Opinion pieces

On this week’s episode, Sam catches up with Darren Britten from the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET), who has released a series of guidelines and eLearning resources for lecturers, tutors and administrators to improve the quality of education for tertiary students who are blind or have low vision.

The Telelink program is looking for volunteer facilitators to help host the groups over the next half of 2022.

Penny Melville-Brown speaks with Stella Glorie about her new book Baking Blind Goes Global.

On this week’s episode, we catch up with Vision Australia CEO Ron Hooton for a recap of the latest news and events from around Vision Australia.

Vision Australia’s tech guru David Woodbridge has listed his favourite tech items for people who are blind or have low vision.

On this week’s episode, host Sam Colley speaks with Jana and Milos from Kikiriki Games, the developers of a new mobile game for iPhone and Android called To The Dragon Cave.

Cathy and her husband, Ben, were in shock when their 10-week-old baby was diagnosed with a rare eye condition. Nicholas has no sight in his right eye, and low vision in his left. Within weeks, Cathy could see her son was falling behind—he wasn’t holding his head up or rolling over. "I was desperate to help him, but I didn’t know what to do," says Cathy.

In honour of the announcement of the prize’s 2022 shortlist of nominated books, the Vision Australia Library takes a look back at some of the proud highs and embarrassing lows of the award.  

It’s a Talking Vision special this week as host Sam Colley speaks with opening batter for the Australian blind cricket team, Steffan Nero.

Can’t see if your plant needs water? Just touch the soil. If it’s dry, give it a drink.

These tactile tips were just some of the great lessons learnt at a blind and low vision specific DIY workshop at Bunnings’ Central Coast store in Tuggerah over the Queen’s birthday long weekend.