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In this edition of Talking Vision we talk to Maryanne Diamond about the history of white cane use and the purpose of the day. Plus we speak with 20 year old Ben Pentingill professional speaker and passionate white cane user.
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Vision Australia has launched a campaign today, International White Cane Day, to educate the community about vision loss and white cane etiquette to improve the mobility experience of white cane users across Australia.
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One of Australia's brightest and up-coming musical starts, Michael Vaiasinni, is returning to Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight as an official ambassador. At just 23 years-old his list of musical achievements is already beyond anything most people could ever dream of, having performed in Italy for the Pavarotti family as well as the Pope.
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Vision Australia has won the Brisbane excellence in accessible transport category of Spinal Injuries Australia’s Inclusive Community Champions Awards, for their role in the go access Vision Impairment Travel Pass trial.
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Vision Australia today congratulated Minister Fifield for his stewardship of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) over the past two years and his promotion to Cabinet and Minister for Communications.
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Karen Knight, General Manager, Vision Australia Queensland has welcomed new funding from the Queensland Government’s Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.
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Representatives of Vision Australia, along with a number of people who are blind or have low vision, met MPs in Canberra today to demonstrate audio description and lobby for its inclusion on Australian TV.
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Father’s Day is a day to show our appreciation to our fathers and father figures. It’s a chance to tell the men who raise us that we value them. It’s a chance to reflect on being a Dad and having a Dad. The world is full of amazing fathers and Grant Baker is one such man.
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In honour of Father’s Day, with three fathers talk about the specific challenges and joys of being a father when you are blind or vision-impaired, and what all fathers have in common.
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It’s now over two years since the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) began and Vision Australia has over 200 clients participating in the scheme across the trial sites in Geelong, Newcastle, and Canberra and in the newly established roll-out in Western Sydney.
