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.
Stella speaks with Leah Van Poppel, the newly appointed CEO of Blind Citizens Australia (BCA). With the BCA celebrating its 40th anniversary and the upcoming conference in Perth in October, it’s an exciting time for the organisation.
This week on Talking Vision, Rosemary Boyd talking about the fabulous program for Retina Australia’s national congress Global Eyes 2015 happening in Melbourne in October.
Australian Greens Senator, Rachel Siewert, has moved a motion calling on the Government to change the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 so audio description is required on free-to-air and subscription television programs across all networks, similarly to captioning.
Minister for Families and Children, Jenny Mikakos, announced that the nominations have opened for the Premier's Volunteer Champions Awards, at the Seeing Eye Dogs Australia National Puppy Centre in Kensington.
Vision Australia volunteers and clients, Rhonda McCaw and Sue-Ann Hanson describe a recent outing to the Symbio Wildlife Park in Sydney.
Vision Australia’s first workshop to support Arabic speaking families with children living with vision loss or blindness, held on Saturday 8 August has been hailed a success by participants and community leaders.
As part of the Program of Engagement, Vision Australia is establishing a Client Reference Group and is looking for a number of suitable volunteers with lived experience of blindness or low vision to provide input and advice on our core objectives and service areas.
Vision Australia is changing the way that it connects with clients and the blind and low vision community.
On this week’s show Stella speaks with Public Transport Victoria CEO Mark Wild, who was also the keynote speaker at Vision Australia’s recent Employment Pathways Expo. Mark and Public Transport Victoria have made a commitment to employment diversity inclusive of all abilities.