Talking Vision

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On this weekly radio program you can hear:

• Discussion of issues relating to blindess and low vision
• Stories of inspiration and achievement from people living with vision loss
• How one can access services from Vision Australia
• How one can become involved in assisting Vision Australia to 'make a difference' for people who are blind or have low vision

We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please email talkingvision@visionaustralia.org

Keep in touch with the program through Twitter by following @talkingvision1

Recent Programs

Edition 168 for the week of 17 June 2013

This week, we hear from another recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours for work which has made a difference for people with vision and hearing loss and we have more about an Australian quest for bionic vision. In the first part of the program the man who established the first computerised braille production system in Australia and went on to lead the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children for 26 years, reflects on his career and the influences that have shaped progress. Then, the Director of the Monash Vision Group, explains the work of his consortium as they strive to bypass the non functioning eye to equip the brain with remarkable technology.

Participants this week are:

• John Berryman AM, former Chief Executive of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children;
• Professor Arthur Lowery, Director of the Monash Vision Group.

Listen to or download program 168

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

Edition 167 for the week of 10 June 2013

This week, we find out about three people recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for their contribution in the area of blindness and low vision. Dr Gabi Hollows AO talks about her work as leader of the Fred Hollows Foundation continuing her late husband’s campaign for the eradication of blindness in Australia’s indigenous community and for people in the developing world. We also find out about two people recognised with an order of Australia Medal. One as a leader in administration of blind sports particularly in lawn bowls. The other, who gave so much of her life helping her peers who experienced vision loss to reactivate active and satisfying lives.

Participants this week are:

• Dr Gabi Hollows AO, in conversation with Robyn Winslow from Vision Australia Radio;
• Kerry McGuire OAM, talking with Stephen Jolley about his 60 plus years in sports administration;
• Karen Knight, Vision Australia’s Queensland State Manager for Independent Living Services talking about her long time friend, the late Maureen Davenport OAM.

Listen or download Program 167

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

Edition 166 for the week of 3 June 2013

This week, news of two campaigns, each intended to result in people who are blind or have low vision participating in activities other Australians take for granted. Representatives of Blind Citizens Australia, the nation’s leading organisation of people who are blind or vision impaired will report on the cooperative efforts of a number of organisations on these matters. So this is the program where you can here of great progress towards secret independent voting for people with vision loss and of the struggle towards adoption of audio description for Australian television.

Participants this week are:

• Jessica Zammit, National Policy Officer with Blind Citizens Australia;
• Lauren Henley, Campaign Leader for Media Access with Blind Citizens Australia.

Also this week, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library, previews more in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or download program 166

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

Edition 165 for the week of 27 May 2013

This week, a chance to brush up on Disability Care Australia, the name given to the implementation of the long awaited National Disability Insurance Scheme referred to as NDIS. Vision Australia’s Public Affairs Manager explains the significance of this momentous development for Australian’s with disability and Vision Australia’s Disability Care Project Director talks about the way ahead for the nation’s leading blindness and low vision organisation.

Participants this week are:

• Brandon Ah Tong, Acting Manager Public Affairs with Vision Australia;
• Graeme Craig, Disability Care Australia Project Director for Vision Australia.

Also this week, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library, previews more titles in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or download program 165

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Members of the Federal Parliament visit Vision Australia

On Tuesday April 9, Vision Australia hosted two members of the Federal Parliament, at its Kooyong Centre in Melbourne.

The visitors were Josh Frydenberg Member for the seat of Kooyong and party colleague Senator Mitch Fifield, liberal shadow minister for Disabilities and the Voluntary Sector. Both addressed a gathering of Vision Australia staff and fielded questions. You can listen here to the event.

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Edition 164 for the week of 20 May 2013

This week, we bring you a highlight from TEDx Sydney. A feature of the opening session was a presentation from Professor Ron McCallum, a distinguished Australian for many reasons which include his current United Nations role on the Committee Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ron who has been totally blind from birth, told his personal story through “My Insight Into The Blind Reading Revolution” before an audience of 2200 people in the Sydney Opera House on Saturday May 4. The proceedings of TEDx Sydney were broadcast live on ABC Radio and video streamed internationally. Also this week, we find out a little of Vision Australia’s Telelink Program. This is a national service, using the telephone to bring people who are blind or have low vision together in a social setting to discuss topics of interest.

Participants this week are:

• Maria Markou, Manager of Vision Australia’s Telephone Social and Recreation Program;
• Alan Mitchell, a participant in the Telelink Program who lives at Bendigo in Victoria;
• Professor Ron McCallum AO.

