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Vision Australia Radio
Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - a weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
Winner: "Excellence in News and Current Affairs" 2020, Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
Silver: "Best Radio Podcast" 2020, Australian Podcast Awards (beating Dr Karl and The Hack)
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“I am not a Robot”
From Capture Bot Protection to Text in images and Apps that don’t function when the screen resolution is too hight we’re talking about those little things that make us want to throw our devices out a window.
Carolin from NZ talks about graphics in websites that hide headings and buttons; the two Sams (Collie and Rickard) talk about the quirks of Apps when you work with high resolution; Sarnya gives a few practicle solutions to App accessibility; Mike from the US shares his frustration with “Cluttered” websites and Medical Booking sites that require assistance from a sighted person to use; while Matt and Lauren give us a view from the other side of the desk.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story. Click here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FwBORTly2OqC9FFmQAm97z?s=hd&p=i&mlu=3&amv=2 to join our whatsapp group and have your say.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Carolin; Sammy C; Sarnya; Mike; Matt and Lauren
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Coming Out”
When do you admit you have a disability, if at all?
Whether it be applying for a job, meeting new people or dealing with someone behind a counter. Sometimes we need to admit there is a reason we’re looking at something closer or not at all.
Simon talks about disclosing you have a Disability when applying for work; Stephen K looks at the times when tripping over something forces the point; Emma gives us a more relaxed view on Disability; Lilli talks about the need to pick your person; Stevie E talks about the complexities of admitting you have Autism; while Heidi and Sarnya talk about how these issues lesson when you get older; while Shaun finishes things off with a dose or reality.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Simon; Stephen K; Emma; Lillie; Sarnya; Heidi Stevie E and Shaun.
Next week: Don’t you just love it when you have to prove you’re not a Robot?
From Capture Bot Protection to Text in images, we’re talking about those things on the Net that make us want to throw our devices out a window.
If you want to have your say, simply jump onto our whatsapp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FwBORTly2OqC9FFmQAm97z?s=hd&p=i&mlu=3&amv=2 and record your answer.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Picture Caption: Cartoon of the gentleman holding up a sign saying "I am Vision Impaired" while a passer-by's eyes pop out of their head.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Talking to the Whitegoods”
No, we haven’t gone mad and started talking to random inanimate objects, we’re talking adapting technology in the household.
From the bathroom to the Kitchen, we ask a few friends about the technology they use to thrive and survive around the home. That includes some items that were not built specifically for us, but still change the way we do things for the better.
A special thank you to Corrie; Jenifer; Crystal; Stephen; Elise; Garth; and Mike
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Next week: When do you admit you have a disability?
Do you start with the subject, or wait until you have no other choice? Our Choir of Angels talks about Coming out.
If you want to have your say, simply jump onto our whatsapp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FwBORTly2OqC9FFmQAm97z?s=hd&p=i&mlu=3&amv=2 and record your answer.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Minister for a Day”
Just say you were in charge of the NDIS, what would you add and what would you cut to pay for it? With the proposed changes to the Scheme being debated in Parliament, Lizzie and Sam put it out into the community... how can things be done differently.
We even hear from someone who is no longer with us about her thoughts.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Jodi; Michael; Stephen; Kirsten and of course the late Great Elise Lonsdale.
Next week we’re looking at accessible appliances.
From the bathroom to the Kitchen, tell us about about the technology they use to thrive and survive around the home. Simply jump onto our whatsapp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FwBORTly2OqC9FFmQAm97z?s=hd&p=i&mlu=3&amv=2 and record your answer.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Antoine Fobe (Travel in Europe)”
Lizzie’s microwave is back from the shop and has settled in. Meanwhile Sam has his own battle with technology.
Lizzie also catches up with Antoine Fobe from the European Blind Union, who talks about the EBU’s response to the EU Commission call for evidence on Citizens’ Omnibus Initiative to simplify travel and tourism (Translation: making travel more accessible in Europe)
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Antione and the European Blind Union.
You can find out more here: https://www.euroblind.org/publications-and-resources/latest-news/ebu-responds-eu-commission-call-evidence-citizens-omnibus
European Blind Union: https://www.euroblind.org/
Next Week:
Just say you were in charge of the NDIS, what would you add and what would you cut to pay for it?
With the proposed changes to the Scheme being debated in Parliament, what would you, our choir of angels do differently?
Have you say, join our whatsapp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FwBORTly2OqC9FFmQAm97z?s=hd&p=i&mlu=3&amv=2
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Work-Ability”
The theme for this year on Studio 1 is “Out and About” and this time Lizzie and Sam are out and about at the WorkAbility Expo at the Adelaide showgrounds.
The podcast release of this episode incudes every interview done on the day:
- Sam Chats to Mark from Beneficent Employment Australia.
- Lizzie talks to Ella from Avenue Specialist Disability Accommodation.
- Sam finds out about “Youth Options” from Josh, Director of Youth Services.
- Lizzie learns about a condition called Fragile X from Liz Jewell from Fragile X Association Australia.
- Daniel Kay from Lightmare Studios talks about their Social Gaming Groups.
- Kieran from APM Employment services talks to Lizzie about what they can offer for school leavers with a Disability.
- Ibrahim from MyNDIC talks about a multi-cultural approach to Disability Accommodation.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story. Click here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FwBORTly2OqC9FFmQAm97z?s=hd&p=i&mlu=3&amv=2 to join our whatsapp group and have your say.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Resources:
Beneficent Employment Australia: https://www.beneficent.com.au/
Avenue Specialist Disability Accommodation: https://avenu.au/
Youth Options: https://youthoptions.org.au/
Fragile X Association Australia: https://www.fragilex.org.au/
Lightmare Studios: https://lightmare.com.au/
APM Employment (Inclusive Employment Australia): https://apm.net.au/
MyNDIC: https://myndic.com.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Techfest 2026”
Sam and Lizzie come to you from the floor of Tech Fest 2026!
Thanks to See Differently we get to play with some of the latest pieces of Technology for people who are Blind or have Low Vision.
- Lizzie talks to Shan from Essilor Luxottica about their Nuance Glasses.
- Sam Lizzie talk to Joseph and Mary about the Dot Pad, an adaptive Braille Display.
- Jess from See Differently introduces Sam to some rather talkative Kitchenware.
- Better Love Alarms and Mobility Glasses.
- Lizzie tries out the Braillesense 7 thanks to Pacific Vision.
- Rickard meets Rickards as Sam chats to Peter Rickards about the Sinsiball cane tip.
- Sam and Lizzie sum up the day with both Amy (one of the attendees) and Andrew Davies from See Differently.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story. Click here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FwBORTly2OqC9FFmQAm97z?s=hd&p=i&mlu=3&amv=2 to join our whatsapp group and have your say.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you Andrew Davies and the crew at See Differently.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Resources:
See Diffierntly: https://seedifferently.org.au/
Essilor Luxottica: https://www.essilorluxottica.com/en/
Dot Pad: https://www.dotincorp.com/en/product/dotpadx
Better Love email: eva@betterlovetech.com
Pacific Vision: https://pacificvisionaus.com.au/
Sinsiball Cane Tip: https://www.sensaball.com.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Accessible Travel”
Lizzie and Sam pack their bags to travel the world once more.
Is Accessible Travel THAT accessible and does the meet and greet service at our airports do what it says on the tin? The Chior of angels talk about their experiences travelling around Australia and around the world.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story. Click here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FwBORTly2OqC9FFmQAm97z?s=hd&p=i&mlu=3&amv=2 to join our whatsapp group and have your say.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Corrie; Julie; Sophie; Kushal; Suanne; Elise and Kirsten.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Jonathan Craig”
Jonathan Craig from Vision 2020 shares his insights into the World of Vision Loss and the NDIS. Jonathan also talks about the role of Vision 20/20 and some of the highlight and lowlights of his tenure.
Lizzie and Sam also pay tribute to Elise Lonsdale who passed away on the morning of Friday 5th June 2026.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you Jonathan. Sam and Lizzie would also like to thank Pam Green, Vison Australia Radio Adelaide’s Stations Manager, for all her hard work and wish her luck with whatever comes next. We would also like to pass on our sympathies to the family and friends of Elise Lonsdale.
20/20 Vision Website: https://v2020.org.au/
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Emma Bennison from DANA”
The budget is out and it spells change for NDIS.
Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) CEO, and former CEO and President for Blind Citizens Australia, Emma Bennison talks to Lizzie about the changes; what they may mean for NDIS participants and what we can do about it.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to DANA and Emme in particular.
DANA Website: https://dana.org.au/
Joint Submission: Disability Representative Organisations highlight cross-sector concerns about the NDIS Bill to Senate Inquiry: https://dana.org.au/joint-submission-disability-representative-organisations-highlight-cross-sector-concerns-about-the-ndis-bill-to-senate-inquiry/
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Roundtable”
This week the show was recorded at the 2026 Roundtable on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities in Adelaide.
Lizzzie and Sam talked to, among others, Dr Agata Mrva-Montoya (Roundtable President) Di Bennett; Aasha Rose and Elise Longsdale. They also bring highlights from day 2 and 3 of the conference.... except for their own presentation.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to all contributors to the 2026 Roundtable and particularly to Jane Wagner who facilitated the inclusion of Studio 1 this year into the program.
Find out more here: https://printdisability.org/
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Dining Out”
This week Lizzie and Sam look at the pitfalls; social no-nos and workarounds when it comes to eating out when you have a disability. Does mood-lighting give you a bad mood? How do the staff talk to you when they find out you have a Disability... and indeed do people with a Vision Impairment have it easy when compared to others out there?
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Heidi; Debbie; Shaun; Stephen and Emma.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“All Change!”
With Vision Australia Radio’s decision to switch off the Analogue signal for Metropolitan Stations in July we look at the listening; reading and watching habits of our community
We also air some of your concerns about the changes being made and put them to Vision Australia's Manager for Vision Australia Radio and Audio, Conrad Brown.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Elise; Lisa Marie; Stephanie and Conrad
You can find out more here: https://radio.visionaustralia.org/about-us/radio-news/Vision-Australia-Radio-moves-to-digital-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Let’s go Shopping!”
Sam and Lizzie are letting loose their inner shopaholic; dusting off the wallet and zipping down the aisles of their favorite local shops - Metaphorically at least.
Is retail dead? Or do you still actually go into a shop? Our Choir of Angels tell us about their preferred means of spending their hard-earned cash, and why.
Lizzie also tells of her and Stephen’s recent harrowing experiences at a large retail suoper-store, while Sam shares a tale that might “Chip” away at our sense of reality.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Shaun; Maddie; Alex; Anthony; Stephen Julie and Sophie
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Tenants or Cellmates?”
The NDIA and NDIS talk of Choice and Control, but does this always work for Supported Accommodation?
Lizzie chats with Lee Archer Tristram Peters from Tenant Voice about how people in Specialist Disability Accommodation are made to share housing arrangements.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Lee and Tristram
You can find more information here: https://ypinh.org.au/tenantvoice/
No Sweetie Merch and information: https://www.nosweetie.org/
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Picture Caption: Two Wheelchair users in an ordinary living room watching teleevision... they are wearing prison uniforms.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“What do YOU do?”
This sounds like an innocuous question, often asked at social gatherings and parties - but it can be a sore-point if you have a disability.
Four of our friends talk about their experiences finding work; keeping it; and, in one case, going in their own direction.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Anthony, Emma; Simon and Julie.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Picture Caption: Blind Fighter-pilot walking from his plane, Guide Dog in full harness - Serious "Top Gun" vibes.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Muchu Piccu”
We chat to, friend of the show, Lily Piccolo about her recent adventures on the Inca Trail in Peru.
Lily talks about the preparation for her journey, some of the adaptations that needed ot be made, and what happens when things go wrong.
Lily also has some exciting news about Camp Abilities Australia.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Lily. You can find out more here: https://lilypiccolo.com/ including further information about Camp Abilities Australia.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Caption Description: Lily stands before Mucho Picchu, the sign saying "Vision Impaired Athlete" pinned beneath her rucksack.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Sunshine (Accessible Weather App)”
Lizzie catches up with Matt Kelsh, an App Designer who champions accessibility for users with a disability. We look at the development of “Sunshine” a weather app with accessibility given a high priority and talk about the need for accessibility as a baseline instead of an afterthought.
Sam and Lizzie also exchange stories about the holidays they have just been on.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Matt
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Resources:
For more information go to: https://mattro.design/sunshine/
Sunshine Weather App: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/sunshine-weather/id6751937260
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Live from the Expo – Part 2”
In the second of two live episodes recorded at the ATSA Independent Living Expo in Adelaide, Lizzie and Sam chat to some of the many exhibitors.
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Melany Hoyle from the Australian Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Association (ARATA)
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Dimitri from KISA Phone
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Andrew from World of Mouth Technology
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Tracey from Technology for Aging and Disability South Australia (TADSA) - Freedom Wheels
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Sammi from Active Adaptive
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Angela; Judy; Andrew and Rob
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Resources:
ARATA: www.arata.org.au
KISA: www.kisa.com.au
Word of Mouth Technology: www.wom.com.au
TADSA – Freedom Wheels: www.tadsa.org.au
Active Adaptive: www.activeadaptive.com.au
Picture Caption: Sam and Lizzie model the KISA phones at the ATSA Expo.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Live from the Expo – Part 1”
In the first of two live episodes recorded at the ATSA Independent Living Expo in Adelaide, Lizzie and Sam chat to some of the many exhibitors.
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Angela from Quantum RLV shows off the Luna Eye and two variations of the Orcam.
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Judy from Guide Dogs SA/NT introduces us to Darcy the ambassador dog and talks about the steps to training assistance animals.
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Andrew Davies from See Differently previews Techfest later this year.
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Rob from Peacock talked about his range of Adult toys catering to a number of disabilities.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Angela; Judy; Andrew and Rob
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Resources:
Quantum RLV: www.quantumrlv.com.au
Guide Dogs SA/NT: www.guidedogs.org.au
See Differently: https://seedifferently.org.au/
Peacock: www.pcock.co
Picture Caption: Lizzie and Sam holding the Peacock Sex toys.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“If not me, who else?”
We ask our choir of angels about their experiences of caring for an ill and injured loved one and whether they faced any barriers from the medical or caring profession. Lizzie also has her own story.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Debbie; Elise; and Lisa-Marie
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
Picture Caption: A man and Guide Dog silhouetted against a sunset.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Olga”
Lizzie and Sam catch up with Olga Mahler, Masseur; Councilor and influencer. Olga talks about her experience growing up blind in Ukraine and the plight of some of her fellow people with a disability back in her former homeland. She also talks about how she came to be living in Australia and her observations on living with a disability.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Olga
You can find Olga on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@olgamahlerbornblindtoinspi5380
And on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/olga.itsenko
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On this week’s show
“By Ninja”
Sam decides to spend the day at “Home” and leave things to Lizzie for a change.
In the lead up to International Women’s Day Lizzie catches up with Kathleen Casford, the creative overlord of By Ninja about the studio’s work with Wlde by Oscar to create accessible hair care products for women living with Blindness or low vision.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
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A special thank you to Kathleen and Narelle
You cand find more information here: https://www.byninja.com.au/portfolio/origami/wilde-accessiblehaircare/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
"Outside In"
Once more we’re joined by Holly Andrew from Abundabiliteez Productions; along with Matt Tripney.
They talk about their upcoming show at the Adelaide Fringe “Outside In”
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Holly; Matt; Emma and Ellen.
You can find tickets to Matt’s show here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/outside-in-af2026
Find Abundabiliteez Productions here: https://abundabiliteezproductions.com.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
"Finding Your Tribe”
We explore the challenges of socialising within the wider community as a person with a disability.
Six individuals with a Vision Impairment talk about their experiences, both positive and negative, getting out into the wider community and give some of their own tips into “Getting Out theere”
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
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A special thank you to Anthony; Daren; Elise; Julie; Kushal and Steven.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
"Disability and Desire – With Patrick Rory-John”
Patrick Rory-John is a Psychotherapist and Clinical Counsellor. They talk to us about Disability; sexuality and the importance of the correct pronoun.
Along the way we talk about sexuality and disability; consent and how a lack of understanding can lead to some very serious ramifications; and how people with a disability are often considered to be asexual, or infantilised.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Patrick Rory-John and to Emma Myers for helping to make the interview possible.
You can find out more here: https://northcott.com.au/services/sexuality-and-relationship-education/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
"New Puppy”
By an interesting coincidence a number of friends of the Studio 1 Team have recently acquired a new Guide Dog/Seeing Eye Dog – this includes Lizzie. So it was time to tlk to Shayne, Vicki and Kirsten about the experiences. Vicki lost her previous dog, Bella, to cancer and had to decide whether it was possible to replace her best friend. Shayne talks about “Second Dog Syndrome” and how experience with one dog does not necessarily prepare you for the next one. And Kirsten talks about how some dogs are better for particular times of life. Meanwhile Steven and Lizzie talk what happens to the dog who has been “Retired”
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
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A special thank you to Steven; Kirsten Busby; Shayne Allan and Vicki Cousins
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
"David Williamson”
Sam talks to Vison Australia CEO David Williamson. David was appointed in October; how has he settled in and what lies ahead for Australia's largest agency catering for people with a Vision Impairment of Blindness.
