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- Vision Australia and NetCentric Technologies, makers of the popular CommonLook suite of software and services for accessible electronic documents, have announced that the companies have signed a strategic agency agreement.
- Over 4,500 applications for spectacles have been received following Vision Australia’s relaunch of the NSW Spectacles Program in July 2014.
- On Saturday 22 June, four Illawarra families with children who are blind or have low vision, completed a one day course designed to assist parents who are raising children with a vision impairment.
- Nine Brisbane families with children who are blind or have low vision complete Vision Australia's Stepping Stones Triple P (SSTP) program.
- Vision Australia congratulates the Australian Government for signing the Marrakesh Treaty, and urges them to ratify as a matter of priority to help bring a world of books to people with print disabilities.
- An audit of intersections and footpaths at five Victorian locations has revealed that motorists’ failing to give way at traffic lights is the biggest problem for pedestrians who are blind or have low vision.
- On Tuesday 13 May, at 11am, Event Cinema’s in Campbelltown hosted a special movie session of “THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL” to enable local people who are blind or have low vision to experience an audio described movie.
- Today, Vision Australia congratulates, Deputy Chair Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum and General Manager Advocacy and Engagement, Maryanne Diamond on being announced as recipients of the international 2014 Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards.
- This World Book Day, Vision Australia is urging the Australian Government to ensure Australia takes a leading role in ending the book famine by signing and ratifying this important treaty.
- Sydney Men's Shed answers Vision Australia's call for help and makes 58 braille blocks to aid with braille training.