Listen to or download Program 164

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 163 for the week of 13 May 2013

This week, we mark National Volunteers Week with a glimpse at the place of volunteering in the lives of people who are blind or have low vision. We find out about the range of volunteering opportunities one can take up with Vision Australia. Two people who have served as volunteers for over 45 years, tell their story. We hear from a lady who is blind, who talks about her years of service to the community of Sydney through the Community Visitors Scheme.

 Participants this week are:

• Deb Barton, National Manager of Vision Australia’s Volunteer Program;
• Elizabeth and husband Neil Maxwell OAM, long time volunteers with Vision Australia in Melbourne;
• Coral Arnold from Five Dock Sydney, talking about her community volunteering.

 Listen to or download Program 163

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 162 for the week of 6 May 2013.

This week, we conclude our discussion of dog guides in conversation with two people who use these animals as their primary mobility aid. We hear from a gentleman for whom guide dogs have been part of his life for over 45 years. BY contrast we hear from a lady who is just three months in to her partnership with her first seeing eye dog.
 

Participants this week are: 

• Graeme McGowan from Macedon in Victoria;
• Kirsty Hughes from Shepparton in Victoria.

Also this week, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library previews more in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or download Program 162 

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 161 for the week of 29 April 2013

This week, we continue our discussion of dog guides with the 2^nd half of a conversation outlining the lives of these amazing animals. We also find out about the Onkyo Braille Essay Competition which is an initiative of the World Blind Union.

Participants this week are:

• Harry Vanderjagt, National Manager Client Services with Vision Australia’s Seeing Eye Dogs Orientation and Mobility service;
• Jordie Howell, a braille instructor and braille music transcriber with Vision Australia.

Also this week, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library previews more in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or Download Program 161

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 160 for the week of 22 April 2013

This week the program goes to the dogs. As the world celebrates through International Guide Dog Day, that special relationship between people with vision loss and their dog guide, we explore the services available in Australia. We speak with representatives from Seeing Eye Dogs Australia and Guide Dogs Victoria. We also have the first part of a conversation about the lives of these dogs.

Participants this week are:
 

• Leigh Garwood, General Manager of Vision Australia’s Seeing Eye Dog Orientation and Mobility service;
• Karen Hayes, CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria;
• Harry Vanderjagt, Manager Client Services with Vision Australia’s Seeing Eye Dogs Orientation and Mobility service.

 Listen to or download Program 160

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 159 for the week of 15 April 2013

This week it’s politics and NDIS. A Vision Australia Policy and Public Affairs Advisor brings us up to date with the Government’s Disability Care, formally known as NDIS. Also, the coalition spokesman on disability talks about the opposition’s commitment to the program and how it would respond upon winning government.

Participants this week are:

• Brandon Ah Tong, Policy and Public Affairs Advisor with Vision Australia;
• Sen. Mitch Fifield, Shadow Minister for Disabilities Carers and the Voluntary Sector.

 Listen to or download Program 159

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 158 for the week of 8 April 2013

This week we talk about Internet accessibility. The Australian Human Rights Commission recently released its “Twenty Years, Twenty Stories” video series marking 20 years of the Disability Discrimination Act. Amongst the stories is one highlighting the landmark Maguire verses SOCOG case, which is arguably the most significant episode in the evolution of Internet accessibility for people who are blind or have low vision. In the program you can hear the production from the Human Rights Commission series along with more reflections from the man at the centre of that “Just a Ticket” story. We also have commentary on the current state of Internet accessibility from a representative of Media Access Australia.

Participants this week are:

• Bruce Maguire a long time campaigner for Internet accessibility and now a Policy and Public Affairs Advisor with Vision Australia;
• Dr Scott Hollier, Project Manager and Western Australia Manager with Media Access Australia.

Listen to or download program 158

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Participants this week are:

• Cliff Jackson OAM, from Monterey NSW;
• Ron Vinson, from Casula NSW.

Also this week, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library previews another title in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or download Program 157

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 156 for the week of 25 March 2013

Lots of technology this week, with both low-tech and high-tech. It’s time for another visit to Vision Australia’s Equipment Solutions shop and a catch up with our regular Adaptive Technology correspondent.

Participants this week are:

• Julie Scott, Equipment Solutions Advice and Supply officer with Vision Australia;
• David Woodbridge, Adaptive Technology Consultant with Vision Australia.

Listen to or download Program 156

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 155 for the week of 18 March 2013

This week, we talk sport. We hear from an athlete with low vision who made the list of the top Australian sportswomen of all time. Also we look at the state of blind cricket in Australia. We speak with the former Chair of blind Cricket Australia who was a member of the team which last winter, brought home the Ashes for the first time.