David talks about his background in the disability sector and how those experiences along with lived experience shaped his decision to take on the role of CEO.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to David and also Kate (David’s hard-working PA) for helping to set this up.
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“It's Your Call”
Which phone is best for you? Is the Iphone still superior to Android when it comes to accessibility? The Operating System “Debate” is explored with some rather surprising results.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to: Shayne; Lisa-Marie; Heidi and Connor
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“Elise Lonsdale”
Lizzie catches up with Elise Lonsdale, the founder of DATA Australasia. They discus access-technology; digital accessibility; and how it impacts education; employment and everyday life. Elise also talks about the role of Toastmasters.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
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For more information about the topics covered in this show go to: https://dataaustralasia.com.au/
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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.
On this week’s show
“There's Never Been a Cooler Time to be Blind!”
For International Braille Day (4th January 2026), Lizzie speaks to Aasha Rose about her research. Aash is doing a PHD into whether Braille literacy leads to higher life satisfaction.
And we ask, friend of the show Shaun Oliver, whether it really is a cool time to be blind?
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
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A special thank you to Aasha Rose and Shaun Oliver.
You can find Aasha's survey here: https://surveys.unisq.edu.au/index.php/147465?lang=en
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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
“Sam and Lizzie’s Year in Review”
Our hosts look back at 2025 and give their top 3 episodes for the year.
Lizzie's top 3:
Annette and Valda (Vision Loss): https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/annette-and-valda-vision-loss
Ski for Light: https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/ski-for-light
Camp Abilities Part 1 & 2: https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/camp-abilities-part-1 https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/camp-abilities-part-2
Sam's Top 3:
Eyewear: https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/eyewear
And the Winner is... Sydeny: https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/the-winner-is-sydeny
TAXI! https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/taxi
Honorable Mentions:
Taking Care of Business: https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/taking-care-of-business
Francois and Victoria: Audio Description: https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/francois-and-victoria-audio-description
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to everyone who has contributed to Studio 1; including our chior of angels; and, of course, thank you to our listeners.
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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
“Another Very Studio 1 Christmas”
It's Christmas Eve, if you haven't finished your Christmas shopping... well too bad!
Sam and Lizzie are joined by a few friends to look back at Christmas Past and how some things have changed.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
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A special thank you to David Burston; Emma Myers; Shayne Allan; Stephen Eastham and Shaun Oliver.
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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
“Mr Chips”
Children's Author, David Burston (AKA Mr Chips) talks to Lizzie and Sam about his adventures out at sea and working as an IT adviser at a local school in the mid-1990s – and how these experiences affected his writing.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
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A special thank you to David, you can hear more from him next week when we bring you “Another Very Studio 1 Christmas”
You can find David’s books on most popular retail sites including Amazon; Andgus and Robinson, and Booktopia. However David did mention a few other places:
Hemlocks Book and Coffee: https://www.facebook.com/hemlocksbooks/
Evan’s head Infomration Centre: https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/north-coast/lismore-area/evans-head/visitor-information-centres/evans-head-visitor-information-centre
Balina Book Warehouse: https://bal1.circlepos.com/
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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
“How Much can you see... Really?”
How often do you get asked “How much can you actually see?” and how do you feel when someone asks you that question? We asked a few friends this question, with mixed results – mostly positive – it turns out most of us simply want to be understood... even when we don’t really know how to answer the question.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
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A special thank you to Anthony; Lily; Maddie; Sammie C and Stephen.
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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
“Changing Track”
It’s unusual we release the podcast of a show before it airs, however we have our reasons...
“In a velodrome on the other side of the world, three Australian cyclists are about to chase a Paralympic dream that they could never have anticipated.”
A new documentary called “Changing Track” premieres in theatres around Australia on the 3rd December. Sam talks to Emily Petricola, one of the athletes featured; as well as writers and Producers: Timothy and Tristan Kenyon.
We present a preview of what to expect: some insights into the motivation of both the subjects of the film, and indeed the producers of it; and why seeing some films on the big screen is so important.
If you want to see “Changing Track” - at the moment for one night only – go to https://changingtrack.com/tickets/
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Emily; Tim and Tristan.
To find out more go to: https://changingtrack.com
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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
“Annette and Valda”
How can losing sight reshape your identity; relationships; and daily life. We also ask what adaptations people make to rebuild and thrive.
Lizzie talks to two women about how losing their sight changed their lives; how their connections to family and friends enabled them to recover; and how that has affected their lives going forward.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Valda and Annette.
Resources:
Save Sight Institute:
Located at the Sydney eye hospital, 8 Macquarie Street, Sydney.
Sydney.edu.au
Phone: 02 9382 7300.
See Differently Peer Support & counselling.
Website: Address https://seedifferently.org.au/news/peer-support-how-pauls-vision-loss-is-empowering-others/
Vision Australia: vision loss page
Website: https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/helpful-resources/carers/supporting-someone-in-vision-loss
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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
“Public Transport”
Many people take a drivers license for granted, as well as free access to a motor vehicle. This is not the case for people who are Blind or have Low Vision. Lizzie and Sam look at the pros and cons of various public transport types, as well as asking the Choir of Angles their experiences.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to: Tim; Maddie; Sammy C; Sarnya and Stephen
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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
“What NOT to do on the Internet”
Friend of the show Shayne Allen, comes back to talk a little of his day job; and give some advice on what NOT to do when confronted with threats to your online security. Lizzie and Sam also discuss some of their experiences and look at some of the more worrying aspects of Artificial Intelligence.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
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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
“Taking Care of Business”
Have you ever thought about going out and creating your own business? Lizzie talks to three people who have done exactly that.
Shianne talks about her motivations for becoming a mentor and taking the next steps into attaining an ABN and creating a business. Steven Kemp found getting into paid work not just hard, but demoralising – he therefore started his own massage therapy business.
And taking things closer to home: Steven Eastham, Lizzie’s husband, has created his own lawnmowing business.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Shianne; Steven and Steven.
Useful Links:
Shianne Durdin Vison Impairment Support Coach: https://shiannedurdin.github.io/Vision-Impairment-Support-Coach/
Steven Kemp Massage: https://www.mymassagekneads.com.au/
Steven Eastham’s Lawn Mowing facebook page (Work in Progress): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583167510553
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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
“Tell me what you REALLY think!”
Lizzie and Sam are joined by Dr Chrissy Antonopoulos, the founder of Beyond Bias Consulting.
Dr Chrissy talks about how unconscious bias can affect large elements of our lives: whether it be in a social context; in the workplace; or even obtaining services through government agencies like the NDIS.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Dr Chrissy Antonopoulos for some rather insightful, if somewhat unsettling, observations. Also to Peter Greco for introducing us.
Beyond Bias Consulting: https://www.beyondbias.com.au/
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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
“If it seems to good to be true...”
Sam talks to Jayde Richmond from the National Anti-Scam Centre.
During the conversation they talk about who can fall victim to scams (Hint: basically anyone) and the people and groups that run these scams.
They also look at how to spot a scam, and what to do about it.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Jayde; Elika and Fiona from the National Anti-Scam Centre; and to Jason Gipps for all his legwork.
To learn more about the subjects covered in in this episode go to: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/
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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.
This week’s episode is dedicated to Mark Davies and Kieran Modra; two Paralympian who left us way too soon.
On this week’s show
“The Winner is... Sydeny!”
With the 25th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Paralympics being celebrated at the Sydney Opera House on 18th October, we talk to three Paralympians about their experiences in the lead up to the Games; and during the event itself.
We also look ahead to Brisbane 2032.
Anthony Clarke is a Five-Time Paralympian. You can find out more about him here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Clarke_(judoka)
Jodi Willis-Roberts competed in both Goalball and Athletics over six Paralympics; you can learn more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Willis-Roberts
Malcolm Bennett competed in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2014 as a Middle Distance Runner with Cerebral Palsy. Find out mere here: https://www.paralympic.org/malcolm-bennett
You can learn more about he athletes this show is dedicated to here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Davies_(athlete)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieran_Modra
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
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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
“Ski for Light”
Lizzie talks to the president of “Ski for Light” Julie Coppens and one of the athletes Anthony Nelson about cross country skiing; teamwork and inspiring Vision Impaired and Blind People to inspire others.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Julie and Anthony..
You can find out more about Ski For Light Here: https://www.sfl.org/
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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
“Getting Fit”
Lizzie and Sam put the sports shoes back on and limber up to talk about getting fit, especially if you are new to the world of health and fitness.
Lizzie catches up with Justine Crawford, founder of the Adelaide chapter of Achilles Australia.
We also hear from Simon; Alex; Maddie and Anthony as they talk about their own approaches to sport and fitness.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Justine; Alex; Maddie; Anthony and Simon.
You can find a link to all Achilles chapters (including social media) here: https://www.achillesaustralia.org.au/
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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
“Technology: with Steve Monigatti”
Chaos strikes when Sam realises that he has not set up an interview with a famous Marathon runner, but with Vision Australia’s Access Technology Service Lead.
Steve talks about the ways to make home electronics more accessible, and the pros and cons of various phone and computer operating systems.
Meanwhile, Steven; Heidi and Shaun share their various trials and tribulations in a technical world that does not appear to be designed for Blind and Vision Impaired People.
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Steve Monigatti. Additional thanks to Steven; Shaun and Heidi.
Sendibo Remote controls: https://sensibo.com/
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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
“Recipe for Disaster”
In an attempt to corner the market in Reality Cooking Radio shows, Studio 1 presents a pilot episode for “Recipe for Disaster”
Heidi and Lizzie are not the main cooks in their respective households, so the challenge is on – can they prepare a meal using the “Scales Away” cookbook from the National Women's Branch of BCA? Will the results be edible?
Join us as we explore life in the kitchen from a Vision Impaired and Blind point of view!
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Steven and Heidi. Also thank you to Kate Cooper for her introduction and special thanks to the National Women’s Branch of Blind Citizens Australia for “Scales Away”
To find out more about the National Women’s Branch and the cookbook go to: https://www.bca.org.au/branches/national-womens-branch/
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(Note: the pictures in the podcast photo may not actually represent the finished product)
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On this week’s show
“What’s the point in travelling if you can’t see?”
Lizzie and Sam are packing their bags; stocking up on the travel sickness medication and heading back out on the road.
Studio 1’s choir of angels once more talk about their experiences travelling around this land of ours and to locations all around the world, and the questions is asked: what’s the point in travelling if you can’t see?
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.
You may also be interested in joining our choir of angels and telling your story.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Simon; Maddy; Shaun; Alex; Anthony; Josh and Tory.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
“Camp Abilities Part 2”
Lizzie talks to Lauren Lieberman, director of Camp Abilities. Lauren talks about her background; how she started Camp Abilities; and some of the successes.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Lauren.
You can find out more here: https://www.campabilities.org/
Camp Abilities World: https://campabilitiesworld.com/
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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
“Camp Abilities Part 1”
In the first of a two part special, Lizzie talks to Lily Piccolo, an old friend of the show, about her many adventures and her experience as a coach at Camp Abilities in the US.
Sam also talks about a quick jaunt to Melbourne and opting for priority boarding on the flight there and back again, instead of simply going onto the plane with everyone else.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Lilly Piccolo for agreeing to talk to us.
Camp Abilities: https://www.campabilities.org/
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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
“What has the NDIS ever done for us”
Our choir of angels give their thoughts on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
While everyone agrees that it has been, at the very least, useful – many have issues with the bureaucratic hoops that many have to go through, and some of the limitations.
Meanwhile some also have found work within the framework of the NDIS
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to: Simon; Anthony; Maddy; Alex; Tim; Sarnya; Josh and Tory
Sky’s the Limit Disability Services: https://www.stlds.com.au/ (facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skysthelimit.disabilityservices/
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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
“Eyewear”
Sam talks to four people with a Vision Impairment about their experiences with eyewear, and the choice to either use contact lenses; or in one case nothing.
Carolyn also shares her experience with Lense Implant Surgery.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to: Tim; Heidi; Sarnya and Carolyn.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
“Book Week: With Leslie Heagney from Braille House”
Lizzie and Sam talk about their favorite books, and the ways they read them.
Lizzie talks to With Leslie Heagney, from Braille House, about the Dickinson Memorial Literary Competition; Book Week; Braille literacy and Braille House in general.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Braille House Dickinson Memorial Literary Competition: https://www.braillehouse.org.au/education/dickinson-memorial-literary-competition-2025?srsltid=AfmBOoprEu486pZoaFdkkkRGgb5TC-Joq84hCzJ7ZtLa27pOk3MmEaff
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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
“Mobility: Or, How to find Coffee”
Lizzie and Sam are out on the streets again... well maybe not literally.
The Choir of Angels is asked how they handle mobility – not just the puppy or the stick - but the apps and software available to stop us from getting hopelessly lost.
And we find a startling truth; guide dogs have learned to find coffee!
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to: Alex; Maddie; Lily; Josh; Tory; Shaun and Anthony.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
“50 years of Blind Citizens Australia Part 1 – David Blyth and Bill Jolley”
It is June 1975: flares are in fashion; the Captain & Tennille are at number 1 on the charts with “Love will keep us together” and the organisation that will one day be called “Blind Citizens Australia” holds its first convention.
Lizzie and Sam catch up with two men who were there from the start. David and Bill talk about how and why the then “Blind Citizens Foundation” was formed; the people who helped to shape it; and some of the achievements that have affected all our lives over the last 50 years.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to: David and Bill. Extra thanks to Deb and the board and staff of BCA for helping to make this possible.
Learn more about BCA's first 50 years and beyond here: https://www.bca.org.au/bcas-rich-50-year-history/
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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
"When I Grow Up, with Belinda Wilson"
What are you going to do when you grow up?
Do the expectations, positive or negative, of family; friends and our support network in general affect what we do with our lives?
Lizzie and Sam are joined by Vision Australia’s own Belinda Wilson to talk about learned helplessness and how the expectations, or lack of expectations from significant people in the lives of people with a disability can impact an entire lifestyle.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Work!”
What do you do for a living? This is often the start of a conversation; however, the workforce creates challenges for People with a Vision Impairment.
Lizzie and Sam talk to six Blind and Vision Impaired people about their empierces looking for work and navigating a workplace environment.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to: Anthony, Emma, Lily; Shaun; Maddy and Alex
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Taxi II: Another Ride?”
With the much-vaunted changes to the 13 Cabs app, has it really made any difference?
Lizzie and Sam are joined by Kelly Schulz from knowable me to pick apart reality from spin; good intentions from pragmatism; and ask where we go from here?
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thanks to Kelly Schulz (Knowable Me: https://knowable.me/)
Extra special thanks to Emma Myers from Powerd Media for letting us use her interview (find the article here: https://powerd.media/news/taxi-service-enforces-zero-tolerance-on-drivers-refusing-assistance-animals
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Is Ignorance Bliss?”
We ask, is ignorance bliss, or simply another form of discrimination?
Six of our friends talk about how they have been discriminated against or singled out in sometimes strange but often subtle ways - usually by people who believe they are doing the right thing.
We also have a call to action from our listeners. Next week we are looking into the updates to the 13 Cabs app, and we want Dog Guide users to test it out.
What can you do?
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If you haven’t already, install the 13 Cabs App.
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In the options declare you are an Assistance Dog user.
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Book a taxi and take a ride (doesn’t matter how far or where)
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Let us know how things worked out.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special Thank you to Alex; Anthony; Lily; Steven; Emma and Heidi.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Into the Mailbag”
Did you know we have an email address? Well naturally we mention it a few times during the show. This week, to celebrate Studio 1’s renewal for the next three years, Lizzie and Sam read a few of the emails sent in the last year or so and respond to some of the comments.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you everyone who has written us in the last five years and here's to at least three more.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Storm Menzies - ByStorm Beauty”
Lizzie and Sam catch up with Storm Menzies, the founder of By Storm beauty; a set of beauty accessories that make applying cosmetics more accessible.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Storm, for talking to us from Bali; and to Jason for helping set up the interview.
You can learn more about ByStorm Beauty here: https://bystormbeauty.com/
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"You don’t look Blind!”
How many times have you been told that you don’t look Blind?
Lizzie and Sam tell their own stories, while a few friends also look at the positive and negatives, while Matt Spencer shares a rather worrying story about how that simple statement can escalate.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Matt; Anthony; Alex and Steven.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"A little Support?"
What role do support workers have in your life?
We talk to two support workers who coincidentally have the same name. The two Meg(h)ans talk about their backgrounds, what got them involved with the NDIS and where things are going from here.
Lizzie also catches up with Peter Spencer about how he supports his clients in the realm of sport and Recreation.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Megan, Meghan and Peter
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Volunteer Radio"
For volunteer week, we catch up with Simon and Abby from Vision Australia Radio’s “In Plain Sight” and Shaun Oliver talks about volunteering on live radio.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Shaun; Abbey and Simon.
