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Vision Australia further education bursary 2018 – applications now open, closing 31 October

by Deidre Ballard | 31 Aug 2017 | Education and related issues, Events, Featured, News

 What a great help this would be – provision of adaptive technology to assist with studies. After reading the article below, if you are interested in applying, click on this link...

Vision-impaired triathlete changing lives by getting more blind people running

by Deidre Ballard | 29 Aug 2017 | Featured

Photo: Elite para-triathlete Casey Hyde wants more vision-impaired people to run. (ABC News Kathy McLeish) Running has been called the world’s most accessible sport, but elite para-triathlete Casey Hyde says in reality it is not open to everyone. Hyde runs,...

RIDBC launches new apps for use by children with vision and hearing impairment

by Deidre Ballard | 29 Aug 2017 | Education and related issues, Featured, Resources

RIDBC has launched a number of educational apps created by our own Multimedia Team in association with RIDBC education and clinical staff from our organisation. These apps cover a variety of subjects including: Auslan Storytime app is aimed at children who sign or are...

Disability sector in political battle for TV audio description services

by Deidre Ballard | 29 Aug 2017 | Featured

Australia’s blind and vision impaired sector is engaged in a political battle to have permanent audio description services included in new broadcast reform legislation which is awaiting debate in the Senate. To read more on this important issue, click on the link...

After a coma left him blind and in a wheelchair, this undergrad invented a new way of teaching math

by Deidre Ballard | 18 Aug 2017 | Education and related issues, Featured, Research

Pretty amazing research which enabled this blind teenager to get the  maths results required to study at university level. Although this is a U.S. study, it could possibly help other blind students worldwide. Click on the link below to find out more:...
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