Australia’s Long Term National Health Plan
Australia’s Long Term National Health Plan was released in August 2019. Minister for Health, Greg Hunt launched the Plan with a speech at the National Press Club. The post Australia’s Long Term...
View ArticleCelebrating 20 years of vision
World Sight Day is on Thursday 8 October, and we’re celebrating our 20th Anniversary. Vision 2020 Australia began in the year 2000, when key organisations from the eye health and vision care sector...
View ArticleVisAbility becomes an accessible polling station
The VisAbility building in Victoria Park in Perth is one of seventy venues throughout WA to be selected as a voting station as well as an early voting centre in the WA state general election. The post...
View ArticleGlobal vision loss gender gap remains
As we mark International Women’s Day for 2021, it’s important to be reminded that around the globe, blindness and vision loss continues to impact women at greater rates than men. In industrialised...
View ArticleCBM Australia Stories of Hope: Seta from Fiji
When he was growing up, Seta did not ever imagine he would one day experience life with a disability. At age 17, he suddenly lost his vision and everything changed. “The world became different to me....
View ArticleThe impact of restoring sight – Fred Hollows Foundation
Being a teenager is tough at the best of times, but imagine navigating your way through your teen years while losing your sight to cataract. Alexcis is a 13-year-old boy from the island of Siargao in...
View ArticleMusician strikes the right chord with his new home – VisAbility
One of the biggest milestones in your life is buying your first home. For Richard, who has Fraser syndrome, it’s an achievement that means more than most. Richard has a rare recessive gene disorder,...
View ArticleDemystifying technology for blind or low vision users – Vision Australia
Vision Australia’s national assistive technology advisor David Woodbridge has helped thousands of people overcome their technology fears. The post Demystifying technology for blind or low vision users...
View ArticleReflections on the 2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye...
The 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health (NATSIEHC) Conference took place on 24-26 May 2022 on Larrakia country. It’s the first time that the conference has been designed and...
View ArticleAccessibility and the pursuit of equality
I recently had the privilege of representing Vision 2020 Australia at the Roundtable Conference on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities. With this year’s theme being “Universal Access:...
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