On FOCAL POINT:

• Maurice Gleeson OAM is the 2025 Blind Australian of the year sponsored by Link Visions. Maurice chatted about growing up; a sense of fairness and social justice; influences on Maurice's stella career; advocating; promoting inclusion and the benefits of activity, and more.
• Rachel from marketing at Beyond Blindness, spoke about term 4 activities; a Coffee Social Group in Blackwood; and a tour of crime spots in Port Adelaide.
• Karyn Honsch-Wilson, Orientation and Mobility Instructor and Founder of My Mobility Matters,, offering services to people who are blind or have low vision in South Australia.
• Maureen O'Reilly, from the Vision Australia Library, invited all to an event at Warrnambool and online 22nd October; a discussion about dyslexia and a chance to take part in a crime fiction writing workshop as well as an In Conversation with blind poet Dave Steele

Resources:

Beyond Blindness: https://beyondblindness.org.au/ (facebook) https://www.facebook.com/beyondblindnessSA

My Mobility Matters: https://www.mymobilitymatters.com.au/

Vision Australia Library: http://www.visionaustralia.org/library

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