Legally blind alpine skier Melissa Perrine always shied away from using a white cane, but learning to use one last year has changed her life.
Vision Australia sites from across ACT, NSW, Qld and Victoria are celebrating International White Cane Day on Wednesday with different activities and client engagement events.
Vision Australia Ballarat is giving its community the opportunity to experience what it would be like to have little or no vision, and use a white cane to get around.
The artistic creations from well-known Bendigo personalities will once again go up for sale to raise much-needed funds for blindness and low vision services.
Vision Australia Bendigo is giving its community the opportunity to experience what it would be like to have little or no vision, and use a white cane to get around
In this week's program, we talk about employment and look ahead to Vision Australia’s Texpo.
Kaye Speed, 68, loved her career in accountancy but losing her sight 21 years ago meant made it difficult for her to continue.
Valma, 83, has regular injections in her eye to stabilise the degeneration of her vision. She’s thankful for the treatment but is now unable to read books with her current level of sight.
Thanks to her persistence when attending Vision Australia’s iPad classes, 78-year old vision Evelyn Reynolds can now use an iPad with ease.
Ferntree Gully resident David Pocock, who is blind, was housebound and unable to walk down the street when he first lost his sight. Now, two years later, with the help of Vision Australia, he has learned to use a handheld talking GPS device.