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 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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Talking Vision 745 Week Beginning 9th of September 2024
Sam is joined by Ross Joyce from the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) to discuss the news of federal NDIS minister Bill Shorten's retirement from politics in early 2025. Then we hear from the National Gallery of Australia's Adriane Boag, who joins the show to tell us more a…
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Talking Vision 744 Week Beginning 2nd of September 2024
Sam speaks this week with event manager of Ability Fest, Ashleigh O'Gara from Untitled Group. Ability Fest will be kicking off over the month of October in both Melbourne and Brisbane, highlighting the talents of musicians with disabilities and ensuring an accessible and inclusive experience for t…
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Talking Vision 743 Week Beginning 26th of August 2024
As we approach the first day of the Paralympics on August 29 Australian time, Sam is joined by co-host of Studio 1 and four time Paralympian Sam Rickard, to give us a preview of the games and what he and Lizzie have in store for listeners over the next couple of weeks. Then later in the show we he…
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Talking Vision 742 Week Beginning 19th of August 2024
Sam speaks to deputy CEO of People With Disabilities Australia, Megan Spindler-Smith, about the government's recent response to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Then later on in the show, Vision Australia library manager Sarah Bloedorn …
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Talking Vision 741 Week Beginning 12th of August 2024
Sam catches up with Kelly Schulz, founder and managing director of Knowable Me, an organisation providing market research services and key insights into needs and preferences of people with disabilities. We also hear from Vision Australia Radio's Jason Gipps, he's here to tell us about some exciti…
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Talking Vision 740 Week Beginning 5th of August 2024
We take a trip around regional Victoria on the show this week as Bruce Lees catches up with Graeme Knight, they're both members of the Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club (BAREC) which are holding a Radiofest on August 18. Then we head over to Geelong as Sam speaks with Eddy Kontelj from Ac…
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