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

This week…

Would you employ a person with a vision impairment?

More specifically, if you had a choice of two candidates, both of whom had similar qualifications or experience, but one of those candidates had a vision impairment, which one would you choose?

Employing someone with a vision impairment can be quite a daunting prospect. As a result, there are thousands of people around the world who - in spite of their incredible talents and superhuman work ethics - have perhaps been ‘between jobs’ for more of their careers than some of their contemporaries

We speak to Vision Australia’s Belinda Wilson, who has made it her life’s mission to help get more people living with low vision or blindness into sustained employment - both by helping individual candidates be as prepared as possible to “get that job” and by educating employers to give it to them.

If any of the issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you or if there’s a topic you feel we should be talking about, please get in touch with the show:

CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: [email protected]  
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: A blind person. Possibly waiting for a job interview. Nervously.]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Belinda Wilson - Vision Australia - https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/employment-assistance

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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

This week…

A rather shocking story has landed in the Studio 1 in-tray.

It’s a story about Matt Spencer who, while minding his own business, trying to get from A to B by train, was shoved and punched after firmly (but politely) asking a fellow passenger to please not pat his guide dog.

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If any of the issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you or if there’s a topic you feel we should be talking about, please get in touch with the show:

CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: [email protected]  
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Headshot of a golden guide dog.]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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

This Friday - October 15th - is International White Cane Day and for the second year in a row, Vision Australia Radio are supporting a virtual music festival to mark the occasion.

And for the second year running Studio 1 has been given exclusive access to the virtual red carpet.

This year it’s a truly global event. There are thirty artists on the bill from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, the UK, Ireland, Croatia, Nigeria, South Africa and even Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.

And...

This year, all of Vision Australia Radio’s International White Cane Day coverage and activities are being sponsored by Uber.

We wish their Head of Rider Operations, Rita Peker, a Happy White Cane Day and talk about the company’s new initiative to support passengers with guide dogs (and other service animals).

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If any of the issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you or if there’s a topic you feel we should be talking about, please get in touch with the show:

CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834

EMAIL: [email protected]  

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 

http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: A ‘celebrity’ in a black dress arriving on the #WhiteStickFest virtual red carpet, being faced down by a hungry pack of paparazzi. P.S. It’s not a real celebrity, just a photo we got off the internet!]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Shane Kendall - #WhiteStickFest - https://www.whitestickfest.org/

Rita Peker - Head of Rider Operations, Uber

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

#WhiteStickFest 2021 Running Order:

1200 OPENING MESSAGE: Tom Sullivan

1204 Rachael Leahcar

1208 Georgia Crandon

1212 Cobhams Asuquo

1216 Blind Joe

1220 Bernarda

1224 Tate Sheridan

1228 Andrea Begley

1232 Danny Kean

1236 Lachi

1237 Caitlin Smith

1241 Lara Nahkle

1245 Shayy Winn

1249 Connor Wink

1253 Robert Cini

1257 Christian Guardino

1300 SPECIAL GUESTS:  The Wiggles

1304 Eran James

1308 Luan Pommier

1312 Vernon Barnard

1316 Mark Laurent

1320 Kirsten Busby

1324 Mac Potts

1328 Rick Price

1332 Michael Leonardi

1336 Belo

1340 Joan Belgrave

1344 Diane Schuur and the Airmen of Note

1348 Magic Giant

1352 HEADLINE SET: X Ambassadors

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

This week…

We head Stateside to talk to author, publisher and equal rights activist Belo Miguel Cipriani.

In his early twenties, Belo moved to San Francisco where he thrived both professionally and socially.

Until one night, out of the blue, where he was set upon by group of men, who kicked him in the head so violently so many times his retinas became detached and he was left blind.

Where many of us would have curled up in a ball after such a life-shattering event, if anything, Belo became more driven.

He’s now an author, a digital accessibility consultant/advocate and a publisher - specialising in helping authors with disabilities to make their voices heard.

If any of the issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you or if there’s a topic you feel we should please get in touch with the show:

CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834

EMAIL: [email protected]  

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 

http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: A warm, friendly portrait of Belo Cipriani, arm around his canine companion, in a park in the magic hour. Stolen from Belo’s twitter feed - https://twitter.com/beloism]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Belo Miguel Cipriani - https://belocipriani.com/

Oleb Books - https://olebbooks.com/

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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

This week…

We speak to a very talented young actor by the name of Jay Worthington.

