Following the official launch of DisabilityCare Australia in the Hunter, Andrew Constance, the Minister for Ageing and Disability Services, released the Living Life My Way Framework.
The ABC has neglected the rights of 600,000 vision-impaired people by failing to incorporate audio description services into its regular scheduling, following the audio description trial run in 2012.
Talking Vision is Vision Australia's national radio program on blindness and low vision.
Hailed as the nation’s most significant social reform since Medicare, DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, was officially launched in select locations on July 1.
While DisabilityCare Australia won't be launching in the ACT until July 2014, preparations are underway with $7.7 million of funding available for people with disability.
Vision Australia is celebrating a landmark decision that will make a huge difference to the amount of accessible information available for millions of people who are blind or have low vision worldwide.
At the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, delegates have agreed to sign a treaty that will permit cross-border sharing of accessible books both between organisations and directly from organisations to blind or print disabled individuals.
Talking Vision is Vision Australia's national radio program on blindness and low vision.
The June 2013 edition of our client audio newsletter, Your Vision Australia Roundup is now available.
Currently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is holding a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, to conclude a treaty to facilitate access to published works for people with print disabilities.