Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view. 

On this week’s show 

“Annette and Valda” 

How can losing sight reshape your identity; relationships; and daily life. We also ask what adaptations people make to rebuild and thrive.   

Lizzie talks to two women about how losing their sight changed their lives; how their connections to family and friends enabled them to recover; and how that has affected their lives going forward.   

Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If you have any experience or thoughts about issues covered in this episode or believe there is something we should be talking about.   

You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story. 

EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork 

A special thank you to Valda and Annette.   

Resources:

​Save Sight Institute:
Located at the Sydney eye hospital, 8 Macquarie Street, Sydney.
Sydney.edu.au
Phone: 02 9382 7300.

See Differently Peer Support & counselling.
Website: Address https://seedifferently.org.au/news/peer-support-how-pauls-vision-loss-is-empowering-others/

Vision Australia: vision loss page
Website: https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/helpful-resources/carers/supporting-someone-in-vision-loss

This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/