Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

On this week’s show

Mae Chong - Optometrist

Mae Chong is a Low-Vision Optometrist and also is a National Classifier for Paralympics Australia and other sporting groups.

Sam and Lizzie ask: when should you see an eye specialist? Do you need to have a regular eye check? Among other questions.

Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If you have any experience or thoughts about issues covered in this episode or believe there is something we should be talking about.

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A special thank you to Mae, as well as Trixie and Lauren from Optometry Australia.

You can find Optometry Australia here: https://www.optometry.org.au/

Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.

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