You can find Simon and Abbey "In Plain Sight" here: https://omny.fm/shows/in-plain-sight/playlists/podcast
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Mother's Day"
Out come the flowers and chocolates as we celebrate Mother’s day a few days late.
Lisa talks about her experiences as a mum with a Vision Impairment, the challenges and the joys. Vision Australia’s own Sarah Evans talks about the differences between being a single-parent and also where Vision Impaired Parents can go for some peer guidance.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Sarah and Lisa.
For more help with some of the issues in this week’s show go to: https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/find-services/social-recreation-wellbeing
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Francois and Victoria: Audio Description”
We give you everything you want to know about Audio Description.
Lizzie and Sam are joined by Francois Jacobs, who is one of two Audio Description reviewers at SBS, and as well as Victoria Hunt, SBS’s Manager for Access and Media Services
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Victoria and Francois for a great interview, and to Jason all his help setting this up.
SBS Audio Description; About: https://www.sbs.com.au/aboutus/audio-description-services/
How to Enable Audio Description: https://help.sbs.com.au/hc/en-au/articles/360002077816-How-to-enable-and-access-audio-description
SBS On Demand – List of Audio Described Progammes: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/collection/available-with-audio-description
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"International Guide Dog Day”
For international Guide Dog Day, we ask; what would your dog say... if it could talk? Thanks to the input of the Dog Guide Handlers Australia Facebook page, we get some answers - with the volunteer readers of Vision Australia Radio Adelaide bringing those comments to life.
Lizzie also catches up with Lester Craim, the Client Services manager for Seeing Eye Dogs Australia; and Lisa and Anthony share their experiences as Guide Dog Handlers.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Seeing Eye Dogs Australia and Lester Craim for the interview Thank you to Anthony and Lisa for your insights. Also special thanks to everyone who contributed to the facebook comments on the Dog Guide Handlers Australia Facebook page - and to our tireless volunteers at Vision Australia Radio Adelaide for bringing those comments to life.
Dog Guides Australia: https://sed.visionaustralia.org/
Dog Guides Handlers Australia: https://dgha.org.au/
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"All I need is a Miracle”
Though the chances are extremely low, it doesn’t stop some of us from fantasizing what we might do if we woke up one morning without a disability.
This week we ask, what would you do if your could see (again) or at least see better than you could before. And Sheryl shares a bit of news...
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to our choir of angles: Steven; Carlie; Emma; Jodi; Sammy C; Stephen K; Lisa; Lilli; Sheryl and Maddie.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Blind Faith”
We explore the role of faith in our lives, particularly how it influences our perspective on living with a vision impairment. How does faith shape our outlook, especially when we’re faced with questions like, “Why me?”
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Matt and Shaleah.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Fashion”
How do you decide what to wear? Does your vision, or lack thereof, affect the way you dress?
We talk to a friends and find out, is fashion an issue?
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Lauchlan; Sean; Emma; Carli; Carlolyn; Roberto; Lisa; Sophie; Simon; Sam C; Lilli Maddie, and especially Jodi for the quote of the episode.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Peter Archer: Beyond Vision”
Lizzie chats with Peter archer, a support worker who started his own business to provide unique activities to the blind and low vision community. He shares his inspiration for starting his business Beyond vision, and talks about the themed zoom groups he has created to bring socialisation and connection to vision impaired Australians.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Peter
Resources:
E-mail: peter_archer_beyondvision&outlook.com
Website: https://www.peterarcherbeyondvision.com
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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
"Back to School"
Three people talk about their experiences in the education system.
Vicky started at Townsend House School for Deaf and Blind Children in 1960. She talks about her experiences and the teachers that made the biggest difference to her.
Heidi and Sheryl attended the same school... sometime later. We hear how Townsend prepared them for life in the standard education system, or failed to do so.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Vicky Cousins; Heidi and Sheryl.
This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/
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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
"Abundabiliteez"
Lizzie and Sam catch up with Hollie Andrew, Founder & Operations Director for Abundabiliteez Productions.
Hollie talks about what inspired her to form Abundabiliteez Productions, and some of her views regarding arts and people with a disability.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Hollie Andrew
You can find Abundabiliteez Productions here: https://abundabiliteezproductions.com.au/
You can book tickets to "Outside In" here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/outside-in-af2025
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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
"100K"
Vision Australia and Vision Australia Radio are conducting their "100k Your Way" fundraising campaign in April. Sam talks to two of the Ambassadors for the event,.
Dale talks about how he lost his sight; how that has affected his life; and why he is doing the whole 100K in one day.
Jess talks about being a mother of a three-year-old with albinism; how that has changed her entire family; and how they will be fundraising in April.
Meanwhile Ian Finlayson, the General Manager of Fundraising and Marketing for Vision Australia talks about event itself, how you can be involved and how to support those taking part.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
If you want to support Vision Australia in April:
Dale's Page: https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/dalepierce/100kyourway
Jess's Page: https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/Laps4Lina/100kyourway
Vision Australia Radio Adelaide: https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/visionaustraliaradioadelaide
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Visio Australia Regional Radio: https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/visionaustraliaradioregional
Thank you to Dale; Ian and Jess.
Special thank you to Clare and Myra for their help setting up these interviews.
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On this week’s show
"International Women's Day"
Lizzie is flying solo this week, giving Sam a poorly deserved week off.
In honour of International Women's Day Lizzie speaks to two blind women who have different but inspiring stories to tell.
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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Thank you to Anne and Shaleah.
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On this week’s show
"The Boy Scout Syndrome"
While we always appreciate it when someone offers to help us out, is it possible to be over-helpful?
Our Choir of Angels talks about the times when they have received some unwanted attention from members of the public, and we talk about the role of consent when dealing with the disability community.
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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Thank you to Maddy; Carlie; Stephen; Lily; Jodie; Emma; Sam C and Lars.
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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
"Anne Mok"
Anne Mok is an instagrammer who uses her platform to bring awareness to accessible brands in Canada. Anne talks about her experiences as an Asian with a disability; her diagnosis; and gives some advice to women about empowerment.
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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Thank you to Anne.
Anne Mok Website: https://purposeinview.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/purposeinview/
Anne's Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/T9IaJp5TLzA?si=09YW4CmuJ4gjJTna
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On this week’s show
"I only have Eyes for You"
With Valentines Day coming up, Lizzie and Sam dive back into the world of Love and Dating. Our "Choir of Angels" talk about their experience out in the world of dating apps flirting and ambiguous body language.
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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Thank you to Maddy; Jodie; Carlie; Stephen and Lilly.
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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
"Lars Bosselmann {European Blind Union)"
Lizzie and Sam talk to Lars Bosselmann, Executive Director for the European Blind Union. Lars talks about his own thoughts on access and inclusion; and the slow progress that the EBU has overseen in its 40 years of existence.
They also examine Donald Trumps statement regarding Diversity Equity and Inclusion, made Friday 31st January after the American Airlines/Black Hawk collision.
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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Thank you to Lars and the European Union for agreeing to to the interview and providing such interesting insight.
For more information on the EBU co to: https://www.euroblind.org/
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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
"TAXI!"
We tackle a subject that is the bane of many Assistance Dog Users, refusal on Taxis or Ride share.
Lizzie talks to Annette (whom we spoke to last year about her book "Molly and Maple") and Janice. They talk about their many experiences; how that affects them personally and what, they believe, should be the consequences for the drivers. Lizzie also tells us of some of her experiences.
We then replay an interview conducted by Peter Greco last year with Olivia Barry from 13Cabs where she outlines a new feature in their booking app which MAY provide a solution to the problem.
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 Annette and Janice for sharing their stories.
Thank you once more to Peter Greco for allowing us use of his interview with Olivia Cooper. You can find the full interview here: https://omny.fm/shows/focal-point/18-dec-2024 (30 min 30 seconds)
You can provide your own feedback to 13Cabs by emailing: customer.care@13cabs.com.au
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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
"Matt Levy - Leadership and Inclusion"
Sam talks to former Paralympic Swimmer Matt Levy OAM. Matt talks about retirement after the Birmingham Commonwealth Games; and the two self-help ebooks he released late last year.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you once again to Matt.
You can find links to Matt's books here: https://www.mattlevy.com.au/
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On this week’s show
“Serving it up”
We talk to our choir of angels about how they go in the kitchen, some of their greatest successes and most spectacular failures. Lizzie and Sam also offer their own “Guaranteed to Succeed” recipes.
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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Thank you as always to our contributors: Sean; Lily; Stephen; Emma; Carly; Jody and Sammy C.
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On this week’s show
“World Braille Day”
2025 marks the 200th anniversary of Braille. To mark this occasion we talk to Kelly Phelan, business and fundraising manager for Braille House. Kelly talks about the role Braille House has, and its long history; as well as her own involvement with the VI and Blind Community.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Sean Oliver and Kelly Phelan.
You can find Braille House on the Web: www.braillehouse.org.au
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On this week’s show
“Happy New Year!”
Lizzie and Sam brush off the cobwebs from new years eve and bring you the send holiday special. We look at the latter half of 2024, and reflect on the return of a certain orange head-of-state to an unnamed superpower…
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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
“Christmas 2024”
In the first of two holiday specials, we look back at the highlights of 2024; open up the Bloopers reel and pop the odd Christmas Cracker.
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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
“Born to Run”
With a new chapter of Achilles International opening in South Australia, Lizzie and Sam went down to see what it is all about, and we learned about Lizzie’s somewhat unorthodox running technique.
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 Kent Dredge Dennis Lorenzen from Blind Sports SA
You can learn more about Achilles, wherever you are, here: https://www.achillesaustralia.org.au/
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On this week's show:
"Any Questions?"
This week Lizzie and Sam ask each other the standard questions used in their Vox Pop or Choir of Angels. Also we get a special preview of some of the bloopers included in the Christmas and New Years Day specials.
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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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:
"Maple and Molly"
Lizzie talks to Annette Holden and Barbie Robinson about a new picture book "Maple and Molly - The Guide Dogs who changed Netty's World"
Barbie talks about the inspirations and the process of writing the book and finding an illustrator. Annette talks about the situations that inspired the book and the decision to retire one guide dog and bring in another.
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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Thank you to Annette and Barbie for the interview.
You can find "Maple and Molly - The Guide Dogs who changed Netty's World" in most book shops, or order from here: https://writingwithlight.com.au/product/molly-and-maple-the-guide-dogs-who-changed-netties-world/
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On this week's show:
Blind Teaching the Blind - Sean Oliver
We start out this week's episode with some heart-breaking news from Lizzie.
Then move on to a segment that would not fit in the previous two shows - a chat with Ranjit Jacob from Visitech Magnifiers. He talks about the range of larger electronic magnifiers on offer.
Next we catch up with Sean Oliver from SPO Solutions and talks about his work teaching people with a severe Vision Impairment how to use technology, and the role technology has had in his life.
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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Resources:
Visitech Magnifiers: https://visitechmagnifiers.com.au/
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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:
"Techfest 2024”
The show that had so much material it needed to go for an hour!
Techfest was held in Adelaide 6th November. This expo brought together the leading brands in Adaptive Technology for Vision Impaired and Blind users, as well as some of the latest innovations from companies like Apple and Ray Ban.
Lizzie and Sam were there to check out the merchandise and talk to the vendors.
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 big thank you to Andrew Davies and See Differently for allowing us to record at Techfest.
During this show we spoke to the following:
Pacific Vision: https://au.1lowvision.com/
Big Purple Phone: https://bigpurplephone.com.au/
Quantum RLV: https://www.quantumrlv.com.au/
Humanware: https://www.humanware.com/
Ray Ban Meta: https://www.meta.com/au/smart-glasses/shop-all/?utm_source=gg&utm_medium=ps&utm_campaign=21791453447&utm_term=ray%20ban%20meta%20smart%20glasses&utm_content=716311100868&utm_funnel=dcap&&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA88a5BhDPARIsAFj595jERj76BF_u906s2WaUueTNYxy8B9bUdA8cwQSvIO229T2-g8qAV0UaAmUTEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Magnifiers Australia: https://www.magnifiersaustralia.com.au/?srsltid=AfmBOoopXEGX9VmAFxulCNLv8B4MSp0uaUpBS5f7aI2OMeEB0VGIIHiC
NV Access (NVDA): https://www.nvaccess.org/
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Photo Description: Lizzie modelling the Ray Ban Meta.
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On this week's show:
"Amar Litif”
Lizzie and Sam are joined by Amar Latif, the founder of Traveleyes, a travel company designed for Blind and Vision Impaired tourists.
Amar talks about losing his sight; and finding his way as a blind accountant; and establishing a successful travel company.
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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Thank you to Amar for a fun and enjoyable chat.
You can learn more about Traveleyes here: https://www.traveleyes-international.com/
Learn more about Amar here: https://www.amarlatif.com/
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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:
"Uni Daze”
We're heading back to university as we talk to two former students about life on campus; the challenges and the solutions to studying while you have a Vision Impairment.
Also, Sam attempts to address the fact that last week's show did not have a proper segue between the intro and interviews, but things do not go to plan...
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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Thank you to Maddie and Alex.
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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
“When I’m 65”
Once more we look at the NDIS, but with a different slant.
But first let’s talk awards! "Studio 1" took home the award for Best Current Affairs and News Program at the Annual Community Broadcasting awards. Lizzie was there to collect it and talks about the CBAA conference and travelling with a Dog Guide for the first time.
Emma; Lily; Sean and Maddie have take on the NDIS, and it’s mostly positive!
Our featured interview is with Franca, who was referred onto My Aged Care before the NDIS was rolled out. Franca tells us about the pros and cons of My Aged Care, and some of her answers may surprise our listeners…
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 big thank you to Emma; Lily; Sean; Maddie; and of course and extra big thank you to Franca.
We would also like to thank Vision Australia for their continued support, this award would not be possible without them; and an extra special thanks to, former producer and creator of the show, Matthew Layton who gave us a strong foundation to build upon.
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On this week’s show
“This Sporting Life”
Having just finished two podcasts that cover a very serious subject Sam made the executive decision to move the planned show on people over 65 not being able to access the NDIS to the following week. As he said, this has NOTHING to do with the fact that they do not have enough material for said show… no not at all.
So this week we hear from our Choir of Angels about how sport has affected their lives. Sam also tells us why a man born in Sydney; who grew up in Darwin and lives in Adelaide, supports the Fremantle Dockers.
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 bit thank you to Stephen; Carlie; Emma; Jodi; Sammy C and Lily.
Resources:
Blind Sports Australia: https://blindsportsaustralia.com.au/
State Sporting organisations:
· New South Wales/Canberra: https://www.blindsportsnsw.com.au/home/
· Northern Territory: https://www.sportsnt.org.au
· Queensland: https://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/
· South Australia: https://www.facebook.com/blindsportssa
· Victoria: https://www.blindsports.org.au/
· Western Australia: https://www.blindsportswa.com.au/
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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
“Vision Loss”
What is it like to lose your sight? In this 1-hour special we talk to four people who have gone from driving a car to rocking a white cane.
Neil and Carlie have Retinitis Pigmentosa, and had to adjust in their own ways as their peripheral vision closed in.
While Kirsten and Michael have very different stories to tell.
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 big thank you to Neil; Carlie; Kirsten and Michael.
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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
“Melissa”
Lizzie talks to Melissa. Melissa has a rare form of Mitochondrial Disease which has meant she lost her sight over a short period. She talks about the troubled diagnosis and learning to cope with rapid Vision Loss.
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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Thanks again to Melissa for sharing her story.
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On this week’s show
"Knowable Me"
We look into the shopping habits of our panel of experts and Kelly Schulz from marketing research company "Knowable Me" joins us to talk about the opportunities for people with a disability to have input into the accessibility of the retail world, and be paid to do so.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A bit thank you to Kelly, as well as Jodi; Emma; Lisa; Sam C; Lily and Stephen.
Find out more here: https://knowable.me/
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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
"On the Road Again"
Lizzie talks about encountering a very different side to a bicycle on the Linier Park. We also talk to a few friends about their thoughts on a simple question: What is the point of travelling if you can't see?
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 bit thank you to Jodi; Emma; Sam C; Lily and Stephen.
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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
“Jodi and Shayne”
Lizzie and Sam catch up with two Paralympic Athletes from days of yore. Jodi Willis-Roberts OEM (Multiple Gold-Medallist and former Goalballer) and Shayne Allen (Discus and Shot-putter in Sydney 2000) talk about what the Paralympics has meant to them, and what they have been up to since.
Lizzie tries to hold things together while Sam; Jodi and Shayne go on a headlong rush down Memory Lane.
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 bit thank you to Jodi and Shayne.
Yes we know we used an old Paralympic Logo!
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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
"Blind Barbie"
In conjunction with the American Federation for the Blind, Mattel have released a new Barbie Fashionista Doll with a white cane and sunglasses. We ask is this inclusion or tokenism?
