Imagine being able to learn information about your surroundings from sound. Similar to a system used by bats to help them find their prey in the dark, people who practice echolocation, or flash sonar, have developed an ability to use sound to help them navigate.
As a blind person, I have been turned away from restaurants and even airlines. Why? Because I have a seeing eye dog.
Being vision impaired isn’t an obstacle for a group of active Vision Australia clients in Mildura who have recently taken up cricket.
We've got lots of opportunities available at the moment to help you expand on your current skills, or learn new ones.
Voters who are blind or have low vision have a choice of two options: assisted voted at the polling place or telephone voting. Votes cannot be placed at Vision Australia offices.
Vision Australia is asking all parties in the 2016 federal election to commit to better audio description services.
The Federal Budget released on Tuesday, 3 May, contains cuts of $1.4m p.a., funding that currently keeps community radio stations broadcasting on digital in 5 capital cities.
Macular degeneration refers to the group of degenerative diseases of the retina that cause progressive loss of central vision. Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of severe vision impairment in people aged over 75 years of age
St. John of God Hospital in Bendigo will be holding a special breakfast on Saturday, 4 June to raise funds for Camp Joe participants.
In the April school holidays, 16 clients, siblings, parents and grandparents participated in a ‘hands on nature’ activities program at Blackburn Lake Sanctuary.