A couple of weeks back Sam Colley caught up for an interview on Talking Vision with Megan Spindler-Smith, deputy CEO of People With Disabilities Australia.

Megan spoke with Sam about PWDA's response to the Disability Royal Commission, which was tabled in federal parliament at the start of August, and the next steps to improve future outcomes for Australians living with disabilities.

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Sam Colley catches up with Kelly Schulz from Knowable Me, a market research company focused on amplifying the voices of people with disabilities when it comes to the products and services they use every day.

Kelly is particularly interested in hearing from people who are blind or have low vision, and you can hear more about that and Knowable Me itself right here in this interview.

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Career Visions is a personalized program designed to help participants develop job readiness skills and prepare them for entering the workforce. In this interview highlight, a group of students, led by Vision Australia Employment Consultant Harmonie Downs, speak with Vision Australia Radio presenter Jason Gipps. Harmonie was responsible for delivering the project as part of Vision Australia's Service Excellence and Compliance team.

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Host of Talking Vision, Sam Colley, caught up with Ashleigh O'Gara from Untitled Group to chat about Ability Fest, an accessible music festival taking place in Melbourne and Brisbane over consecutive weekends in October. 

Ash tells us more about the festival, Untitled Group and the work the festival does raising funds for the Dylan Alcott Foundation.

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Ben Dew, DE&I Pathways & Events Specialist at Tennis Australia, talks with Peter Greco about the inaugural 2024 Northern Territory Blind & Low Vision Open at the Darwin International Tennis Centre. 

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Peter Greco hears from Liz Nowell, Arts Project Australia Executive Director, about the 50 Birds Exhibition at the Collingwood Yards Gallery in Victoria. The exhibition recognises a combined 100 years of Arts advocacy by Arts Projects Australia and Arts Access Victoria.

More info: 50 Birds

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In this Interview Highlight, Peter Greco hears from Belinda Wilson CYP Program Development Coordinator, about inviting youngsters between 14 and 18 years of age to register for the LEAP program. Lead, Engage and Perform, 24-26 September.

Call 1300 84 74 66 

Email: [email protected]

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Kate Gooden, from Amazon, speaks with Peter Greco about “The Story Sauce” application and its development, sponsoring Happy Pants on Vision Australia Radio and a chance to win an Echo Show 5 with Alexa. 

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Liz Nowell, Arts Project Australia Executive Director, talks with Peter Greco about the 50 Birds Exhibition at the Collingwood Yards Gallery in Victoria. The exhibition recognises a combined 100 years of Arts advocacy by Arts Projects Australia and Arts Access Victoria.

More here: The 50 Birds Exhibition

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Coming up from September 3-29 is the Focus On Ability Film Festival. Ian Heydon chats with Peter Greco about his career, living with MS and his two films screening in this year's festival.

You can find them here: My M.S. Story

Learn more here: Focus On Ability Film Festival

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