An article posted on facebook by the Currier Mail has attracted some ugly comments: thanks to the volunteers of Vision Australia Radio Adelaide we bring those comments to life like never before.
Meanwhile, Sam tries to justify buying a Barbie Doll and claiming it on his tax return as "research" and Lizzie takes the Doll out and about to get some comments from members of the VI community.
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 big thank you to Lily; Steven; Lenore and Shianne. Special thanks go to Jodie Willis-Roberts for bringing the facebook post to our attention.
Extra Special thanks go to Matt; Ron; Pam; John; Peter; Brenden; Ian; Michael; Carol and Shelley for their work on the facebook comments.
Apologies to any listeners who can't get a certain Aqua song out of their heads, but if anyone wants to listen to the variations we played in this episode you can find them here:
Orchestral Arrangement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2qGpX33OOo
"Epic" Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es5lZRPRQlM
"Bardcore" Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNm3Ggv01Ns
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Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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On this week’s show
“Who’d Hire These Guys?”
Lizzie and Sam have applied for a job at the Brisbane City Council. Vision Australia's own Harmoni Downs and Matt Larney from the City of Brisbane go over the dos and don’ts of applying for a job by going over Sam’s phonebook-sized CV and Lizzie’s A{-Generated Resume.
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 big thank you to Harmoni and Matt.
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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
"The Blind Sea"
Sam talks to Blind Serf Champion Matt Formston about the documentary "The Blind Sea:" that is in cinemas now. Matt tells us what it is like to surf the big waves in Portugal and some of the nitty-gritty of the sport of Para-Serving.
Also, Lizzie also talks about being involved in a car accident, and our hosts also discuss the selection of the Paris Paralympic Team.
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 Jodie; Emma; Carlie; Stephen and Sammy C
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On this week’s show
"Out and About"
Sam and Lizzy take to the streets and ask, what are the pros and cons of getting about with a Guide Dog and/or a white cane? Is there a reason for your choice?
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 Jodie; Emma; Carlie; Stephen and Sammy C
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On this week’s show
"Lily and the Camino Pilgrimage"
Lizzie talks to Lily Piccolo, who has recently completed the famous Camino Pilgrimage in Portugal and Spain. Lily talks about how she booked the trip; her companions and adventures in London and the walk itself.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A big thank you to: Lily Piccolo
You can find Traveleyes here: https://www.traveleyes-international.com/
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On this week’s show
NAIDOC Week – Derryn Ross
For NAIDOC week we are heading into the Red Centre of Australia, Derryn Ross talks about life from and Blind Indigenous Point of View.
While Vision Loss Support specialist Mellissa Shand talks about her role in the lives of people just like Derryn.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A big thank you to: Derryn Ross and Melissa Shand. Thank you as well to Sekinda Senan for helping us to set up the interview.
We found out about the history of NAIDOS Week here: https://www.naidoc.org.au/about/history
In this show we played segments from the Saltwater Band; Yothu Yindi and Dr G.
On this NAIDOC week Studio 1 wishes to pay our respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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In this special Podcast Presentation
Dating Blind 1 2 3
Thanks to the magic of AI software, we are now able to bring you some of the interviews from earlier on in the year in a much clearer form. We present four interviews that talk about love and romance from a Vision Impaired or Blind Point of view
Simon talks about being the third wheel when all your friends have paired off, and get St Patricks day mixed up with Valentines Day.
Tess tells us about her realisation that she was asexual, and how that affects, or does not affect, her view of love and romance.
Matt tells us how he met his wife through his church group, and how things took a strange twist.
And Vision Australia own Sarah Evans ties it all up in a neat bow as we talk about how dating is now looking more and more like looking for a job.
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 big thank you to; Simon; Tess; Matt and Sarah.
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On this week’s show
National Braille Music Camp
Lizzie brushes off her double base and heads to Mittagong and down memory lane as we talk to an old scholar of the camp; two current campers, and one of the teachers.
We also learn how the camp organizers collaborate with Vision Australia for the production and transcription of braille music materials.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A big thank you to; Ashleigh, Shianne, Neveah, and Bianca
To get more information on how to help out or join in next year email: nbmc.aus@gmail.com
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Picture Caption: Perkins Brailler playing cartoon music
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On this week’s show
Get a Job
Once more we hear from Studio 1’s “Voices from the Dark”, this time about their experiences finding work.
Sam also does not hear back from a prospective interview he was trying to organise and to fill in the gap plays excerpts from an LP of Balkan Folk songs.
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 big thank you to; Lachlan; Paul; Simon; Jodie; Carlie; Lisa; Sam Colley; Steven; Stephen; Roberto and Kirsten.
We would also like to advise the listener that no ethnic folk records (Balkan or not) were harmed in the making of this show. We prefer to use of Sustainably-Sourced Stock Music.
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On this week’s show
NDIS: “No Doubt It Stinks?”
Sam comes up with a somewhat unflattering reuse of the anagram NDIS and challenges others to do better. Meanwhile Lizzie asks a number of people who are Blind or have a Vision Impairment what they think of the NDIS; its services and what could be done better?
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Stephen; Jodie; Carlie; Lisa and Steven
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PHOTO CAPTION: Cartoon picture of a young woman and guide dog in a supermarket, the dog is telling the woman "Don't take that one, the next one along is on special"
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On this week’s show
Geoffrey Lim
Sam chats with Street Dancer Geoffrey Lim about his career; losing his sight; learning to use a white cane; and the organisation he founded to help other Street Dancers in Victoria "Cypher Culture"
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you Geoffrey Lim for an insightful chat.
Cypher Culture can be found here: https://www.cypherculture.org.au/
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On this week’s show
Roy Lucian Baza
Roy Lucian Baza has just released his second album “Loverboy Lucian” a follow-up to his first album “Roy” Roy talks about how his battle with Glaucoma has affected both albums. He also it affects his life to this day.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to Roy for sharing his story. Thanks also to Jacob Parrott from Liberty Music for putting us in touch.
You can find out more about Roy here, as well as order his music: https://roylucianbazamusic.com/
Roy is on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roylucianbaza/
And of course you can find his music on Spotify and Apple Music.
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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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
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/
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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
National Volunteer Week
Lizzie and Sam roam the corridors of Vision Australia Radio and talk to the busy volunteers who put together programs every day. They also talk to Peter Goers, former evening announcer for ABC Radio Adelaide, about what radio, and volunteering, means to him.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to all the volunteers of Vision Australia, not just the ones we interviewed. And also thank you to Peter for giving us a bit of his time.
You can learn more about volunteering for Vision Australia Radio here: https://radio.visionaustralia.org/about-us/volunteer
Peter's books can be found here: https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product.php?productid=1858 and https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product.php?productid=1681
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On this week’s show
Phillip Deveraux
In the lead-up to the Paralympics in August, we look at the various sports that Athletes with a Vision Impairment complete in or play. This week it is Athletics.
Sam talks to two-time (Seoul and Barcelona) Paralympian Phillip Deveraux. Phil talks about how he lost his sight; his recovery; why he took up Athletics and a lot more.
We also learn that Sam is an old man with a bad hip, and Lizzie has a weak stomach.
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 big thank you to Phil and Susan Deveraux for their help with this show.
Studio 1 would also like to pay tribute to the late Mark Davies.
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On this week’s show
Karan
In March we did a follow up to our Dating Blind episode, however we ended up with so much material the show got split in two. On top of that one of the interviews had to be edited right down in order to fit properly.
This week we present the interview with Karan Nigrani in full.
Are LGBTQ+ people more enlightened than the rest of us? What is it like to appear on a National TV show? These a are a few issues we had to edit out last time.
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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You can find Karan on Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/karannnagrani/
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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
Sisterwould – Accessible Hair Products
We talk accessible beauty products with Rina Gocaj, one of the cofounders of Sisterwould Hair Care.
During the interview we talk about accessible packing; making products feel and smell different; and how orange juice does not taste good in coffee, despite having the same packaging as milk.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment below
A big thank you to Rina Gocaj and Floriye Elmazi
You can find Sisterwould in the following places:
WEB: https://www.sisterwould.com/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sisterwould_/
TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@sisterwould
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SISTERWOULD/
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/67477245/admin/feed/posts/
OZ HAIR AND BEAUTY: https://www.ozhairandbeauty.com/collections/sisterwould
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On this week’s show
I would walk/ride/run 100k
Running a Radio Station costs money, and Vision Australia Radio is no different. Throughout April Vision Australia Radio is taking part in the “First to 100k” fundraising event. We talk to the driving force behind the station’s participation this year, Jason Gipps, along with VA Radio Perth’s Gemma Sidney and volunteer coordinator for Adelaide and Darwin, Guillaume Vetu.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment below
Thank you to Jason; Gemma and Guillaume.
April is not over yet, you can pick a team or team-member to support
- Perth: https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/visionaustraliaradioperth?_gl=114frkm5_gaNjI3NTY3MjY1LjE3MDI4NTY3MDU._ga_2F789CY3J1*MTcxMzg0OTE1Ny42LjEuMTcxMzg0OTE2MS41Ni4wLjA
- Adelaide: https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/visionaustraliaradioadelaide?_gl=112ouwej_gaNjI3NTY3MjY1LjE3MDI4NTY3MDU._ga_2F789CY3J1*MTcxMzg0OTE1Ny42LjEuMTcxMzg0OTMzMi4zLjAuMA..
- Melbourne https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/visionaustraliaradiomelbourne?_gl=115i8opd_gaNjI3NTY3MjY1LjE3MDI4NTY3MDU._ga_2F789CY3J1*MTcxMzg0OTE1Ny42LjEuMTcxMzg0OTM5OC41OS4wLjA.
To help Lizzie go to: https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/lizzieeastham/100kyourway
Or even Sam (he needs it) https://fundraise.visionaustralia.org/fundraisers/samrickard/100kyourway
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On this week’s show
Hailo, See Me?
Lizzie and Sam test out “See Me” one of the two accessible Public Transport Apps currently undergoing beta-testing.
They also chat to the developers of the Hailo and See me Apps, Santiago Velasquez (Haillo) and Cassie Haines (See Me)
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave a comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Santi and Cassie.
Find out how to take part in the Testing of the Hailo App in NSW here: https://www.hailo.co/ Follow the development on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552102395845
Download the See me App to take part in the testing program in Adelaide and parts of NSW. For more information go to: https://www.sageautomation.com/see-me-bus-signalling-app
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/see-me-bus-signalling/id1669366958
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seemeholmanyear.app&hl=en_US&pli=1
Also find out more news on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086102509155
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On this week’s show
The Vision Australia Library
We are joined by Sarah Bloedorn, Vision Australia's Manager for Library Services and National Programs.
Sarah tells us about the library; its programs and how to access their services.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A big thank you to Sarah Bloedorn.
You can find out more about Vision Australia's Library and services here: https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/library
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Podcast Photo: The much Talked-about but rarely seen Braille Edition of Playboy Magazine.
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On this week’s show…
AI
What is Artificial intelligence? How can it help us? David Woodbridge returns to give us an idea how AI works and how it can help people who are Blind or Vision Impaired.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
X/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/varadionetwork
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Thank you to David Woodbridge. You can catch David’s podcast here: https://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/
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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
Dating Blind 3
We had so much material for the previous episode that it ended up being split in two.
This week Sam talks to Karan Nagrani about life; love; Marriage and being an advocate who is both Legally Blind and Gay.
Vision Australia's own Sarah Evans tells us about navigating dating apps and single life in general. Sarah also talks about the Tele-link groups she runs and their role in helping people who are Blind or Vision Impaired.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Karan and Sarah. And thanks to Jason for his help with these last two shows.
You can find information regarding Vision Australia's Telelink Programs here: https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/find-services/adults/social-recreation/telelink-programs
Also you can find Karan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karannnagrani/
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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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
Dating Blind 2
The Valentine’s Day episode went down well, but we missed out a few people...
The guests we had on this week’s show have been so ready to talk about their experiences that we’ve had to present this show in two halves.
We talk to Tess and Jarod who have a more colourful angle on the world of dating and romance to the participants of our first Dating Blind show.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you Tess and Jarod. And also thank you to Jason for the help in putting this together.
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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
Chris and the Big Issue
Have you ever seen someone selling the Big Issue Magazine and wondered what was the story behind that person?
At 17 Chris was out of options and on the street. Sam talks to him about how he got back on his feet again; and how his experiences affect his life now. Sam also catches up with Amy Hetherington, the editor of the Big Issue to find out what this magazine is and what it means for the vendors who sell it.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Chris and to Maree Agapitos and Amy Hetherington from The Big Issue
Photo of Chris taken by James Braund and provided courtesy The Big Issue.
To learn more about the Big Issue Australia go to: https://thebigissue.org.au/
You can subscribe to the Big Issue Magazine: https://thebigissue.org.au/our-programs/the-magazine/the-magazine-subscribe/
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Lizzie Eastham and Heidi Rickard present a special episode Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
Sam has been kicked out the studio, Heidi and Lizzy catch up with some inspiring women who are Blind or Vision Impaired.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Franca Lombardi and Sarnya Moss OAM
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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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
Jury Duty
Late last year Sam was called up for Jury Duty.
What is it like to serve on a jury if you have a vision impairment? We ask the question, if justice is blind; is it okay if some of our jurors are as well.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Graeme Innes, and Carlyn
To find out more about Graeme and/or to order a copy of his autobiography to: https://graemeinnes.com/
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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
Graeme Innes
We put jury duty on the back-burner for a week and talk to former-Disability Discrimination
Commissioner; Chancellor of Central Queensland University; Human Rights Lawyer and appreciator of fine white wine: Graeme Innes. Sam proves that if you ask a silly question to someone who is smart enough you will always get a sensible answer.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Graeme Innes
And a special mention to Jason for letting me play with his Toy-Box of logo templates.
To find out more about Graeme and/or to order a copy of his autobiography to: https://graemeinnes.com/
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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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
"Dating Blind"
What is the romantic world like when you can’t see your potential partner? How does it feel on Valentine’s Day when there is no significant other? What about when you have met someone and your church does not approve?
This Valentine’s Day we answer some of these 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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Steven; Simon; Matt and Heidi.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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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
Tandem Cycling
We don bicycle helmets and look at one of the most recognisable of Blind Sports, Tandem Cycling. Lizzie interviews Lily Holloway and Jacqueline Gaffey (her competitors at the National Championships) Current National Champion Stephen Kemp and former Australian Paralympic Cycling Coach Kevin McIntosh (who has promising news about Tandem Cycling in Australia) Meanwhile Sam stays in the safety of a nearby café and wonders whether to have the Jam Donut or the Chocolate Mud Cake with his Flat White.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Lilly; Jacqueline; Stephen and Kevin.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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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
The Kitchen Show
Yes we finally did a cooking show… but really. Sam catches up with Debra Erikson from the Blind Kitchen (https://theblindkitchen.com/) and Katrina Taylor, president of Blind Citizens Australia’s National Women’s Branch (https://www.bca.org.au/branches/national-womens-branch/) to discuss safe and enjoyable cooking experience for Blind and Vision Impaired people; a website with hints of safe cooking and a cookbook that does not rely on talking scales; Scales Away (obtainable thought the National Women’s Branch)
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
A special thank you to Debra Erikson and Katrina Taylor along with Naree Febech for helping to obtain a copy of “Scales Away”
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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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
Technology and us
We chat to Vision Australia’s Technical guru David Woodbridge about technologies used on a day-to-day basis like mobile phones; tablets and computers.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
We would like to thank David Woodbridge for his terrific cooperation for this show.
You can catch David’s podcast here: https://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 in the final of the "Retro" podcasts.
Matthew talks to Ein from the White Cane Coffee Company.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Matthew Layton for all his hard work on creating this show and working hard to give us a quality product for nearly three years.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Once more we delve into the back-catalogue of shows that could not be podcast at the time.
On this show we ask our choir of angels about their experiences in the Tertiary Education System.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Matthew Layton for all his hard work on creating this show and working hard to give us a quality product for nearly three years.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Once more we delve into the back catalogue of shows that could not be podcast at the time.
This episode shows the listener what happens when you don't have a show prepared. Matthew and Sam ask each other the questions usually reserved for our panel of experts.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Matthew Layton for all his hard work on creating this show and working hard to give us a quality product for nearly three years.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Once more we delve into the back catalogue of shows that could not be podcast at the time.
On this show we look at the increasing role that support workers play in our lives.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Matthew Layton for all his hard work on creating this show and working hard to give us a quality product for nearly three years.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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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 our first show for the year…
Is Braille Dead?
Louis Braille was born 4th January 1809 and passed away 6th January 1852. In this special presentation for world Braille Day we celebrate Braille; what it means for us; its past and its future.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Bill Jolley; Michael Zannis and Peter Greco.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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Matthew Layton presents his last episode of Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
For one final time....
Matthew looks back at the start of Studio 1 and highlights the show’s many achievements.
