Interview Highlights from Vision Australia Radio

Sam Colley is joined by father and son inventors Peter and Rohan Rickards.

Along with Vision Australia's Kathy Letch, Peter and Rohan joined Talking Vision to tell us about Sensaball, their adaptable multi-directional white cane tip designed to give improved feedback, reduce friction and vibration and interact more intuitively across different surfaces.

Sensaball is still in the Kickstarter stage but if you'd like to find out more or make a donation you can head to the Sensaball website to keep updated.

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Host of Talking Vision, Sam Colley, catches up with Corene Strauss and Brooke Carter from Australian Disability Network.

Corene and Brooke are here to tell us about a mentoring program run through Australian Disability Network opening for expressions of interest in December, as well as their It's Not Hard to Be Inclusive campaign taking place over six weeks in the lead up to International Day of People with Disability on December 3.

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Oscar Stubbs was born in NSW in 2000 with optic neuropathy and congenital sensory nystagmus – an eye disorder which disturbs a person’s optic sensor and leaves them with limited, tunnel vision. In this Interview Highlight Oscar shares the news that he has been selected to play in the Australian Blind Cricket Team's series against England, “The Blind Ashes" from 17th November on the Gold Coast.

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Nikki Brooke is a science fiction author and scriptwriter from Australia, she challenges stereotypes, refusing to be confined by societal expectations. Nikki talks with Peter Greco about launching her first published book "Plagued Lands” and offers insights into writing!

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In this Interview Highlight, Anita Hancock, mother of 9-year-old Amelia, spoke with Peter Greco about services available through Vision Australia, the journey to access them and advocacy and peer support.

More info here: Vision Australia Services

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🎙️ Relive the magic of the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant with Vision Australia Radio Adelaide! This special broadcast, brought to life with Audio Description in partnership with Access2Arts, captures the vibrant festivities as they unfolded on the streets of Adelaide.

Special thanks to Radio Adelaide, our broadcast partner. 

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Dr. Tonya Meyrick, Guest Curator of Geelong Design Week 2024 speaks to Vision Australia Radio's Jason Gipps in this interview highlight.  

Geelong Design Week is back to celebrate the innovation, creativity and community Geelong has to offer. Discover more than 70 exhibitions, talks, tours and unique experiences to inspire and delight, showcasing Geelong as Australia’s only UNESCO Creative City of Design. Experience Designing Djilang; Speed date with an architect; Tim Ross’ live show, MOTEL and more. Geelong Design Week runs from Thursday 21 to Saturday 30 November.

More info: geelongdesignweek.com.au

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Peter Greco hears from Mahesh Nath, from Pacific Vision, about the latest gadgets that will be at Tech Fest on the 6th November 2024. Among other things, we will see the first showing of an electronic magnifier from HIMS.

Register here: See Differently

More info: Pacific Vision

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John Milham, Podcast host and Community Engagement from the Kintsugi podcast, spoke openly with Peter Greco about surviving the crippling grief of losing his childhood sweetheart and beloved wife to how he survived and later thrived. At the same time, he completely changed his life's direction and identity while raising his three young children.

More here: Kintsugi Heroes

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Sam caught up with Samara Cunningham, artistic director of (it's no) drama, a theatre company based in South Gippsland with a focus on accessibility and inclusion for performers with disabilities.

Samara is here to tell us about an upcoming program to train and educate other staff in the region to make their companies more accessible for members who are blind or have low vision.

You'll also hear about their upcoming production, Melt, taking place in November at the Leongatha Town Hall.

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