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Help shape Vision Australia's services
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By joining our Client Reference Group, you could help shape the services we provide to the blind and low vision community.
Helping navigate the gap between education and purposeful work
• It takes young people 4.7 years to enter full-time work after leaving full-time education. • Unemployment, job insecurity and poor work conditions are the three biggest work-related risk factors for mental illness. • For young people who are blind or have low vision, this can be compounded by issues such as accessibility and employer perceptions.
Government continues to fail the blindness and low vision communi...
The release of the Audio Description Working Group report this week by the Department of Communications and the Arts illustrates the Australian Government’s clear inability to provide services for the blindness and low vision community.
Sound thinking behind new Vision Australia audio logo
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Vision Australia has developed a new audio logo, based on the three-link visual logo developed as part of the organisation's 2016 re-branding project.
Vision Australia joins National Simultaneous Storytime fun
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Vision Australia is set to join schools, libraries, bookstores and more tomorrow for National Simultaneous Storytime, thanks to the combined efforts of Vision Australia Radio and the Vision Australia Library.
Push to improve public transport experience for people who are bl...
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Public transport is a vital part of everyday life for people who are blind or have low vision, which is why Vision Australia is committed to improving accessibility and the travel experience for people with vision loss.
Accessible voting shouldn't be off-limits to people who are blind...
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An important part of democracy is the ability of people to vote secretly and independently. Unfortunately for people who are blind or have low vision, like Vision Australia Advocacy and Government Relations Manager Chris Edwards, that’s a right they are often denied.
Stories of motherhood from blind and low vision mums
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Living with blindness or low vision doesn’t prevent people from being loving and caring parents, but it can present some challenges for mums and dads to work around.
2018 Budget: What it means for the blindness and low vision commu...
The Federal Budget is always a contentious topic, but it can be hard to cut through the political smoke and mirrors to find exactly how you might be impacted.