This show was broadcast early in November, however matters beyond Matthew’s control meant he was not able to post the podcast. We thought it apt to end the year with this episode both on-air and on your podcast feed.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Matthew Layton for all his hard work on creating this show and working hard to give us a quality product for nearly three years.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some subscribers to the podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
This episode we wrap up the Games and look at what some of the results mean for the Paralympics and beyond.
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some subscribers to the podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
This episode Matthew arrives in Birmingham to check out the IBSA World Games.
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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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…
A Very Studio 1 Christmas
In our last show for 2023 we look back on the year that has gone and look forward to the New Year with a few friends.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Conrad Brown; Guillaume Vetu; and Vision Australia CEO Ron Hooton
Find out more about Vision Australia Carols by Candlelight here: http://www.carols.visionaustralia.org
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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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…
Renee Lyon from Quantum RLV
Renee comes into the studio to demonstrate the Orcam reader and the Blind Shell Classic, a specially designed mobile phone.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Renee Lyon and Quantum RLV
Resources:
Quantum RLV Website: https://www.quantumrlv.com.au/
Information on Orcam Products: https://www.orcam.com/en-us/home
Blind Shell Official Site: https://www.blindshell.com/
Blind Shell Classic Phone Christmas Deal: https://www.quantumrlv.com.au/products/blindshell-classic-2-christmas-special-bonus-gift?_pos=1&_sid=cce431e75&_ss=r
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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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…
Lauren Henley – Blind Australian of the Year 2023
Lizzie chats to the 2023 Blind Australian of the Year, Lauren Henley. During the interview they cover Lauren’s work in advocacy including the battle for Audio Description on Television and the rights of people over 65 to get NDIS or equivalent services.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Resources:
Blind Australian of the Year: https://www.blindaustralianoftheyear.com.au/
Australian Federal Disability Organisation: https://www.afdo.org.au/
Full Interview with Chris Corcoran Available here: https://omny.fm/shows/leisure-link/11-nov-2023
We would like to thank Lauren Henley and Marie Bampton. Peter Greco for allowing an excerpt from his interview with Chris Corcoran to be included.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Some subscribers to the podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
In one of the more controversial episodes Matthew talks about his time in Australia and some of the reasons for heading back home again.
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some subscribers to the podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
This episode Matthew embarks on one of the most treacherous and frightening adventures of his time back in London.... shopping for kitchen electrical.
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some subscribers to the podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
This episode Matthew chats once more to his friend Felix at his home in London.
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some subscribers to the podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
In this episode we seek the opinions of our Council of Visionaries about what they think when someone asks "How much can you see?"
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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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…
Bill Jolley
Sam talks to the newly elected chair of the Vision Australia Board, Bill Jolley. Bill talks about working for Telstra; his role with the World Blind Union and Vision Australia; and some of his thoughts on where Vision Australia goes from here.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Bill Jolley and Conrad Browne
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some subscribers to the podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
This episode Matthew finally completes the interview he originally had planned with Shannon Davies, Financial literacy.
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some subscribers to this podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
This episode looks at the parenting experience, what it is like to have Children with a Vision Impairment when you too are a VI.
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some subscribers to the podcast feed might have noticed over 2023 that the podcast releases have been a little sporadic. This was mainly due to Matthew Leyton's life becoming more complicated and him not having the time to devote to the podcasts themselves.
Matthew has always taken pride in the podcasts as he has always aimed to give the subscriber an enhanced experience over the broadcast show.
With the year rushing headlong into a conclusion and Matthew no longer working with us, I have made the decision to release those episodes he never got around to releasing in their original broadcast form.
This episode Matthew talks to Blind Skateboarder Anthony Ferraro. You can find Anthony's youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@Asfvision
We all miss Matthew as much as you, the listener, do and of course we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours back in Britain.
Sam Rickard
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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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…
The Puppy or the stick?
The aids we choose to help us get around are very personal. This week we ask a few friends what the benefits of using a guide dog are over the simple white cane, and vice versa.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Bill; Alex; Lisa; Cori and Steven for their help with this episode.
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
Studio 1 airs in Darwin and Adelaide 8pm Wednesdays, and 3pm Wednesdays in other states.
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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…
Mike Rolls and Ben Bettingill
The Melbourne Disability Expo is on 17th and 18th November.
Sam catches up with the ambassadors for the event Ben Pettingill and Mike Rolls. Ben lost most of his sight when he was 16, while Mike picked up a serious bacterial infection when he was 19 and lost his legs and part of one hand. They talk about their experiences and how they now engage with the Disability Community.
Also Lizzie explains how the Optus outage affected her.
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Mike and Ben and the organisers of the Melbourne Disability Expo
Learn more about the expo here: https://melbournedisabilityexpo.com.au/ and you can learn more about Ben and Mike here: https://www.realliferesilience.com.au
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Sam Rickard presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Fiona Woods: President of "BCA"
When you have been involved with the VI and Blindness Community for some time it is easy to forget that not everyone understands what all the various groups and organisations do.
Sam has a chat with Fiona Woods, the President of BCA - which does not, in this case, stand for the "Business Council of Australia" but rather "Blind Citizens Australia" Fiona tells us about her history with the organisation; BCA's goals; and some current projects.
You can find out more here: https://www.bca.org.au/
Call (Toll Free): 1800 033 660
Text: 0436 446 780
Email: bca@bca.org.au
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.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave a comment on Vision Australia's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
We would like to thank Fiona for a fun and enlightening interview
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On this week’s Studio 1: The Blind Australian of the Year Awards will be announced 28th October 2023. Sam chats to last year’s winner Cal Hooley alongside the organiser of the event Marie Bampton.
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
Matthew is currently unavailable as he has joined the latest Loch Ness Monster expedition.
Sam had a chat with the organiser of the 2023 Blind Australian of the Year Awards, Marie Bampton along with the winner of the award in 2022, Cal Hooley.
We chatted about Cal’s work with communities in the Northern Territory; getting about in the remote areas of Australia; and his love of baseball.
We also chatted with Marie about the awards; their history and the role Link Vision performs.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar
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EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Cal Hooley accepting his award in 2022.]]
Find out more here:
https://www.blindaustralianoftheyear.com.au/
https://www.linkvision.org.au/
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On this week’s Studio 1: We take to the air and ask a few friends about their experience travelling around the country and around the World..
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
With Matthew away, traversing the English Chanel in a Sumu-Suit, Sam has once more asked Lizzy to co-host.
We ask a few friends to tell us their experience travelling the county and the world with a Vision Impairment and ask why we bother if we can’t actually see anything anyway?
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Guide Dog looks forlornly from under a seat on an aeroplane.]]
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Matthew Layton 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…
We cross to New York, New York to talk to Nancy D Miller, Chief Executive Officer of VISIONS Service for the Blind and Visually Impaired - one of Vision Australia’s American cousins.
Nancy is a legend in the world of service provision for the vision impaired - she has been working in her current role since 1987
Nancy tells us about the aims of the VISIONS organisation and the services it provides.
She also speaks very movingly of how her organisation, her clients and her city got through the traumas of 9/11 and the coronavirus pandemic.
Please get in touch with the show if you have experience of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1, or if there’s something you think we should be talking about.
You never know, your story and your insight may help someone who is going through something similar.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Nancy D Miller, CEO, VISIONS Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired - https://visionsvcb.org/
[PHOTO CAPTION: Headshot of Nancy D Miller, Chief Executive Officer of VISION]
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Matthew Layton 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…
Fresh from Soul II Soul’s triumphant 2023 Australian tour, we speak to lead singer Charlotte Kelly.
Please get in touch with the show if you have experience of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1, or if there’s something you think we should be talking about.
You never know, your story and your insight may help someone who is going through something similar.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
[PHOTO CAPTION: Soul II Soul’s Charlotte Kelly on stage, mic in hand blonde dreads a-flyin’.]
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Matthew Layton 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…
“You don’t look blind!”
Not all disabilities are immediately visible - and not everyone who has a vision impairment goes around waving a white stick.
We talk to people who live with a vision impairment about how they feel they are perceived.
Please get in touch with the show if you have experience of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1, or if there’s something you think we should be talking about.
You never know, your story and your insight may help someone who is going through something similar.
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 host Matthew Layton trying not to look blind. While wearing a fez.]
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Matthew Layton 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…
Our guest is Vision Australia’s employment guru Belinda Wilson.
She’s a woman with a tough but rewarding job.
She prepares young people living with low vision and blindness to prepare themselves for their careers and higher education.
Officially Belinda has joined us to talk about Vision Australia’s LEAP Program which offers leadership and employability training to young people aged between 14 and 19 living with a vision impairment, but this is the third time that we’ve had Belinda on Studio 1 and we wanted to get to know her as a person.
Please get in touch with the show if you have experience of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1, or if there’s something you think we should be talking about.
You never know, your story and your insight may help someone who is going through something similar.
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RESOURCES
Vision Australia’s LEAP Program - https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/find-services/children/high-school-years/leap
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Matthew Layton 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…
“Sarnya Moss OAM, with Lizzy Eastham”
As Matthew jumps on a train to Birmingham, we send new recrui Lizzy Eastham to talk to Sarnya Moss (nee Parker) a Tandem Cycling Gold Medalist who competed at the very first IBSA World Games in Madrid.
As a Tandem Cyclist herself, Lizzy wants to know what it takes to succeed in the sport, and how she can do tings differently to succeed.
We also learn that Trademen do occasionally arrive early....
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Sarnya and her medals from Sydney 2000]
We would like to thank both Sarnya Moss and Lizzy Eastham for their help with this show.
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Matthew Layton 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…
We talk to our Choir of Angels - our panel of experts with experience of living with a vision impairment.
The topic up for discussion this week:
“If you could see…”
We ask our panel “What’s the first thing you would do if were gifted or re-gifted sight?’
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A close-up shot of a human eye.]
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Matthew Layton 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…
Sam speaks to David Hume
David was one of many premature babies brn in the mid-20th Century who lost his sight while being treated in an incubator. However, being totally blind has not stopped him having a number if distinguished careers including in Radio; winemaking and Employment Opportunities. In 1984 and 1985, aboard "Out of Sight Out of Mind" took part in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
We let David tell his story though an interview, through extracts from his book “Blind Without Barriers” and through his own retellings of a rather tempestuous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
You can find his book in the Vision Australia Library: https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/library/
The book is also purchasable through most retail sites like Amazon; Goodread or Booktopia, or even though David’s own website: https://davidhume.com.au/
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
A big thank you to David Hume
Chosen Excerpts from “Blind Without Barriers” audiobook
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg7-vu0VP3Y
[PHOTO CAPTION: Headshot of David Hume and a smaller shot of the cover of his book.
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WARNING: This week’s Studio 1 contains language that some listeners may find offensive.
Matthew Layton 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…
Matthew speaks to Dave Kent, a man who has been a guide dog handler for 44 years - the last thirty of which he has been working for Guide Dogs for the blind.
The conversation starts off in a rather jovial manner, but goes in a direction that some listeners may find difficult to listen to as Dave describes being taken away from home at 18 months old and tells us how he recently got run over for the first time in his 44 years as a guide dog user - by an electric bike!
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Dave Kent,
‘Together We Shine’ by Chad and Dave on YouTube - https://youtu.be/3UYaAsgfY18
Guide Dogs: Sponsor a Puppy TV ad starring Dave Kent - https://youtu.be/KUMfyYf5J0M
[PHOTO CAPTION: Headshot of Dave Kent and canine companion having a nice hug]
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On this week’s Studio 1: Communications Officer extraordinaire and Member of the Women’s Australian Blind Cricket Team Deanne Ferris.
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
Our guest this week is the Communications Officer for West Australia’s Drug and Alcohol Service, Dee Ferris who has been announced as part of the first ever Women’s Blind Cricket Team to compete at the IBSA World Games. (https://ibsasport.org/ibsa-world-games/ibsa-world-games-2023/)
Sam writes:
“Me and Heidi have known Dee since 2001, and have spent many an afternoon over a pint or three of beer chatting much like this interview.
Quite often people say someone was “Lucky Enough” to make it onto an International Sports Team luck be damned – being Not-Out against NSW (the current National Champions) at the National Cricket Inclusion Championships might have had something to do with this well-deserved selection.”
I hope our listeners enjoy Dee’s company this episode as much as we do.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Deane Ferris resplendent in West Australian Cricket uniform.]
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On this week’s Studio 1: Shannon Davis, the family man and former PwC partner who went for a routine eye check up and was told he’d lost 90% of his sight.
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
Our guest this week is family man, high powered business mega-brain and formerly Australia’s number four in junior men’s tennis Shannon Davis.
Unfortunately - proving that sight-loss can happen to anyone - a couple of years ago, out of the blue, Shannon discovered that he’d lost ninety percent of his sight to glaucoma.
Matthew writes:
“Shannon first came into our orbit in March last year, when - within 15 months of discovering that he had lost 90% of his sight to glaucoma - he put himself out there, working as an ambassador for Glaucoma Australia
“As mercenary as it sounds, and as much as I felt for Shannon and his family at a difficult time is way of looking at things - from a consultant’s view - organisational and policy perspective - was quite exciting
In many ways, I felt that his personal loss was going to be to the benefit of other people living with vision impairments and sight loss.
“And I wasn’t wrong.
“A couple of months ago to mark World Glaucoma Week, Shannon and Glaucoma Australia put together a seminar on ‘Financial Wellness’ - basically what can you do to look after yourself and your family financially in the aftermath of sudden and catastrophic sight loss.
“In theory, Shannon was here to promote that seminar.
https://glaucoma.org.au/i-have-glaucoma/living-with-glaucoma/financial-wellness-in-glaucoma-what-assistance-is-out-there
“But because Shannon is incredibly frank about what he’s been through and very generous of spirit, our conversation went in a totally different direction.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Shannon Davis on a beach, dressed in a t-shirt, clearly making the most of his new life.]]
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On this week’s Studio 1: Vision Australia Radio’s most senior presenter Peter Greco shows Sam and Matthew how it’s meant to be done!
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week’s guest Peter Greco joins us to celebrate his long association with Vision Australia Radio - 30 yars as a presenter, 40 years as a listener.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of the very handsome, very dashing Vision Australia Radio presenter Peter Greco - who definitely does not look old enough to have been presenting on the station for 30 years]
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WARNING: This week’s Studio 1 contains language that some listeners may find offensive.
Matthew Layton 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…
The first of three shows recorded on my recent unexpected last-minute trip to London.
This week Matthew speaks to Paula Thomas, She’s the Eye Clinic Liaison Officer at Great Ormond Street Children’s hospital in London
When Matthew’s twin daughters were both born with congenital cataracts, she was the person whose job it was to hold his and his family’s hands and helped them navigate what can only be described as quite a traumatic experience
She was also the first severely sight impaired person Matthew had ever spoken to about being severely sight impaired himself.
Not only that, she’s the person who came up with the concept for this very show
In the Layton household she is referred to as ‘Matthew’s Hospital Girlfriend”
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Paula Nettley in relaxed mood sitting against a wall, resplendent in a bright yellow dress and sunglasses guide dog by her side]
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On this week’s Studio 1: Matthew speaks to the man who last week was appointed Surgeon Oculist to the Royal Household - or as Matthew used to know him when they were kids, “Graham from next door”
Matthew Layton 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…
The third and final show recorded during Matthew’s unexpected, last minute trip to London.
Matthew speaks Mr. Graham, Duguid, consultant surgeon at the Western Eye Hospital in Central London.
Graham is the son of the late great Mr. Ian Duguid, who was also a consultant eye surgeon and the man who operated on Matthew’s eyes when it was discovered that he was born with congenital cataracts
And, as you may have worked out by now, the Duguids lived next door to the Laytons for about forty years.
So this one’s personal.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Havanese Socks with his human Mr Graham Duguid, who is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at The Western Eye Hospital]
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On this week’s Studio 1: The show’s favourite rockstar, Casey Harris of X Ambassadors
Matthew Layton 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…
Back to talk to us for the third time, our guest is not only the engine room of award-winning, chart topping popular music combo X Ambassadors, he’s a fully qualified and certified piano tuner.
His name is Casey Harris.
Casey and Matthew have a natter about the things that, as fathers with living with vision impairments, they have to get their wives to do - like identifying rashes and cutting kids’ fingernails.
Casey waves his fist in the air about the inaccessibility of music software, Matthew offers to buy Casey a xylophone and was that a clue to when X Ambassadors might be releasing new music….?
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Casey Harris of X Ambassadors - https://xambassadors.com/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A studio shot of the three members of X Ambassadors against a black background. Casey Harris is front and centre wielding his long cane.]
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On this week’s Studio 1: We cross to Cape Cod, Massachusetts to talk to the world’s only blind oceanographer Dr Amy Bower
Matthew Layton 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…
Dr Amy Bower is a physical oceanographer at The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She specialises in the measurement of underwater currents.
Amy talks about the challenges she faced as she lost her sight in her twenties, the practical difficulties of working as a scientist when you’re blind and the remarkable support her employer has given her.
She also talks passionately about her work. If you’re not fascinated by the movement of water in the cold murky depths of the ocean, you soon will be!
