Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

On this week’s show…

Mike Rolls and Ben Bettingill

The Melbourne Disability Expo is on 17th and 18th November. 

Sam catches up with the ambassadors for the event Ben Pettingill and Mike Rolls.  Ben lost most of his sight when he was 16, while Mike picked up a serious bacterial infection when he was 19 and lost his legs and part of one hand. They talk about their experiences and how they now engage with the Disability Community.

Also Lizzie explains how the Optus outage affected her.

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We would like to thank Mike and Ben and the organisers of the Melbourne Disability Expo

Learn more about the expo here: https://melbournedisabilityexpo.com.au/ and you can learn more about Ben and Mike here: https://www.realliferesilience.com.au

Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.

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