Following an incredible span of 78 years supporting people who are blind or have low vision the members of the Black and White committee gathered on 10 December at the Woolahra Council Chambers to present Vision Australia a cheque for nearly $202,000 to support children’s services.
The program for this week covers overseas travel when on DHS benefits and a lady tells of 40 years as a Seeing Eye Dog user.
In this week's program, we meet a visitor from the United Kingdom and continue to search for Christmas gifts.
The Opal card is a smart card that will eventually replace tickets on the public transport network in NSW. Read this update on the VIP Pass, the Opal card, and the magnetic stripe pass and how it allows access through electronic gates.
The Queensland Government today launched the three-month trial of the new go access Vision Impairment Travel Pass. The pass allows commuters who are blind or have low vision to open the fare gates at train stations throughout South East Queensland, without the assistance of a station attendant.
Jenny Squires has been volunteering for Myer Gift Wrap for five years and she’s back back again this year.
With the support of her family and Vision Australia, the dream of competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games is one step closer for Bowen State High School student, Kyra Domrow.
In this week's program, we talk a little more Texpo and then give attention to a search for Christmas gift ideas from Vision Australia’s Equipment Shop.
Yes it’s out. The November 2014 edition of our client audio newsletter, Your Vision Australia Roundup. This magazine, available on DAISY, CDA and online, show cases Vision Australia through the voices of key people across the organisation.
In this week's program we talk more Texpo, blind cricket and work.