Participants this week are:

• Jodi Willis-Roberts, multi medal winning Paralympian;
• Peter Robinson, experienced Australian blind cricketer and administrator.

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Edition 154 for the week of 11 March 2013

This week, we visit the Shire of Yarra Ranges, to the east of Melbourne for the launch of two exhibitions. Living in a Sensory World uses objects and stories to tell of the lives of Australians who are blind or have low vision. Through the Looking Glass is the work of photographer Andrew Follows who has low vision.

Participants this week are:

• Ron Hooton, CEO of Vision Australia;
• Andrew Follows, photographer and exhibitor of Through the Looking Glass;
• Jim Child, Mayor of the shire of Yarra Ranges;
• Dr Kevin Murfitt, Chair of Vision Australia;
• Lynette Nilaweera, Exhibitions Officer with the Regional Museum of the shire of Yarra Ranges.

Also this week, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library previews more in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or download Program 154

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 153 for the week of 4 March 2013

This week, we mark the 20 years of Australia’s Disability Discrimination Act, canvasing a number of topics with the Human Rights Commission’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner. Also, a lady from Mudgee in the NSW Central West who is blind, Tells her story following being awarded recently with an Order of Australia Medal.

Participants this week are:

• Graeme Innes AM, Disability Discrimination Commissioner;
• Mary Lovett OAM, leader in the blindness community in Mudgee and surrounds.

Listen to or download Program 153

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 152 for the week of 25 February 2013

This week, we catch up with people in Christchurch two years following the 2^nd of the two devastating earthquakes. A lady who is blind gives us her firsthand account of the experience as well as telling of others in her local blindness and low vision network still recovering from the destruction and disruption. We also hear from a representative of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, explaining special support provided then and now to people who are blind or have low vision.

Participants this week are: 

• Gloria Weeks, Secretary Treasurer of the Canterbury Branch of the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand;
• Carina Duke, Practice Advisor Orientation and Mobility Services and Adaptions to Daily Living with the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind.

Listen to or download program 152

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 151 for the week of 18 February 2013

This week, two stories from Queensland. A gentleman from Bundaberg, reflects on the recent storms and floods, with insights from the perspective of people who are blind. Then, we salute a lady who has recently been acknowledged for her 60 years of teaching and producing braille with an Order of Australia medal.

Participants this week are: 

• Ron Doyle a resident of Bargara near Bundaberg;
• Mrs Gwen Hay OAM, reflecting on her decades of teaching and producing braille.

 Listen to or download program 151

 

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations. 

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Edition 150 for the week of 11 February 2013

This week, we mark the tenth anniversary of Vision Australia’s Feelix Library. Feelix is the innovative program to foster literacy for children who are blind or have low vision. We hear from a totally blind 5 year old boy and his mum, as they explore a multimedia book from the Feelix Library. Also, two early childhood educators from Vision Australia, explain their work and how the Feelix Library has made a difference for so many over the past ten years.

Guests this week are: 

• Louise Curtin, manager of the Feelix Library;
• Rory Michie a member of the Feelix Library with his mother Terri; 
• Beth Glover, an early Childhood Educator with Vision Australia.

Listen to or download program 150

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 149 for the week of 04 February 2013

This week, the discussion is around discrimination and how it can be countered. We hear from a man who has just had finalised in his favour a complaint against a holiday apartment owner, who refused accommodation to him and his wife because he has a guide dog. Also, in recent days, a complaint against the NSW Rail Corp because of inadequate audible station announcements has been upheld by the Federal Court. The disability Discrimination Commissioner talks about this case which he as an individual initiated. He explains  his role as the Disability Discrimination Commissioner and the right of individuals to lodge a complaint.

 Guests this week are:

• Geoff Skinner, who tells his story of victory over discrimination;
• Graeme Innes, National Disability Discrimination Commissioner.

Also this week, Frances Keyland previews more from the Vision Australia Library in Reader Recommended and we have news of the passing of Mr John Wilson, former Executive Director of the Victorian based Association for the Blind.

Listen to or download program 149

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 148 for the week of 28 January 2013.

A bumper edition this week. You can meet Vision Australia’s new CEO Ron Hooton through an extended conversation with Stephen Jolley. We drop in on the eftpos Giveback presentation of 1 million dollars to Vision Australia to assist the SEDA redevelopment that will provide state of the art facilities for the Seeing Eye Dog service. We have news of people who are blind or have low vision, recognised for their community contribution in the Australia Day honours list.

Guests this week are:

• Ron Hooton, CEO of Vision Australia;
• Bruce Mansfield, CEO of eftpos;
• Dr Kevin Murfitt, Chair of Vision Australia. 

