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Tag: vision loss

Uniting for fairer employment rights

Uniting for fairer employment rights

Kate Begley

As a person with low vision who is leading a successful career, my employment story is still regarded as the exception – this needs to change. 

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May 24, 2018September 15, 2019
24 May
Tags: vision, vision loss
Are you one of the 150,000 Australians who are slowly but irreversibly losing their eyesight to glaucoma?

Are you one of the 150,000 Australians who are slowly but irreversibly losing their eyesight to glaucoma?

Gillian Hopkins

Half of the 300,000 Australians with glaucoma are unaware they have the potentially blinding condition because they lack noticeable symptoms and have not had an eye examination.

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March 13, 2018September 15, 2019
13 Mar
Tags: eye health, eye tests, glaucoma, Glaucoma Australia, vision, vision loss
International Day of People with Disabilities: Include Us

International Day of People with Disabilities: Include Us

Elle Spring

Globally, one billion people have a disability, and 80 per cent live in developing countries. In developing countries, women comprise three quarters of people with disabilities.

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December 3, 2017September 15, 2019
03 Dec
Tags: Disability, eye health, eye tests, IDPD, vision loss
An Interview with Tom Thurlow

An Interview with Tom Thurlow

Angela Yin

14 November 2017 was World Diabetes Day. People with diabetes have an increased risk of diabetic eye disease which can lead to blindness or vision impairment.

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November 21, 2017September 15, 2019
21 Nov
Tags: eye health, eye tests, glaucoma, vision, vision loss
Jess Gallagher talks about World Sight Day

Jess Gallagher talks about World Sight Day

Dr Jessica Gallagher

Jess Gallagher talks about World Sight Day, making vision count and how the ability for people who are blind or vision impaired to participate in society has changed for the better thanks to technology.

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October 12, 2017September 15, 2019
12 Oct
Tags: #WorldSightDayAU, blind, eye health, eye tests, Jess Gallagher, Vision 2020 Australia, vision care, vision loss, World Sight Day
Australian carers need to put their eye health first

Australian carers need to put their eye health first

Julie Heraghty

With a large percentage of Australian’s aged 50 to 64 focused on providing care to their family, they are losing sight of their own eye health, explains Julie Heraghty, CEO of the Macular Disease Foundation Australia.

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May 25, 2017September 15, 2019
25 May
Tags: eye health, vision loss
Why is funding for pay television being prioritised over funding for audio description on free-to-air television?

Why is funding for pay television being prioritised over funding for audio description on free-to-air television?

John Simpson

People who are blind or live with vision loss are asking why the Australian Government is funding pay television instead of audio description services, writes John Simpson, President of Blind Citizens Australia.

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May 25, 2017September 15, 2019
25 May
Tags: vision loss
You Can’t Ask That: A personal reflection

You Can’t Ask That: A personal reflection

Emma Bennison

Emma Bennison, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia, recently featured on the ABC’s You Can’t Ask That. She explains why sharing her experience of blindness was a difficult but important decision.

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April 20, 2017September 15, 2019
20 Apr
Tags: vision, vision loss
Q&A with Anthony Bennett Hall

Q&A with Anthony Bennett Hall

Anthony Bennett Hall

Anthony Bennett Hall has worked in Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Tanzania, UK and Australia. He has been involved in eye work for over 30 years and been a consultant ophthalmologist for 20.

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March 21, 2017September 15, 2019
21 Mar
Tags: global, vision loss
A day in the life with Stargardt’s Disease

A day in the life with Stargardt’s Disease

Matt De Gruchy

Matt De Gruchy is 20 years old and lives in Horsham, Victoria. He was diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease when he was nine; an eye condition caused by a build-up of vitamin A. 

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February 21, 2017September 15, 2019
21 Feb
Tags: eye health, vision loss

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