Thanks to an iPad and some training from Vision Australia Argentinian born Patricia Cardozo, 61, from Southport is able to connect with friends and family from overseas.
Four years ago, sixty two year old Bruce Blackshaw from Croydon Park, was devastated when he lost his eyesight overnight. The then TAFE head teacher had a form of optic neuropathy known as Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION). Now he attends Vision Australia's Texpo annually to keep up to date with the latest technology.
Although she has very poor vision, thanks to an innovative Online talking book player developed by Vision Australia, Lesley McEwan, 60 from Willoughby reads more than sixteen books per month.
On Wednesday 10 September, at Hoyts Cinema in Woden, ACT is hosted a special movie session of “The Hundred-Foot Journey” to enable local people who are blind or have low vision to experience an AD movie. A similar event was held at Events Cinema in Burwood, NSW on 1 September.
Deva is a newly graduated Seeing Eye Dog with a highflying job. She works with Sydney based criminal lawyer, Vaughan Roles, 39, and is a regular attendee at Parramatta local court.
On Sunday 24th August, Sydney’s Centennial Park was host to the Swisse Color Run.
In this program, we learn of an upcoming national eye health study and hear reflections from a retiring braille producer.
Vision Australia and NetCentric Technologies, makers of the popular CommonLook suite of software and services for accessible electronic documents, have announced that the companies have signed a strategic agency agreement.
Over 4,500 applications for spectacles have been received following Vision Australia’s relaunch of the NSW Spectacles Program in July 2014.
Access to coursework and written material is being made easier for tertiary students who are blind or have low vision thanks to technology grants available each year from Vision Australia.