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
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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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