On FOCAL POINT:

• Dr Teresa Iacono, from Latrobe University;
  Professor of Rural & Regional Allied Health and Executive member of the Living with Disability Research Centre. Teresa spoke about the inequities people with disabilities and in particular communication challenges face with the health system.
• Charlie Hughes and Bec Murrell. Charlie has just completed an 226 Kilometer; 8 day walk for Vision Australia from Nanango and finished at Coorparoo in Brisbane  You can support Charlie by going to: https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/charliehughes
• Janine Plummer, shared experiences of Vision Australia's personal support service, where 360 print pages can be transcribed into your preferred format. Janine uses it for braille messages and poems on to Christmas cards for friends.  Learn more by calling 1300 84 74 66 or email [email protected]
• David MacMillan, a volunteer with Vision Australia's Wombats group, has helped make the navigating of the Prahran pool in the Stonnington local government area much more accessible with great advocacy and persistence.

Focal Point is broadcast 7pm Wednesdays on Vision Australia Radio in Adelaide and Darwin.  

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