Jay is an ensemble member of The Gift Theatre Company in Chicago Illinois and a star of stage, screen, audiobooks and radio plays.

He also teaches acting classes for adults and high school children.

But he was once told by a prominent director in Chicago in front of a room full of people 

“You can’t act - you’re blind!”

If this particular story or any of the other issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you, please get in touch with the show:

CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834

EMAIL: [email protected]  

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 

http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: The devilishly handsome Jay Worthington in classic thespian-style black-and-white headshot]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

The Gift Theatre Company - https://thegifttheatre.org/ 

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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

This week…

The NDIS - The Nation Disability Insurance Scheme

No! Please don’t go!

Come back!

It won’t be boring, we promise!

In the last five years, the NDIS has affected how a lot of people living with low vision or blindness live their lies.

This week, we’ve been talking to some of those people to find out just what those effects are.  

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CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: [email protected]  
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: The NDÏS logo. Lower case, white writing on a plum-coloured bacgkround]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 
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Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.

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

This week…

A rather remarkable gentleman by the name of Mike May.

Mike lost his sight as a child, but in 2000, at the age of 46, following multiple procedures involving cornea transplants and pioneering stem cell therapy, Mike regained some sight in one of his eyes.

That’s remarkable in and of itself, but Mike is also an accessible technology pioneer. He is the founder of The Sendero Group - who were the first company to make the power of GPS accessible to people with little or no vision - and is now Chief Evangelist at GoodMaps.

He also happens to be the fastest blind man on two skis - and that’s official!

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CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: [email protected]  
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Mike May, looking very dapper in a well-cut suit, sitting behind his desk, smiling in a very welcoming manner.]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

GoodMaps - https://www.goodmaps.com/

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week…

An American icon.

Mister Tom Sullivan.

He describes himself as first a loving husband and father, then as a singer, an actor, an author, an athlete…

The list goes on.

As a bi-product of writing, starring in, composing music for and even directing TV shows like Highway to Heaven he became a familiar face on American television.

In this half hour interview, he reels off some fantastic showbiz anecdotes involving Johnny Carson, Bo Derrick, Michael Landon and even The Kennedys.

He also tells us how he got in trouble a couple of weeks ago for playing golf on a communal lawn at his apartment complex at three o’clock in the morning.

At the age of 74!

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CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834

EMAIL: [email protected]  

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 

http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait shot of Mister Tom Sullivan; ever-suave and sophisticated in a classic navy suit, crisp pale blue shirt and imaculate under-stated tie]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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

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

This week…

Our second show from the 16th Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

This time we’re talking goalball - a frankly vicious sport specifically developed to help rehabilitate veterans who had lost their sight during the Second World War.

Basically it’s teams of blind and blindfolded people throw a 3 pound ball at each other.

We’re going to get an overview of the sport from Jodi Willis-Roberts - a woman who has not only represented Australia at Paralympic level in goalball, but has also won 7 medals - two of them gold in discus and shotput.

Then we cross to the Olympic Village in Tokyo, to speak to one of the current stars of the Australian Paralympic goalball team Tyan Taylor

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CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834

EMAIL: [email protected]  

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 

http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Australian Paralympic goalball star Tyan Taylor in full flight having just released a 1.25 kilogram ball at an unseen opponent.]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Blind Sports Australia - https://www.blindsportsaustralia.com.au/

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

This week…

The first of two shows from the 16th Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

This week’s show is focused on swimming.

We talk to two Australian gold medal winning Paralympic stars.

First onto the starting blocks, a man with nineteen Paralympic medals to his name - Kingsley Bugarin OAM.

Kingsley will be giving us an idea of what it’s like to compete at the Paralympics and telling us just how much pressure athletes are under as they head into the competition

Then we cross to Tokyo, specifically to the media centre in the Olympic village, to speak to an athlete who is preparing to compete in the pool in his fifth Paralympic games, friend of the show Matthew Levy OAM.

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CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834

EMAIL: [email protected]  

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork  and 

http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Portrait shot of Matthew Levy, resplendent in Australian Paralympic team uniform.]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.