Deafblind Services
Vision Australia provides a specialised Deafblind Service to meet the needs of adults who are deafblind.
Vision Australia provides a specialised Deafblind Service, funded by the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care. It is designed to meet the specific needs of adults who are deafblind.
Specialist staff work in partnership with clients and their family/carers, to expand the choices and opportunities available to them in daily life. This is achieved through assessment, coordination and provision of services, as well as facilitating access to the community.
Currently, Deafblind Services are available to people of 16 years and over who live in the Sydney Metropolitan region and some surrounding areas. Specific eligibility and priority criteria exist.
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Our services
- Independent living assistance. This includes daily living activities such as self-care, meal and beverage preparation, cooking, home maintenance, community access, financial management, and training in the use of specialist equipment and indoor orientation and mobility skills.
- Print access training to facilitate communication and access to information and print through education in braille, computer skills and adaptive technology.
- Emotional and social support through counselling and peer support.
- Information and advice about accessible social/recreational activities.
- Information about services and products, other organisations, peer support networks and current research.
- Training programs for professionals working with people who are deafblind.
Meet some of our staff members
Life has it's funny moments
Steve Ripley, 47, from Claremont Meadows, grew up with severe-profound deafness and uses sign language and speech to communicate. When he turned 30 his vision began to deteriorate as well...
Read Steve's story here.
Serving the deafblind
Sarah Fitzgerald, who is profoundly deaf, is an Information Access Trainer in Deafblind Services at our Enfield centre...
Read Sarah's story here.