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute - https://www.whoi.edu/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A headshot of Studio 1 guest Dr Amy Bower clumsily photoshopped onto a picture of the famous lighthouse in her home town of Cape Cod.]
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On this week’s Studio 1: We’ve brought out the big guns! An Australian of the Year and a bona-fide Australian rock’n’roll legend!
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
International Glaucoma Week kicks off on 12th March and for the fourth year in a row, to mark the occasion, we talk to Australian rockstar Kirk Pengilly about how he narrowly avoided losing his sight to glaucoma.
And, as before, Matthew presents Kirk with a couple of pieces of music to listen to. Last year, for the first time, Matthew got two ‘thumbs up’ - let’s see how he does this year.
And, as usual, we have asked a medical professional to give us an overview of what glaucoma actually is, but this year we’ve gone straight to the top.
2020 Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke outlines glaucoma causes, symptoms, treatment and, most importantly of all, prevention.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Glaucoma Australia - https://glaucoma.org.au/
7 Sights Challenge - https://www.sevensights.org.au/
Kirk Pengilly Chill Compilations on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3eZITfq6E6mogh5OD68wBj
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Side-by-side headshots of this week’s Studio 1 guests Dr James Muecke and Kirk Pengilly]
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On this week’s Studio 1: the young blind DJ taking #WorldPride2023 by storm!
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
We head to Sydney for #WorldPride2023 where young blind DJ GALLEON - also known as Mitch Medcalfe - is taking the festival by storm.
He’s played outdoor events, events for bears and a couple of kink parties - each time adapting his set to suit the crowd.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Vision Australia - https://visionaustralia.org/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: DJ Mitch Medcalfe - a.k.a GALLEON - at the wheels of steel in a very smart white hat and sunglasses]
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On this week’s Studio 1: Sirine - the seventeen year old singer-songwriter who stole the show at last year’s #WhiteStickFest and is about to steal your heart.
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week Matthew talks to Sirine, the seventeen year old singer-songwriter who shared a virtual stage with Sarah McLachlan and KT Tunstall and, to put it mildly, acquitted herself rather well!
In this often touching interview, Sirine tells Matthew about going blind at the age of 11, her relationship with her father and how appaearing on Britain’s Got Talent changed her liffe.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Vision Australia - https://visionaustralia.org/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of Studio 1 guest seventeen year old singer-songwriter Sirine.]
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On this week’s Studio 1: Matthew and Sam talk to athlete Sophie Patton.
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week Matthew talks to Sophie Patton.
By day Sophie is an educational professional by day and at other times she’s an accomplished athlete.
Sophie chats about her job helping young children learn to read, the logistical difficulties of training during COVID and surviving the childhood trauma of having Sam as an athletics coach.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Vision Australia - https://visionaustralia.org/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Sophe Patton in a three-quarter length portrait, hand on hip, dressed for business.]
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On this week’s Studio 1: Matthew talks to the first person he ever met with the same eye condition that he has. He was 46 years old at the time.
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week Matthew talks to Sam’s wife Heidi.
Heidi and Matthew were both born in the 1970s with congenital cataracts.
In both cases it was a few months before the condition was spotted.
Both of them had operations to remove the lenses from their eyes and, unlike today when those lenses would be replaced with artificial ones, Heidi and Matthew have no lenses at all in their eyes.
So it’s quite likely that they’re the only two people you know who see the world the right way up!
Matthew and Heidi talk about the pros and cons of mainstream education versus specialist schools for people with a vision impairment.
Heidi went to a specialist school while Matthew went to a mainstream school.
Heidi has lifelong friends from the blind and low vision community. Matthew didn’t have a conversation about vision impairment with a person with a vision impairment until the day his twin daughters were born.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Vision Australia - https://visionaustralia.org/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Matthew Layton and Heidi Rickard in conversation at a table in the Rickards’ back garden. Matthew is holding a can of Coopers Sparkling Ale Heidi is having a glass of rose. Because she’s a lady.]
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When a mother finds out that her new born baby is blind, what effect does it have on her mental health?
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week Matthew talks to Ailis Conrad, mother to 5 year old Kitt, who was born with congenital glaucoma.
Matthew’s twin daughters (who are now 11) were born with congenital cataracts, so, although Matthew and Ailis might never have met in normal circumstances, they have found they have a lot in common.
Clouds, silver linings etc...
Ailis speaks candidly and generously about the difficulties she had bonding with Kitt when she was born, the challenges that manifest themselves when your vision impaired child starts school and the joy brought by the arrival of the latest addition to the Conrad family, 8 month old Rico.
Matthew and Ailis also discuss the guilt they both feel about passing a hereditary eye condition on to their children.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Vision Australia - https://visionaustralia.org/
Glaucoma Australia - https://glaucoma.org.au/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Supermum Ailis Conrad and her bonny eight month old son Rico]
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On this episode of Studio 1, we talk to a Romanian living in Norway about an audiobook set in Japan…
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week, our very special guest is renowned critic and accessibility activist Victor Dima.
Victor is living the dream.
He earns a crust by listening to audiobooks and playing computer games (then reviewing them and writing about them - https://victordima.net/)
Victor and Matthew discuss life in winter in Oslo, playing computer games with a vision impairment and being married to superwomen!
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Victor Dima - https://victordima.net/
https://twitter.com/victordimanet
https://www.facebook.com/playstationfansromania/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of Studio 1 guest Victor Dima.]
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Last week a legally blind woman was refused a drink at The Stamford Grand Hotel in Glenelg in Adelaide because “she didn’t have her carer with her”.
On this week’s show Matthew and Sam head to said hotel to see if they can get themselves a drink…
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week, at the last minute, the guest whom Matthew and Sam had booked decided they didn’t want to come on the show. For two very good reasons.
As a result, Matthew and Sam ended up having a conversation about how blind people are portrayed in the media.
If the only stories out there are about people being ‘devastated’ when they can’t get a drink or are left ‘in tears’ when a taxi driver refuses to pick them up, what does that do for the perception of people living with blindness or low vision in general?
Does this mean they are all permanently angry or upset?
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Spoiler alert! A tumbler containing Sam’s rather large Rusty Nail on a table at The Stamford Grand Hotel in Adelaide. Along with his short cane. Folded up.]
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On this week’s Studio 1, Matthew has lunch with Vision Australia Radio’s semi-tame celebrity chef Tony Broun.
Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
After three years of working together Matthew abd Tony Broun finally get to meet and break bread with each other.
This fly-on-the-wall-style show begins with Tony welcoming Matthew and his family into his beautiful treasure trove of an apartment in Sydney’s King’s Cross - or, as it’s now known, Potts Point.
Tony then takes the Laytons for a tour of his beloved neighbourhood pointing out the sites of all the former of scandal and intrigue.
Then Tony takes everyone for a rather lovely lunch at his favourite restaurant - The Macleay Street Bistro.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: The wonderful Tony Broun beaming infectiously. And no wonder! He is seated at a table at The Macleay Street Bistro about to tuck into a rather delicious-looking plate of fresh oysters.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Once more we dust off the Christmas Decoration; work out how to assemble the tree and see how many holiday stereotypes we can fit in half an our.
Join Sam as he pays hosts to a number of guests in the studio to talk about their year and what they are looking forward to next year. And just possibly we may hear from the roving co-host Matthew…
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
A special thank you to Conrad Browne; Catherine Balfour Ogilvy; Pam Green; Vicki Couzens and Bella the dog
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This week:
Joe Strechay:
The man who teaches Hollywood stars how to act blind. His name is Joe Strechay and actually, he’s much more than that billing - that focus on his second (possibly third) career actually indicates.
He’s waiting for us in a hotel room in West Virginia of all places.
We’re sure you’re going to enjoy his company - and his energy!
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A picture of a very masculine, very handsome man with long brown hair and a big ole beard. Is it Joe Strechay or is it Jason Mamoa? We don’t know. We’ve lost our reading glasses. But they’re both heroes to us!]
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This week:
Blind Football!
As The Football World Cup kicks off in Qatar, we head to Kerala in the south of India where the Australian Blind Men’s Football Team - The Bilbies - are taking part in the International Blind Sports Association’s Asia Pacific tournament.
We’ll be speaking to 17 year old player Isaiah Muller who is representing his country for the first time.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A picture of the official match ball of the 2022 Qatar World Cup on the waterfront in Qatar under a blue desert evening sky, the skyscrapers on the other side of the bay glinting prettily in the sunset. The ball itself is rather attractive actually. It's white with little rainbow-like swooshes.]
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This week:
Clément
Matthew and Sam are very proud to welcome a new member to the Studio 1 team.
His name is Clément, and he is a young person!
Clément was born in Canada, has lived in France and the U.S. and is currently attending high school in Sydney.
Topics under discussion on this week’s show include standing next to the blackboard, swimming, broken bones, Model United Nations General Assemblies, the great X-Box versus Playstation debate and having a spy for a parent.
Just normal young people stuff!
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A picture of the brightly coloured bunting Matthew and Sam have hung out to welcome Clément to the Studio 1 team.]
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This week:
Phantom Images
We keep encountering stories of people who have lost sight seeing things that aren’t really there - their brains fill in the gaps for what their eyes can’t perceive.
We’ve done some digging and we’ve found someone to talk to us about this phenomenon.
His name is Scot Muirden and he’s the founder of the Charles Bonnet Foundation.
Scot tells us that there could be up to 40 million people worldwide could be suffering with this affliction and as many as 90% of them haven’t reported their symptoms to medical practitioners - or even family and friends.
In many cases, this is because the sufferer would effectively be admitting to ‘hallucinations’ which raises fears of psychiatric problems and resultant potentially frightening treatment paths
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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RESOURCES
The Charles Bonnet Foundation - https://www.charlesbonnetsyndrome.org/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A picture of a cow in a living room. Or is it? Listen to find out more.]
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This week:
The Blind Pilot
Our guest this week is Miles Hilton-Barber, who in spite the fact that he has no vision whatsoever at all, flew a microlight all the way from London to Sydney
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Miles Hilton-Barber standing in front of his microlight, dressed in a black flight suit, white cane in hand]
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This week:
Music!
Our guest this week - Kirsten Busby is a soprano who a couple of weeks ago shared a virtual stage with KT Tunstall and Sarah McLachlan at #Whitestickfest - the virtual music festival to celebrate International White Cane Day.
Kirsten tells us about her first taste of singing in front of an audience - which involved a karaoke machine and the Jackson 5’s ‘Rocking Robin’ - reveals that while her bedroom may look a bit messy to you, she knows exactly where everything is, and gives us her perspective on the link between vision impairment and mental health issues.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Soprano Kirsten Busby reclining on a sofa wearing a stunning blue dress, entwined with canine companion]
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This week:
Fashion!
We cross to New York, New York to speak to social entrepreneur Bradford Manning - co-founder and proprietor of fashion label Two Blind Brothers.
Brad tells us how he and his brother Bryan came up with the idea for Two Blind Brothers, explains how it’s possible to run a fashion business in spite of a vision impairment and gives us his take on what lies ahead in the next couple of years for fashion brands in an uncertain economic climate.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Bradford Manning of Two Blind Brothers - https://twoblindbrothers.com/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A three-quarter length shot of Bryan Manning and his brother Brad (this week’s guest on Studio 1) the two blind brothers behind fashion label Two Blind Brothers. Clothes: Models’ own.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
WhiteStickFest 2022 - the virtual music festival to celebrate International White Cane Day
For the third year in a row, Sam and Matthew report from the red carpet, from backstage and from behind the scenes of the #WhiteStickFest.
This year we feature performances from the likes of KT Tunstall and Sarah McLachlan and a very special International White Cane Day message from Dame Judi Dench.
We get a rundown of what to expect from this year’s festival from Shane Kendall - the musical maestro who coordinates the production of everything you’ll see and/or hear at this year’s #WhiteStickFest.
We speak to a representative of the event’s sponsor UBER - Rita Peker is their Head of Rider Operations.
And we talk to Kirsten Busby - the soprano with the voice of an angel who’ll be performing at this year’s festival for the second year in a row.
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WhiteStickFest 2022 - The virtual music festival to celebrate International White Cane Day
https://www.whitestickfest.org/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Sarah McLachlan sitting at her piano in a wood lined music room in beautiful British Columbia ahead of her exclusive performance at #WhiteStickFest 2022]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
The Blind Cricket Commentator.
We cross to Harare in Zimbabwe to talk to Dean du Plessis, the world’s only blind cricket commentator.
As well as telling us how he commentates using the sounds picked up through stump mics, Dean talks growing up in Zimbabwe, being sent to boarding school at the age of three, his love of Def Leppard and the inevitability of tequila.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode of Studio 1 or if there’s something you think we need to be talking about, please get in touch with the show. You never know, your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
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Dean du Plessis
Twitter: @dean_plessis
‘Dean at Stumps’
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5t2HTsA3DYQl8SpkC7N6QD
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dean-at-stumps/id1492331381
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Cricket commentator Dean du Plessis in action in the commentary box wearing a broadcast headset.]
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This week:
Blind Tennis!
Ahead of this weekend’s inaugural Australian Blind & Low Vision Tennis Championships in Melbourne Sam and Matthew head to The Somerton Park Tennis Club in Adelaide where Tennis Australia Accessibility Coach Nick Bradley is running a training session.
We speak to two of the players participating in this weekend’s tournament: Tim Haggis and Courtney Lewis.
Sam has his first go at blind tennis, taking on sixteen year old young gun Max Oliver.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 presenter Sam Rickard on court at Somerton Park Tennis Club, racket in hand.]
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This week:
The Talking Kitchen!
Our guest Liz Simmons is on a mission to help people living with low vision or blindness to cook with confidence.
To this end, over the last four years, she and her husband Garry have built a kitchen-cum-TV studio and equipped it with all of the latest accessible cooking technology.
Liz now runs a video channel called ‘My Talking Kitchen’ which is full of recipe ideas and cooking tips for people living with a vision impairment.
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My Talking Kitchen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZEB2s5BMI3Vjpw_WEG0FRA
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mytalkingkitchen
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest and proprietor of My Talking Kitchen Liz Simmons looking confident and capable in her high-tech kitchen-cum-TV studio.]
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This week:
Our guest is Vision Australia’s very own semi-tame celebrity chef Tony Broun.
Normally when Tony comes onto Studio 1 he’s here to share his culinary knowledge. He specialises in helping people who have lost their sight to regain their confidence in the kitchen - to find their cooking mojo again.
But this week, Tony is here in a personal capacity. We’re going to reveal the man behind the legend.
Tony shares his experience of navigating the NDIS - Australia’s National Disability Insurance scheme - and gives us some handy tips for overcoming some of the system’s notoriously difficult administrative hurdles.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of Vision Australia’s rakishly handsome, semi-tame celebrity chef Tony Broun.]
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This week:
For the first time Matthew has a go at using adaptive technology.
Megan McEvoy from Quantum RLV joins Matthew and Sam in the studio to give them some hands-on experience with the Orcam Readsmart, a nifty bit of kit that can read out printed text.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this week’s Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we need to be talking about.
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RESOURCES
Quantum RLV - https://www.quantumrlv.com.au/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Left to right: Quantum RLV’s Megan McEvoy with Studio 1’s Sam Rickard and Matthew Layton in Vision Australia Adelaide’s Radio Studio. Matthew is holding the Orcam Readsmart over a piece of A4 paper.]
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This week:
We’re heading to BIGSOUND - the Southern Hemisphere’s equivalent of South by Southwest - who claim that this year they have the world’s first fully accessible festival stage.
We’ll be meeting one of the artists who will be playing on that stage. His name is VOLI K and he is a big old bundle of positivity and joy
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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BIGSOUND 2022 - https://www.bigsound.org.au/
VOLI K. - https://ffm.to/volikjoy
[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of Good Times Ambassador Voli K. wearing his magnificent beard and a very smart hat.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.This week:
Mentoring.
Our guest on this week’s Studio 1 is Lilli. Lilli is 15 years old and - as well as having to deal with all the stuff that teenagers have to deal with - she has a significant vision impairment.
We often talk about the merits of mentoring on Studio 1, but now it’s time for me to put my money where my mouth is.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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Vision Australia LEAP leadership and employment scheme - https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/find-services/children/high-school-years/leap
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This week:
The Chief Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia Sally Aurisch. Sally will be joining us from Canberra where she is currently attending the NDIS Jobs and Skills Summit.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Sally Aurisch, Chief Executive Officer, Blind Citizens Australia - https://www.bca.org.au
For details of the BCA Inform event mentioned by Sally (and loads more BCA events, go to
https://www.bca.org.au/events/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of Sally Aurisch, Chief Executive Officwe of Blind Citizens Australia.]
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This week:
The first blind person to have made it to the top of Mount Everest, friend of the show Erik Weihenmayer.
So no mucking about this week.
