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- Representatives of Vision Australia, along with a number of people who are blind or have low vision, met MPs in Canberra today to demonstrate audio description and lobby for its inclusion on Australian TV.
- Minister for Families and Children, Jenny Mikakos, announced that the nominations have opened for the Premier's Volunteer Champions Awards, at the Seeing Eye Dogs Australia National Puppy Centre in Kensington.
- Vision Australia’s first workshop to support Arabic speaking families with children living with vision loss or blindness, held on Saturday 8 August has been hailed a success by participants and community leaders.
- 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.
- Sisters Emma Whitfield and Katelyn McGeachie organised the first Drive Day in 2014 in memory of their vision impaired brother, Angus Suttor.
- Volunteers have always been at the heart of Vision Australia and are absolutely critical to the services offered to people who are blind or have low vision.
- A tactile quilt, lovingly created by the Illawarra quilters, is a firm favourite with Eleanor Hall from West Wollongong.
- “As a family, we love being able to spend time with our children reading books and talking about a story. Sometimes to make story time fun, we change the words around,” says Jackie Agostinho, mum to four-year-old Aston who has low vision.
- Albury local, Barry Smerdon, 70 is participating in 2015 Lion’s Ride for Sight which will be held on April 9-12.
- Vision Australia's innovative 3G DAISY player bridges the digital divide for young and old all over Australia. Learn how this breakthrough solution has impacted on people's lives.