Talking Vision by Vision Australia Radio
Talking Vision by Vision Australia Radio
Vision Australia Radiothon is on now. Donate via www.varadio.org and make a tax deductible donation of $2 or more to support our service to the blind, low vision and print disability community. Let 'Talking Vision' be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. On this weekly radio program presented by Sam Colley, you’ll hear discussions of issues relating to blindness and low visi…Social links:
Talking Vision 755 Week Beginning 18th of November 2024
Hear from Jason Gipps as he catches up with guest curator of Geelong Design Week, Dr Tonya Meyrick, to chat about how they are making design accessible for members of the public who are blind or have low vision. Later in the show it's award season as we recap the 2024 Vision Australia awards with …
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Talking Vision 754 Week Beginning 11th of November 2024
Sam caught up a while back with blind endurance runner, motivational speaker and all around thrill seeker Ben Pettingill, whose aim for 2024 is to run 3,249km for mental health in a project he calls 3249 Blind. You'll also hear from Liz who's back to tell us about the latest issue of For Your Info…
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Talking Vision 753 Week Beginning 4th of November 2024
This week on the show Sam speaks with father and son Peter and Rohan Rickards, alongside Kathy Leitch from Vision Australia. Peter and Rohan are the inventors of Sensaball, a multi-directional cane tip designed to give greater feedback and less friction and vibration for white cane users. Then af…
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Talking Vision 752 Week Beginning 28th of October 2024
Sam is joined by Corene Strauss and Brooke Carter from the Australian Disability Network, who are here to tell us all about the PACE mentoring program for job seekers with disabilities, as well as their upcoming It's Not Hard to be Inclusive campaign running in the lead up to International Day of P…
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Talking Vision 751 Week Beginning 21st of October 2024
Sam is joined by Samara Cunningham, artistic director of South Gippsland-based theatre company (It's no) drama who are hosting a production in November. Very shortly they will also be running a training session to help locals make the performing arts more accessible for performers and staff in the…
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Talking Vision 750 Week Beginning 14th of October 2024
Sam welcomes back Karan Nagrani to Talking Vision this week in the lead up to the Blind Australian of the Year Awards held on 26 October in Brisbane, where Karan will be the MC. Then we hear from Vanessa Papastavros who's here to tell us about the latest news from Speak My Language, a series of na…
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Talking Vision 749 Week Beginning 7th of October 2024
World Sight Day is coming up on October 10 and to celebrate this week on Talking Vision Sam catches up with paediatric ophthalmologist Dr Stephen Hing from the Retina and Eye Clinic in Sydney. Stephen joined Sam to speak about this year's themes for World Sight Day: the importance of eye care in …
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Talking Vision 748 Week Beginning 30th of September 2024
October is a busy month in the world of performing arts with Arts Centre Melbourne's disability led arts initiative, Alter State, kicking off from October 2 to 13. Sam speaks with access consultant Sarah Houbolt and CEO of Vitae Veritas Nilgun Guven all about what people can expect if they head alo…
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Talking Vision 747 Week Beginning 23rd of September 2024
Sam is away this week but you'll hear from Jason Gipps who caught up with a group of graduates from the Career Visions program. Career Visions is a Queensland based program run in partnership between Vision Australia and the Queensland government to give job seekers who are blind or have low visio…
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Talking Vision 746 Week Beginning 16th of September 2024
Sam catches up on the show this week with comedian Jeremy Moses, who lives with a rare vision condition which has resulted in him being legally blind from birth. In the past year Jeremy has taken to the stage to share his lived experience of disability, and he will be taking his talents to the Fri…
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