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Talking Vision: Employment
Vision Australia
Neslihan Sari was unemployed for a number of years until recently gaining employment as a paralegal at Transport Victoria. She shares her story as a skilled vision-impaired person negotiating the job market, with her tips for staying motivated while job hunting and her views on the importance of networking.
Talking Vision: Celebrate NAIDOC Week
Vision Australia
In celebration of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week, we speak with Suzy Engert, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander - Community Engagement Worker at Vision Australia. Suzy, a proud Aboriginal woman, talks about NAIDOC Week’s importance and how organisations can become more culturally sensitive.
Talking Vision: Young Swimming Champion
News Categories
Jenna Jones is a 14-year-old swimmer with cone-rod dystrophy but that didn’t stop her from breaking nine Australian records at the recent Australian Swimming Championships
Vision Australia wins the Voice Project Change Challenge Award fo...
Vision Australia
The Change Challenge Awards recognise teams and organisations that have created measurable and meaningful change at work. The Voice Project began as a research program at Macquarie University, exploring the impact of employee and client “voice” on engagement, leadership and service quality.
Talking Vision: Michael Vaiasinni
Vision Australia
A special interview with young and talented opera singer Michael Vaiasinni whose eye condition has lead him to work with many blindness and low vision organisations in Australia.
Talking Vision: Audio Description on iView
News Categories
On this week's program the focus is on the audio description trial currently taking place on ABC's internet streaming service iView. Greg Madson from Blind Citizens Australia discusses the complaints brought to the the Human Rights commission and the importance of an audio description service. There is a also a review of the service by a regular ABC watcher.
Pedestrian safety must be paramount in motorcycle filtering revie...
Media Releases
Vision Australia wishes to see the practice of motorcycle filtering remain prohibited, and for the law to be vigorously enforced. However, if motorcycle filtering is legalised we urge VicRoads to prioritise safe pedestrian access.
The lighting of the sails - Vivid Sydney 2015
Fundraising & Volunteering
Vivid Sydney is an 18-day festival of light, music and ideas. Here, Vision Australia client, staff member and volunteer, Ria Andriani, gives her personal account of the annual festival.
Talking Vision: Bionic Eye update
Vision Australia
On this week's program we talk about the latest bionic eye research developments and this week's inaugural International Albinism awareness day, on Saturday June 13.