We’re going to dive straight into this wide ranging interview - in which Erik and I talk about how much we admire our mums, Erik tells us just what it takes to get to the top of Mount Everest and, hopefully, we do a good job promoting ‘No Barriers’ - his summit for young people which takes place later this month.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Erik Weihenmayer’s 2022 No Barriers Summit
YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, CO
August 25th-28th
https://nobarriersusa.org/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Rakishly handsome adventurer, explorer and Studio 1 guest Erik Weihenmayer atop a high peak on a rather crisp-looking day, beneath a beautiful blue sky, snow-covered mountains in the background.]
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This week:
In the last two and a half years, for most of us, the world has become a bit smaller - for obvious reasons.
But as things are beginning to open up, what are the challenges facing people living with low vision or blindness as they think about getting out into the world again?
Studio 1’s Matthew Layton has just returned from a six week trip to the United Kingdom to catch up with family and friends face-to-face for the first time in two and a half years.
He’s full of the joys of travel and shares with us some of his holiday memories.
Then Sam and Matthew are joined by Buck McFarlane of ‘sensory travel specialists’ Cocky Guides.
Buck is Australia’s - nay possibly the world’s - leading expert on travel for people living with low vision or blindness. He has some sound advice for listeners who are looking to start travelling again
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Buck McFarlane of Cocky Guides - https://www.cockyguides.com.au/
Sensory Tourism Conference & Gold Crest Explorer Expo - www.goldcrestexplorer.com
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Slide number 1 from Matthew’s post-holiday ‘slide evening’ in which his twin daughters are in full holiday mode in a fast food restaurant in London. One of them is wearing a brown paper bag on her head while the other helps her to put glasses on over the top of said bag. With hilarious consequences.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Sam Rickard dives back into the world of Blind sports. This time chatting with the most senior member of the Blind Cricket Team (Michael) and one of the 3 most recently capped (Lachlan Wallace)
We talk about the recent International Series against New Zealand – where Stephan Nero broke a world record in the most runs scored in a game. We also talk about the game of Blind Cricket and what it feels like to gain selection on an International Team.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
A special thank you to Lachlan and Michael and to Peter Greco and Stephan Nero
Blind Cricket Australia: https://www.blindcricket.org.au/
Blind Sports Australia: https://www.blindsportsaustralia.com.au/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Left Lachlan bowling. Right Michael Batting]
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This week:
Sam talks to Fremantle resident Simon Chong about losing his sight just before his 18th Birthday and moving from Perth to Melbourne… and back.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
A special thank you to Simon Chong
[PHOTO CAPTION: Simon stands in front of four framed Fremantle Dockers Jerseys]
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This week:
This week Sam is joined by Peter Greco to examine the events that led up to the full integration of events and results for Athletes with a Disability at the Commonwealth Games.
Sam talks to Gerrard Gosens OAM – star of stage screen and the Paralympics - who has been selected as a Para-Triathlete at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
A special thank you to Gerrard Gosens OAM, and guest presenter Peter Grreco..
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Gerrard is assisted to do sit-ups by his guide dog]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
With Matthew back in the UK for a much needed catch-up with friends and family, Sam welcomes Vicki Couzens to co-present the show.
This week we attend Royal Society for the Blind in Adelaide’s TechFest 2022 and look at and touch the adaptive technology from a number of developers and providers including; Magnifiers Australia; Pacific Vision and Quantum RLV
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
The Royal Society for the Blind - https://www.rsb.org.au/
Kisa Phone: https://www.kisaphone.com.au/
Magnifiers Australia: https://magnifiersaustralia.com.au/
Word of Mouth: wom.com.au
NVDA: https://www.nvaccess.org/download/
Dot Pad: https://www.dotincorp.com/
Pacific Vision: https://au.1lowvision.com/
Quantum RLV: https://www.quantumrlv.com.au/
A special thank you to Andrew Davies , Royal Society for the Blind Adaptive Technology Coordinator and all the exhibiters for allowing us to chat with them and play with all the gadgets.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 presenter Sam Rickard, mic in hand, crouches beside Bella the guide dog and guest presenter Vicki Couzens]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
We are privileged and delighted to be able to sit down with a man who is living your rockstar dream, the beating heart of popular music combo X Ambassadors, Casey Harris.
The conversation starts with a laser-sharp focus on X Ambassadors’ new album The Beautiful Liar, but then it starts to meanders about a bit, covering a number of topics, including how we, as two vision impaired people, are consuming coverage of the war in Ukraine in a way that may be different to the way that other people do - and how it’s affecting us and people we know.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom – GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Casey Harris of X Ambassadors - https://www.xambassadors.com/
Casey's last appearance on Studio 1 - https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/casey-harris-of-x-ambassadors?in_playlist=studio1!podcast – [PHOTO CAPTION: A detail from the promotional artwork from the X Ambassadors’ album ‘The Beautiful Liar’ featuring a cartoon image of a figure with a long stick and glasses with opaque bright white lenses. Is it Casey or the little blind girl from the album’s audiobook pastiche? You decide…] Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
The second of two shows from The Royal Society for the Blind’s factory facility in Adelaide - a social enterprise that employs 63 people with varying degrees of vision impairment.
Factory Operations Manager Peter Ware gives us a tour of the facility’s manufacturing area, where the team use thermo-forming equipment to make everything from food packaging to the dome light covers for taxis.
We’ll be finding out what it’s actually like to work at The Royal Society for the Blind’s industrial facility by speaking to team member Matt Hueppauff.
Then Vision Australia’s employment guru Belinda Wilson joins Matthew and Sam for some post-match analysis.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
The Royal Society for the Blind - https://www.rsb.org.au/
A special thank you to Peter Ware, Royal Society for the Blind Factory Operations Manager, for being so generous with his time and attention and also to Alison Wallis and Sally Raphael for all their help making this episode of Studio 1.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 presenter Sam Rickard, mic in hand, interviews Royal Society for the Blind’s Matt Huepauff at a table in the RSB’s carefully thought-out canteen, while co-presenter Matthew Layton looks on]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
The first of two shows from The Royal Society for the Blind’s manufacturing facility in Adelaide - a factory that employs 63 people with varying degrees of vision impairment.
Factory Operations Manager Peter Ware gives Sam and Matthew a tour of the facility and explains that, while the RSB are running a social enterprise that gives employment to people living with low vision or blindness, they are also a commercial business with clients including The Adelaide Hills Food Company and Coopers, delivering products to the likes of Aldi, Coles and Woolies.
Please get in touch with the show, whether you have experience of any of the issues covered in this episode of Studio 1 or if you think there’s something we should be talking about.
You never know your story and your insight may help somebody else who is dealing with something similar.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
The Royal Society for the Blind - https://www.rsb.org.au/
A special thank you to Peter Ware, Royal Society for the Blind Factory Operations Manager, for being so generous with his time and attention and also to Alison Ware and Sally Raphael for all their help making this episode of Studio 1.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 presenter Sam Rickard, mic in hand, interviews Royal Society for the Blind Factory Operations Manager Peter Ware in front of a giant purple RSB sign while his co-presenter Matthew Layton looks on]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
We cross to London to talk to a proper musician. He plays the sitar, he plays the tabla and he plays several other instruments whose names we can’t even pronounce.
His name is Baluji Shrivastav OBE
Yes, he’s worked with the likes of Boy George, Annie Lennox and Kylie Minogue but we’re more interested in his work with the Inner Visions Orchestra (a Stevie Wonder reference we assume) which he founded in 2008.
There are currently 18 musicians in the group and all of them are blind.
It’s all about inclusivity - in terms of cultural background, musical discipline, age, disability and even musical ability, As you’ll hear during the interview at one point he was trying to encourage Matthew to join!
Baluji doesn’t just help the members of the orchestra to perform and enjoy performing music, he also encourages them to improvise (Western musicians are apparently more comfortable sticking to the notes apparently!) and empowers them to teach classes themselves.
Bulaji also tells us of his first encounters with music as a child in India and the story of how, as a young man, he found himself alone in Nice with just two dollars in his pocket.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Baluji Shivastav OBE - https://www.balujimusicfoundation.org/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Baluji Shrivastav OBE, resplendent in a collarless shirt a very regal-looking orange jacket]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
The Vision Australia Radiothon
Yes, it’s that time of year again.
The time of year when we here at Vision Australia Radio ask you, gentle listener, for your support in helping us stay afloat.
Helping Matthew and Sam to rattle the tin in your general direction this year are two of Vision Australia Radio’s brightest stars: our senior presenter, the man who taught all of us everything we know - we call him the guv’nor - the man, the legend Peter Greco.
Then we shall be speaking to the station’s young gun, Sam Colley of Talking Vision.
Sandwiched like a rose between these two gnarly thorns will be the presenter of Vision Australia Radio’s newest show - proof that the station you know and love is constantly evolving and innovating. The show is called The Career Path and our guest, its presenter, is Belinda Wilson.
Please get in touch with the show CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom – RESOURCES
The Vision Australia Radiothon 2022
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It costs in the region of two million dollars to keep the Vision Australia Radio network on the air every year.
Radio is often perceived as something that doesn’t cost anything. Turn on the tap and out comes water. Turn on the radio and out comes the fantastic service that Vision Australia Radio provides.
Yes, we are grateful for the support provided by Vision Australia and other organisations, (including the Community Broadcasting Foundation who fund this show) but like most of the people whom we talk to on the show and many of our listeners, we are fiercely independent. We like to stand on our own two feet.
We realise times are hard, but we appreciate any and all donations - whatever the amount. Donations of over two dollars are, of course, tax deductible.
For more information, go to:
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GUESTS
Belinda Wilson, presenter, ‘The Career Path’ - https://omny.fm/shows/careerpath Sam Colley, presenter, ‘Talking Vision’ - https://omny.fm/shows/talking-vision-vision-australia-radio Peter Greco, presenter, ‘Leisure Link’ - https://omny.fm/shows/leisure-link ‘Focal Point’ - https://omny.fm/shows/focal-point ‘Vision Extra’ - https://omny.fm/shows/vision-extra
– [PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest and presenter of Vision Australia Radio’s new podcast/radio show ‘The Career Path’ Belinda Wilson - looking very much at home in a radio studio, headphones on, next to a microphone.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Our guest is master musician, UNICEF Ambassador and friend of the show Cobhams Asuquo.
In this interview - recorded down the line from his home in Lagos earlier this month - Cobhams shares with us his excitement about the release of his new material.
The show features exclusive pre-release snippets of forthcoming single Elephant Man - which marks a radical change in artistic direction for Cobhams.
His new sound is a bit more edgy. If you’re familiar with Cobhams’ work, you may be shocked by the Afrobeat rhythms, lyrics that include mentions of Bentleys and Ferraris and Mr Asuquo boasting of the ‘ice’ hanging from his neck.
But in his own inimitable way, Cobhams is using this musical vocabulary to put across a positive social message.
Just because he’s blind doesn’t mean that he doesn’t like nice things.
What’s more, he’s come by these nice things through determination and hard work.
And he’s enjoying those things in a totally wholesome way.
Responsibly.
Who knows, he may even inspire other people living with a vision impairment to be as ambitious and to express themselves
As Cobhams says in the interview:
“This is not the life that’s expected of a blind person in Africa… To get in front of the microphone, to maybe hold a blinged out mic… It’s a little daring. ‘How dare you! You’re blind! Tell us about how the world should be a better place.’.... I’m going to tell you that, but I also need you to know that when you pay me for telling you how the world should be a better place, sometimes I have a good time and I want you to see that.”
What do you think of the message behind Cobhams’ new music? Will you be adopting his “wholesome hip-hop” approach to life?
Please get in touch with the show CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom – GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Cobhams Asuquo
NEW MUSIC:
Cobhams Asuquo x Bella Shmurda x Patoranking - Jah Eli Jah - https://youtu.be/dV_FeXAcvaY Cobhams Asuquo - Elephant Man - yet to be released. Keep an eye on…
Cobhamsasuquo.com instagram.com/cobhamsasuquo twitter.com/cobhamsasuquo
[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Cobhams Asuquo looking prosperous in a studio shot, ‘ice’ on his neck, the photographer’s lighting umbrella reflected in his rockstar shades. Stolen from his facebook page.] Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
The world’s fastest blind man on two wheels - and that’s official.
His name is Ben Fetlen, he’s a current Guinness World Record holder and a card-carrying Australian bloke
However, while this show might at first seem to be about Ben racing across the South Australian salt flats at 266kph on a motorbike without being able to see where he’s going, there is actually something a little more important at its heart.
Here at Studio 1 we’re always keen to explore the link between blindness, low vision and particularly sight loss and mental health issues.
In this episode of Studio 1 Ben talks incredibly frankly, eloquently and generously - about the effect that losing his sight in his mid twenties had on his life.
As well as losing his sight, Ben lost his career, his independence and the relationship with his partner at the time.
At his lowest ebb, Ben ended up self-medicating with alcohol and soft drugs, getting into fights in pubs and eventually got himself into so much trouble that he ended up in jail.
Ben goes onto tell us how, with the help of a brilliant counsellor, he managed to get his life back on track.
He is without doubt the most eloquent person we’ve had on this show on the subject of sight loss and mental health and we’re incredibly grateful to him for sharing his story with us.
If you think that what Ben has to say may help someone going through this kind of issue, please share it with them.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Ben Felten
Mentoring - Insightofdreams.org
Speed record adventures - blindspeed.com.au
[PHOTO CAPTION: A striking image of Studio 1 guest Ben Felten standing on the bright white ground of the South Australian salt flats under a clear blue sky. Next to him is his guide rider Kevin Magee. They are standing in front of their world record-breaking motorcycles.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
We cross to Vancouver British Columbia to talk to Canadian composer and performer Jugpreet Bajwa.
Juggy’s new single ‘Sukoon’ was released on Monday and, considering he’s just released one of his babies into the world, he seems incredibly calm.
Topics of conversation range from Juggy’s close relationship with his family to the challenges of touring as a blind musician, stopping off on the way to talk about romantic love and hiking along Vancouver’s magnificent Seawall. CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom – GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Jugpreet Bajwa twitter - https://twitter.com/JuggyJag Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jugpreetbajwa Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DFGYkgDvvTO1qPtMomjyd?si=ikz4Wa4PT82hbwHGTdyhVw
Juggy’s new single ‘Sukoon’ YouTube - https://youtu.be/WDGcTNj7_S4
[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Jugpreet Bajwa in the photo from the cover art for his new single Sukoon, the sun setting over his native Vancouver in the background]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
As the rest of the world celebrates May the Fourth - Star Wars Day - Studio 1 tries to find out why George Lucas’s supposed masterpiece is the blind community’s least favourite film.
To this end, we are conducting an experiment.
We have sent each of our two victims… sorry, subjects (neither of whom have seen Star Wars) audio-only copies of the original Star Wars movie to see what they make of it.
Mick Zannis is the most-capped player in Australian Blind Cricket history. Mick has sat through Star Wars in the past and it never did anything for him, but we’ve sent him Disney's new audio-described version of the film.
Jason Gipps is one of the team of dedicated people who keep Vision Australia Radio on the air. We’ve sent him an audio-only version of the film to see what a sighted person makes of the experience without the usual visual aids.
Mick also tells us how to do a COVID RAT test without the benefit of sight and Jason gives us a rundown on what’s coming up in the near-future here on Vision Australia Radio.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: The opening scene of Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope in which ”...suspended in the infinite void of outer space, words in giant YELLOW letters roll out from underneath us..."]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
A man we’ve been wanting to talk to for a while now
The man who turned up to last year’s #WhiteStickFest - our virtual music festival to celebrate International White Cane Day - and won, because of his energy alone.
He’s a rootin’ tootin’ son of a gun and his name is Blind Joe.
He’s also a country music artist from Fargo, North Dakota.
Our conversation covers topics as diverse as music, family and the effect that COVID - or the’rona as Joe calls - has had on our lives in the last two years
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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GUESTS:
Blind Joe - https://www.blindjoe.com/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: The devilishly handsome Blind Joe sitting atop a tree stump in what we imagine are the woods of North Dakota]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Christine Ha.
Christine first came to the world’s attention when she won one of the first series of Masterchef, her relationship with Gordon Ramsey in particular tugging at the heart strings of many watching.
In this interview we have a chance to get to know a woman who is so much more than a contestant on a cooking show,
Christine has two degrees to her name - one in Business Administration and one in fine arts - both of which she acquired as she was losing her sight.
Christine speaks with incredible dignity about what it was like to lose her sight in her early twenties and the challenge of learning how to cook without sight.
Now the proprietor of two restaurants in Houston, Texas, Christine talks eloquently of the energy and resilience required by business owners in the service sectors over the last couple of years.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch. CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom – GUESTS: Christine Ha
– [PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of Studio 1 guest Christine Ha resplendent in immaculate chef’s whites] Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Murphy
We meet a musician with a fascinating true gentle artist’s soul.
After losing his job - and being told that this had happened because of the issues he has with his sight, our guest today Phillip Murphy - Murphy to those who know him - hit the road, guitar in hand and lived an itinerant balladeer’s life for nigh on eight years
Then, in a strange twist of fate, our hero found himself being swept up by the U.S. reality TV juggernaut that is American Idol
A strange collision between two very different worlds
So today we have the chance to get to know Murphy a little better and to ask him about what his American Idol experience was like and how things are going for him now.
