia manager of government relations and advocacy, Chris Edwards, to chat about Vision Australia’s election priorities for an incoming Victorian government to be elected on November 26.
Books that transform reading for children
Feelix Library
Ideally suited for children in grades 2 – 6 (ages 5 – 12) these renowned books use a systemic approach to learning phonics which helps young readers to ‘decode’ words. When children learn to decode text, they are learning how letters (and groups of letters) relate to a particular sound.
Amazon Echo Dot helps Rhonda bake up a storm
Client Stories
Like many people Rhonda was a bit unsure about learning to use new technology, but thanks to the right support her Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker has become invaluable.
This week on Talking Vision: Voting at the Victorian election
Vision Australia Radio
Talking Vision is Vision Australia Radio’s flagship program, discussing the latest news and issues from a blindness and low vision perspective. This week Peter Greco caught up with Sue Lang, the director of communication and engagement from the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), who provided all the latest information for the upcoming Victorian election.
Remembering Tilly Aston: Australia’s first blind advocate
News
These days, Tilly Aston isn’t a household name. In fact, very few people have heard of her at all. In her lifetime though, Tilly accomplished great things, and she deserves to be remembered.