Vision Extra by Vision Australia Radio

Assunta Fogliaro talks Rock climbing and how she lost her sight.

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Jane talks about the review into the Disability Discrimination Act and how to give your feedback.

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Dr David Sykes, Director of the Centre for Dementia Learning at
Dementia Australia, spoke about  a new app-based tool available to help support people working in health; disability and aged care to pr…

In a preview to tonight's Focal Point, Peter talks to musician Ben Rowe about his latest song "Feels like Home" and we hear a special extended exert from the song.

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Alex Morris, from the Australian Electoral Commission, with news on the options available for people who are blind or vision impaired to vote at the May 3rd Federal Election - including important dat…

Dr Kate Dempsey, CEO for ANZACATA, is very concerned that Australians with a disability who access arts therapy as a crucial therapeutic support have been left confused by an NDIS announcement last w…

Penny Holmes-Brown is Service Area Manager from APM employment, the winner of this year's Link Vision Blind Australian of the year Employer of Choice Award.

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Peter's guest on Vision Extra is Courtney Webeck. Cricketer; Tennis Athlete and student Courtney is the 2024 Blind Australian of the year. 

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This is a special presentation of the interview featured on 25th September edition of Focal Point.  

Haben Girma, Deafblind Advocate Extraordinaire, is a guest speaker at UNSW
Centre of Ideas. Haben i…

Kelly Schultz is the Founder and Director for knowable.me - a platform to share your thoughts about almost everything; take part in surveys; mystery shopping and product testing.  Find out more here:…

Ross McGregor, talks about NAIDOC week. Ross also tells us how he found about his indigenous heritage at the age of 32

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Paul Brown, from audio described Aotearoa, and Brad Cohen, General Director for New Zealand Opera, with the world's first use of refreshable braille displays for readers to access surtitles for NZ Op…

Aymen Majeed has just written a book "RP and Me" recounting diagnosis; education; bullying; and now with a family. 

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Louise Milligan, investigative journalist and author, talked about being at "In Conversation" with the Vision Australia Library for the Melbourne Writers Festival.  Louise's book, "Pheasants Nest" is…

Nihal Iscel was inducted into the Western Australian Women Hall of Fame for her advocacy work. Nihal talked about Global Accessibility Awareness Day and how Instagram has become less accessible - in …

Annette Leishman, involved with Blind Sports and Recreation Victoria as well as Parks Victoria, encouraged all to try "Birding By Ear" communing more with nature, for physical and mental health

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Peter talks to Dr Luis Alarcon-Martinez, from the Centre for Eye Research, sharing the latest news on glaucoma research.  You can find out more here: https://www.cera.org.au/ 

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