Focal Point on Vison Australia Radio
18 Dec 2024
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11 Dec 2024
On FOCAL POINT: Emma Bennison is the recipient of the Lesley Hall Award for Lifetime Achievement. Rebecca Young, CEO for Access 2 Arts, wrapping up the year in arts and a preview into events for 2025. Ella Edwards chatted about the personal support program. Ella can have up to 360 print pages tran…
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04 Dec 2024
On FOCAL POINT: Dr Kate Dempsey, CEO for ANZACATA, is very concerned about the messaging from the NDIA regarding Arts Therapy. Australians with a disability who access Arts Therapy as a crucial therapeutic support have been left confused by an NDIS announcement last week regarding significant chan…
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27 Nov 2024
On FOCAL POINT: Steve Hurd recounts a most amusing incident: whilst wearing Ray-Ban Meta glasses in a St. Vincent de Paul's book shop, interested bystanders had Steve's glasses read some rather graphic sex scenes out of a book - an accident? Steve also shares news about using the Omny Pod in a mo…
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20 Nov 2024
On FOCAL POINT: Chrissy Antonopoulos has finished a PHD and published some research on implicit bias in hiring people with a disability. Rachel, from Marketing at Beyond Blindness, with updates on events and activities, including a group being set up in Mt. Gambier. 8367 6088 Colleen Lewis explain…
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13 Nov 2024
On FOCAL POINT: 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. Rebecca Young, CEO for Access 2 Arts, wrapping up Vision Australia Radio Adelaide's audio description of the Christmas Pageant…
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06 Nov 2024
On FOCAL POINT: Nathan Stock, from Seeing Hands (https://seeinghands.org/) with news on dictionaries that are accessible on braille displays and now available in a number of languages. You can access the : dictionaries here: https://projects.seeinghands.org/dictionary/ Mia Gardiner, from Crime Stop…
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30 Oct 2024
On FOCAL POINT: Courtney Webeck, Cricketer; Tennis Athlete and student is the 2024 Blind Australian of the year. Mahesh Nath, from Pacific Vision, will be at Tech Fest - where, among other things, we will see the first showing of an electronic magnifier from HIMS. Nikki Brooke is about to Launch h…
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23 Oct 2024
On FOCAL POINT: Libby Henderson is the Co-Founder and Commercial Director for Big Purple Phone. Big Purple Phone is an accessible, user friendly, mobile phone. Learn more here: https://bigpurplephone.com.au/ Libby will be at Tech Fest 6th November 43 Franklin Street Adelaide. You can book by cal…
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16 Oct 2024
On FOCAL POINT: Tobias Stuntebeck is an Industrial Designer from “White Cane” in Duderstadt Germany. The re-engineered cane its history and is looking for feedback from users. which will be at Tech Fest 6th November at UCity, 43 Franklin Street Adelaide. Tech Fest is put on by See Differently. F…
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