Also this week, Frances Keyland previews more from the Vision Australia Library in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or download Program 148

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 147 for the week of 21 January 2013.

It’s about immigration reform and visiting India to play blind cricket this week. A Vision Australia policy and public affairs advisor explains progress being made to remove barriers which have unjustly prevented people with disabilities obtaining permanent residency status in Australia. Also, a member of the Australian Blind Cricket team which recently visited India for the Twenty20 World Cup, reflects on the experience.

Program participants are:

• Brandon Ah Tong, Policy and Public Affairs Advisor with Vision Australia;
• Daniel Searle, A member of the Australian Blind Cricket Twenty20 team.

Listen to or download Program 147

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

Edition 146 for the week of 14 January 2013.

This week we find out about the work of Blind Citizens Australia as the departing Executive Officer hands over to her successor. The extended three-way conversation with Stephen Jolley, brings personal reflections and insights as we look back over the past five years and forward to the upcoming challenges for Australia’s leading organisation of blind and vision impaired people.

Guests this week are:

• Robyn Gaile, outgoing Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia;
• Richard McCann, incoming Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia.

Also in the program, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library previews more in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or download Program 146

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations. 

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Edition 145 for the week of 07 January 2013.

This week’s program is about music, braille, and fellowship for lifelong friendship. It’s a feature first broadcast in July 2012, covering the National Braille Music Camp, bringing to Mittagong in NSW as it does each year, young blind musicians from across the land.
You can hear

• Jordie Howell, blind musician and teacher of braille;
• 9 year old Sam Valavanis from Melbourne;
• 14 year old Erica Chiandotto from Sydney; along with,
• Two items from the final night concert for the people of Mittagong.

Listen to or download Program 145

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 144 for the week of 31 December 2012

This week we acknowledge the birthday of Louis Braille. We have an extended conversation with an academic researcher who tells of his work investigating how people read braille with the goal of enhancing the process of learning to read it. Also, we play a musical tribute first released in 2009 for the bicentenary of the birth of Louis Braille.

In the program you can hear Professor Ronan Reilly from the University of Western Sydney, speaking with Robyn Winslow from Vision Australia Radio and with Stephen Jolley. Canadian blind musician Terry Kelly sings Merci Louis, his tribute to the inventor of the key to literacy for people who are blind.

Listen to or download Program 144.

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 143 for the week of 24 December 2012

This week we have an extended conversation with a couple who have had an exciting year. They have each taken on new roles, with one now leading RPH Print Radio in Tasmania and the other head of Arts Access Australia. Both are blind, and they talk about their career changes, their family of two young children and the huge step of relocating from Brisbane to Hobart.

The program participants are:

• Vaughan Bennison Manager of RPH Print Radio Tasmania: and
• Emma Bennison, CEO of Arts Access Australia.

Listen to or download Program 143

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 142 for the week of 17 December 2012.

This week we have fun with technology. We find out about developments with android and Microsoft Mobile device accessibility and discuss the world of Apple devices from the perspective of the user who is blind or has low vision.

In Addition, we explore the range of ways now available, for accessing content from the Vision Australia Library. 

Guests this week are:

• David Woodbridge, Senior Adaptive Technology Consultant with Vision Australia;
• Jamie Kelly, Online Training Officer with the Vision Australia Library.

Also in the program, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library, previews another title in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or download Program 142 

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 141 for the week of 10 December 2012.

This week we look back at the recent Genaral Assembly of the World Blind Union. As well in the program, you can hear the Immediate Past President and New President explain the work of the WBU as it strives to make a difference for the world’s 285 million people who are blind or have low vision.

 Also this week, we look ahead to the 75^th presentation of the iconic Vision Australia’s Carols BY Candlelight with news of the Vision Australia Radio coverage which again will incorporate a comprehensive audio description of the event.

Guests this week are:

• Maryanne Diamond, Immediate Past President of the World Blind Union;
• Arnt Holte, recently elected President of the World Blind Union;
• John Simpson, producer of the Vision Australia Radio coverage of Carols by Candlelight.

Listen to or download Program 141

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 140 for the week of 3 December 2012

This week, we pay tribute to the late Professor Lawrence McCredie CBE AO passed away on Thursday November 29. Professor McCredie who was blind, spent over 30 years at Monash Law school and influenced many as a teacher, mentor and friend. He also served on the Board of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind and was President from 1990 to 1998.

Also this week, we have more news of the NDIS following the recent tabling in Parliament of the first piece of enabling legislation.

You can hear:

Linda Hornsey, Manager Public Affairs with Vision Australia explaining the latest with the NDIS; And reflecting on the life of Professor McCredie are:

• David Blyth AO, former Australian President of the World Blind Union and
• Professor Ron McCallum AO, A former student and colleague of Professor McCredie.

Listen to or download Program 140

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 139 for the week of 26 November 2012

This week, we explore the topic of fundraising. We hear from Vision Australia’s General Manager Fundraising and to gain the perspective of an organisation representing its membership of people who are blind or vision impaired we speak with the Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia. We also hear from a member of the corporate world about how and why they are partnering with Vision Australia in a major fundraising campaign.

• Jan Chisholm, General Manager Fundraising with Vision Australia
• Bruce Mansfield, CEO of eftpos;
• Robyn Gaile, Executive officer of Blind Citizens Australia.

Listen to or download Program 139

Let Talking Vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. A Vision Australia Radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 RPH and other community stations.

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Edition 138 for the week of 19 November 2012.

This week, in search of Christmas gift ideas, we visit Vision Australia’s Equipment Solutions. We find out about various product ranges, including the selection of blindness and low vision friendly digital recorders and phones. Also in the program, we hear a firsthand account of the impact of vision loss and how Vision Australia’s Quality Living Program presents one with options and opportunities for restoring a normal satisfying life.

Guests this week are:

• Julie Scott, Customer Service Officer from Vision Australia Equipment Solutions;
• Lola Roberts from Broken Hill who tells of her vision loss experience.

Also this week, Frances Keyland from the Vision Australia Library previews more in Reader Recommended.

Listen to or Download to Program 138

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Edition 137 for the week of 12 November 2012

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Edition 136 for the week of 05 November 2012

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Edition 135 for the week of 29 October 2012

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Edition 134 for the week of 22 October 2012

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Edition 133 for the week of 15 October 2012

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Edition 132 for the week of 08 October 2012

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Edition 131 for the week of 01 October 2012

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Edition 130 for the week of 24 September 2012

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Edition 129 for the week of 17 September 2012

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Edition 128 for the week of 10 September 2012

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Edition 127 for the week of 03 September 2012

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Edition 126 for the week of 27 August 2012

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Edition 125 for the week of 20 August 2012

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Broadcast frequencies and schedules

Vision Australia Radio 

Station	Day and(s) & time(s)
5RPH Adelaide 1197 AM & Iris Digital	Saturdays 7:00pm
Albury 101.7 FM	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Sundays 7:30
Bendigo 88.7 FM	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Sundays 7:30pm
Geelong 99.5 FM	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Sundays 7:30pm
Melbourne 1179 AM & Iris Digital	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Sundays 7:30pm
Mildura 107.5 FM	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Sundays 7:30pm
Shepparton 100.1 Fm	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Sundays 7:30pm
Warragul 93.5 FM	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Sundays 7:30pm
Warrnambool 94.5 FM	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Sundays 7:30pm

 

Other RPH stations

 

Stations	Day(s) & Time(s)
1RPH Canberra 1125 AM	Thursdays 3:00pm & Saturdays 8:00pm
1RPH Wagga Wagga 89.5 FM	Thursdays 3:00pm & Saturdays 8:00pm
2RPH Sydney 1224 AM, 100.5 FM & Digital	Fridays 8:30pm
2RPH Newcastle 100.5 FM	Fridays 8:30pm
4RPH Brisbane 1296 AM & Digital	Mondays 2:30pm & Tuesdays 7:30pm
6RPH Perth 990 AM and Digital	Wednesdays 3:30pm & Saturdays 9:45pm
7RPH Hobart 864 AM	Thursdays 3:00pm
7RPH Launceston 106.9 FM	Thursdays 3:00pm

 

Other Community Radio stations

 

Station	Day & Time
Voice FM Ballarat Vic 99.9 FM	Fridays 3:00pm
Triple U FM Shoalhaven NSW 104.5 FM	Tuesdays 9:30am
Coral Coast Radio Bundaberg QLD 94.7 FM	Saturdays 4:00pm
My 105.9 FM Mackay QLD	Sundays 3:30pm
My 88.0 FM Proserpine QLD	Sundays 3:330pm

 

 

Pages you might like

Vision Australia Roundup (http://www.visionaustralia.org/varoundup)

(audio client newsletter)

Your Vision Australia (http://www.visionaustralia.org/yourva)

(audio magazine from the Client Representative Council)

Around Vision Australia program archives (http://www.visionaustralia.org/info.aspx?page=1722)

Vision Australia Radio (http://varadio.org/)

Stephen Jolley's Favoured Live Streams (http://members.optusnet.com.au/stephenjolley/livestreams)

 

Contact us

Email: talkingvision@visionaustralia.org