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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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GUESTS:
Murphy on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/08wbLLblCPpZafA2CXUXRB
Murphy’s American Idol “journey” - https://youtu.be/aZjVsAZAdfM
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Musician and Studio 1 guest Murphy sitting at a microphone, guitar upon his knee]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
COVID
The news agenda may have moved on, but “the virus” is still having a very real effect on many people’s lives - particularly people living with low vision or blindness.
So with the help of our panel of experts, our choir of angels, our gang of friends and associates who have what the hipsters refer to as “lived experience” of low vision and blindness, we investigate!
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch. CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
– GUESTS: Matt Spencer Paul Patterson Gabrielle Simmons Tim Haggis Simon Chong Peter Greco Carolyn Johnson
– [PHOTO CAPTION: Kenny The Crochet Corona Virus - a somewhat bedraggled-looking representation of the COVID 19 virus in crochet form]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Space!
We speak to the wonderful Wanda Diaz Merced, a blind astronomer who explores space using sound.
Wanda has joined us to ask for your help with her current project measuring extra terrestrial gravitational waves.
She’s looking to recruit an army of people to help her interpret and spot patterns in the vast amount of audio data she and her team collect..
To sign up go to
https://ep.ego-gw.eu/SonificationTraining/HomePage.html
Wanda also gives us the greatest answer we’ve had to the second question we ask all of our guests, “Where are you and can you describe it for us?”
Wanda is based in Pisa and her answer includes the aromas of fresh coffee and roasting onions and the high-pitched buzzing of Italian motor scooters.
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch. CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: SPACE! The word “Space” in big bright yellow letters against the black background of outer space with a light sprinkling of twinkling stars.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
“Why do you bother travelling when you can’t actually see anything?”
Matthew speaks to Tony Giles, who, in spite of his vision impairment, has visited over 130 countries.
Tony tells us of his adventures sofa-surfing in Russia, kayaking in Papua New Guinea and accosting strangers on the streets of New York.
Other topics discussed include the smell of penguin poo and Tony’s collection of garden gnomes.
For more information about Tony, his travels and the books he has written, go to https://www.tonythetraveller.com/
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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Intrepid traveller Tony Giles in a large courtyard decorated with orange and red bunting outside the Basilica of Santo Niño in Manila.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Make-up!
Many of the people we talk to in the course of making Studio 1 lose sight later in life.
On top of all the other frankly horrible things that this loss can lead to, it can mean the loss of the ability to apply make-up with confidence - to put on the war-paint that allows them to go out and face the world with confidence.
So, instructed and inspired by Studio 1’s resident chef-cum-children’s author Jen Gierens, Matthew and Sam have left their comfort zone, and gone on the hunt for make-up tips.
Sam has canvassed the opinions of Studio 1’s Panel of Experts/Choir of Angels for their advice. We hear from Heidi Rickard, Gabrielle Simmons, Grace King and Carolyn Johnson.
Matthew asks content creator, style icon and influencer Lucy Edwards for help.
Lucy is eminently qualified. As well as having 1.5 million followers on TikTok, Lucy has a contract with shampoo brand Pantene as the face of both their universal packaging initiative and their Pantene Miracles Silky and Glowing hair care line.
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch. CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of Studio 1 guest Lucy Edwards, a young woman with vibrant red hair wearing a cream dress.]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES:
Lucy Edwards
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhMknOcAZOQXC1rh0ler-Q TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@lucyedwards Twitter - https://twitter.com/lucyedwards
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Glaucoma.
Matthew and Sam see this episode of Studio 1 most important show on the Studio 1 calendar.
Glaucoma is an eye disease that can lead to permanent irreversible sight loss.
Right now 150,000 Australians are suffering from glaucoma and they don’t even know it.
Today, for the third year in a row, we speak to Kirk Pengilly of INXS about the time he nearly lost his sight to glaucoma at the age of 28.
In what has become a bit of a tradition/running joke, Matthew and Kirk exchange music recommendations.
To give us a rundown on glaucoma - what it is, what it does and what we can do to find out if we have it - we speak to Associate Professor Dr Ashish Agar, who is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney.
We also talk to Shannon Davis, a 45 year old husband and father-of-two and, until recently, high-flying senior partner at PWC.
He tells the shocking story of how he suddenly discovered he had become legally blind because of glaucoma without really realising there was anything seriously wrong with his sight.
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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait of Kirk Pengilly, moustaches resplendent, standing in front of some sort of maritime-themed mural]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES:
Glaucoma Australia - https://glaucoma.org.au/
Seven Sights in Seven Days - http://sevensights.org.au/
Matthew’s music recommendations
WhiteStickFest 2021:: X Ambassadors - Headline Set - https://youtu.be/Q9T_l1SQvpY
WhiteStickFest 2021 :: Luan Pommier - Tou Pré - https://youtu.be/cz89PdggDQw
Kirk’s music recommendations
Rasmus Faber feat. Renae Rain - Do My Best - https://youtu.be/iyANEb9L2QU
Rasmus Faber - Two Left Feet feat. Öhrn - https://youtu.be/sur26IaI7KM
Black Coffee - SUBCONSCIOUSLY (Album playlist) - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrN3eFofSpllg7-9LYqXH3SiyuuHTNDHX
Kirk Pengilly (INXS) Chill playlists on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/cc1nb78grrtov7svdecnulj88
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This week:
Parenting:
Matthew talks to Carolyn Johnson about their shared experience of growing up with very similar vision impairments - they were both born with congenital cataracts.
Then they discuss their shared experience of being told that their newborn children had the same condition, of the resultant guilt and of the slow passage of time while their nine week old babies were having operations on their eyes under general anaesthetic.
Carolyn beams with pride as she tells us that her son Mitchell (26) is now a paramedic, and drives ambulances and saves lives for a living.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Proud grandmother Carolyn Johnson, resplendent in fuscia, grandchild upon her knee]
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RESOURCES:
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This week:
Matthew speaks to Charlotte Kelly, singer with double Grammy award winning R&B collective Soul II Soul.
Charlotte tells us about her career - from a seven-hour jam session with The Specials at the age of sixteen to her upcoming gig with Soul II Soul at the Albert Hall.
And she talks about the importance of getting about independently - be it at an international airport or simply finding her way to the microphone in darkened venues.
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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
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TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Charlotte Kelly looking very much the rockstar in a very designer-looking leather jacket]
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RESOURCES:
Charlotte Kelly’s ‘Blinding Vision’ YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7CpBP4wIE5J7P-at9_SifA
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This week:
Vision Australia’s Career Start Program is now open for applications
The program is designed to help recent graduates living with a vision impairment get onto the first rung of the career ladder.
The program starts in April, lasts twelve months and consists of a nine month paid internship at Vision Australia, followed by a three month paid placement with another employer.
Matthew speaks to Gabrielle Simmons, who is part of the current crop of Vision Australia’s Career Start participants.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: A headshot of Studio 1 guest/Vision Australia Career Start participant Gabrielle Simmons]
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RESOURCES
The Vision Australia Career Start Program - https://www.visionaustralia.org/about-us/careers/career-start-program
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Dave Steele - also known as The Blind Poet - tells us his story.
In 2013 Dave suddenly lost the majority of his sight.
As if that weren’t bad enough, as a result, he lost his independence and his mobility, his job and his home.
But eight years on, Dave is a transformed man, reinvigorated with drive and purpose, a writer with five published books to his name, helping others to overcome similar challenges to his own - all through the power of poetry.
Grab yourself a stiff drink and a hanky for this one. You might just need them both! -- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: A black and white portrait of The Blind Poet Dave Steele. As you might expect from a poet, he’s wearing a turtleneck.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Film-maker, accessibility consultant and passionate traveler James Rath.
James talks us through the challenges facing any young person with a vision impairment who wants to become a film-maker. He has certainly overcome those challenges. A campaign he made for global fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger won awards at Cannes.
PLUS: The podcast version of this show contains what we believe the young hipsters refer to as an ‘Easter Egg’ - think of it as being a bit like one of those hidden bonus tracks you used to get at the end of CDs. Tacked onto the end of the podcast, there’s ten minutes of Matthew and James having quite a geeky conversation about computer games.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: James Rath. A very charming young man.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week:
Three blind men walk into a bar…
…and it all went rather well actually. All involved had quite a nice time.
Sam and Matthew go to the pub for a couple of refreshing summertime libations with Australia’s most-capped blind cricketer Michael Zannis.
Mick talks us through his day job as a braille teacher at the Royal Society for the Blind, tells us the shocking story of how he lost his sight and stares wistfully into his pint as he remembers his sporting glory days!
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: A foaming pint of refreshing summertime beer.]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Sam and Matthew plonk themselves in front of the television to watch epic new National Geographic series ‘Welcome to Earth’, in which blind explorer and mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer takes rapper and actor Will Smith into a live volcano
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Movie-style poster for National Geogrphic’s ‘Welcome to Planet Earth’ featuring a big picture of Will Smith]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Sam speaks to Australian Paralympic athlete Sam Harding.
Both Sams have represented Australia in 400m and the 800m - it’s just that Guest Sam’s experience is a little more recent!
Presenter Sam asks Guest Sam about competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and both Sams compare notes on the different challenges facing athletes today and in the olden days.
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Sam Harding wearing the green and gold of Australia]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Matthew presents highlights of three of his favorite interviews from Studio 1 in 2021.
The BBC’s Peter White schools Matthew in making radio for people living with blindness or low vision.
He’s entitled to. He’s been doing it on BBC national radio since 1974.
The BBC’s Washington correspondent Gary O’Donoghue talks about Peter White - and gives us a summary of the various political, social and economic challenges facing the U.S. today
And Robin Millar - a man responsible for the production of over 600 gold and platinum records - gives us the safest advice we’ve ever heard about living with blindness.
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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A photo of a Union Flag fluttering in the breeze]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Matthew and Sam talk to Studio 1’s panel of low vision and blind contributors - their vision impaired Choir of Angels - about memories of Christmas past and their hopes for Christmas present(s)
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: A close-up photo of a bauble on the official Studio 1 Christmas tree]
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Sam speaks to a proper Australian legend.
Philanthropist; businessman and adventurer; Dick Smith.
Dick tells Sam about his adventures; his new book and why he loves Carols by Candlelight.
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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Dick Smith standing in front of his helicopter on the cover of the audiobook version of his autobiography “My Adventurous Life”]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
The audiobook of Dick Smith’s “My Adventurous Life” - https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/my-adventurous-life/544639
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Our guest on this week’s Studio 1, Dr Hoby Wedler is a sensory evangelist.
‘What on earth is a sensory evangelist?’ we hear you cry
Well, it’s Hoby’s belief that those of us who have sight are perhaps a little too reliant on that one sense.
He encourages us to try to use our other senses to get the most out of the world around us.
He’s also an entrepreneur by day, a computational chemist by training, and by nature an incredibly positive and collaborative individual
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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Dr Hoby Wedler in a vineyard - presumably in his native Northern California - at sunset, a hill full of vines stretching out behind him.]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Dr Hoby Wedler - https://www.hobywedler.com/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Our guest is the man with one of the most coveted jobs in the world in the cut-throat profession of journalism,\Washington Correspondent for the BBC.
His name is Gary O’Donoghue.
In this interview, Gary gives us an account of how daily life in Washington D.C. has been affected by COVID, tells us how the rhythm of his professional life has changed in the last ten months since the end of the Trump presidency (and what he refers to as the associated ‘hour-by-hour tweetfest’) and gives us pretty much the most concise and eloquent run-down you’re ever likely to hear of the major political, social, economic and cultural issues facing the United States today.
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: An image that someone has grabbed from the telly of BBC Washington Correspondent Gary O’Donoghue reporting live from Washington. You can tell this because there is a picture of the White House behind Gary and a little red box with the word ‘live’ in the top left hand corner of the picture.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Gary O’Donoghue, BBC Washington Correspondent - https://twitter.com/BBCBlindGazza
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Thomas Reid - the producer and presenter of ‘Reid My Mind” a podcast about living with a vision impairment - which we like to think of as ‘Studio 1’s hip-hop cousin’.
Link: http://reidmymind.com/
Thomas talks passionately about his love for his daughters, how proud he is to be from The Bronx - the birthplace of hip-hop and his excitement about the inaugural Audio Description Awards Gala, for which he was host a couple of weeks ago
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: The devilishly handsome Thomas Reid. He’s got his sunglasses on!]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
The Reid My Mind podcast - http://reidmymind.com/
The Audio Description Awards Gala - https://adawardsgala.org/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
We cross to New York, New York to speak to a young woman who maintains that white sticks are sexy!
Her name is Lachi.
She’s a musician, producer and writer.
She also makes her voice heard on issues that are relevant to thoughts we have here on Studio 1; as co-chair of the Recording Academy’s advocacy chapter, as well as founding RAMPD - an organisation for recording artists with disabilities.
She’s also great fun - as you’re about to find out!
-- If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Lachi wearing killer heels and touting her white can as she power walks through New York City]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
A question that people with a vision impairment get asked all the time - but for which they don’t necessarily have an instant and simple answer.
“How much can you see?”
We ask the question of our Panel of Experts/Choir of Angels/Studio 1 Renegades.
Then we ask them how being asked that question makes them feel.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: A close-up shot of an eye.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Well, last week, we asked if you would give a job to someone with a vision impairment
https://omny.fm/shows/studio1/would-you-employ-a-blind-person
This week we look into the support that is available for both employers and employees once they’ve taken the decision to work together.
We’ll talk to Brian Dibbins of the Royal Society for the Blind about the support his organisation gave to both parties
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A person with a vision impairment doing his job. Specifically: Studio 1 presenter Matthew Layton operating a radio studio.]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Brian Dibbins, Royal Society for the Blind - https://www.rsb.org.au/services/disability-employment-services/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Would you employ a person with a vision impairment?
More specifically, if you had a choice of two candidates, both of whom had similar qualifications or experience, but one of those candidates had a vision impairment, which one would you choose?
Employing someone with a vision impairment can be quite a daunting prospect. As a result, there are thousands of people around the world who - in spite of their incredible talents and superhuman work ethics - have perhaps been ‘between jobs’ for more of their careers than some of their contemporaries
We speak to Vision Australia’s Belinda Wilson, who has made it her life’s mission to help get more people living with low vision or blindness into sustained employment - both by helping individual candidates be as prepared as possible to “get that job” and by educating employers to give it to them.
If any of the issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you or if there’s a topic you feel we should be talking about, please get in touch with the show:
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: A blind person. Possibly waiting for a job interview. Nervously.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Belinda Wilson - Vision Australia - https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/employment-assistance
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
A rather shocking story has landed in the Studio 1 in-tray.
It’s a story about Matt Spencer who, while minding his own business, trying to get from A to B by train, was shoved and punched after firmly (but politely) asking a fellow passenger to please not pat his guide dog.
-- If any of the issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you or if there’s a topic you feel we should be talking about, please get in touch with the show:
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Headshot of a golden guide dog.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This Friday - October 15th - is International White Cane Day and for the second year in a row, Vision Australia Radio are supporting a virtual music festival to mark the occasion.
And for the second year running Studio 1 has been given exclusive access to the virtual red carpet.
This year it’s a truly global event. There are thirty artists on the bill from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, the UK, Ireland, Croatia, Nigeria, South Africa and even Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.
And...
This year, all of Vision Australia Radio’s International White Cane Day coverage and activities are being sponsored by Uber.
We wish their Head of Rider Operations, Rita Peker, a Happy White Cane Day and talk about the company’s new initiative to support passengers with guide dogs (and other service animals).
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If any of the issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you or if there’s a topic you feel we should be talking about, please get in touch with the show:
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A ‘celebrity’ in a black dress arriving on the #WhiteStickFest virtual red carpet, being faced down by a hungry pack of paparazzi. P.S. It’s not a real celebrity, just a photo we got off the internet!]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Shane Kendall - #WhiteStickFest - https://www.whitestickfest.org/
Rita Peker - Head of Rider Operations, Uber
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
WhiteStickFest 2021 Running Order:
1200 OPENING MESSAGE: Tom Sullivan
1204 Rachael Leahcar
1208 Georgia Crandon
1212 Cobhams Asuquo
1216 Blind Joe
1220 Bernarda
1224 Tate Sheridan
1228 Andrea Begley
1232 Danny Kean
1236 Lachi
1237 Caitlin Smith
1241 Lara Nahkle
1245 Shayy Winn
1249 Connor Wink
1253 Robert Cini
1257 Christian Guardino
1300 SPECIAL GUESTS: The Wiggles
1304 Eran James
1308 Luan Pommier
1312 Vernon Barnard
1316 Mark Laurent
1320 Kirsten Busby
1324 Mac Potts
1328 Rick Price
1332 Michael Leonardi
1336 Belo
1340 Joan Belgrave
1344 Diane Schuur and the Airmen of Note
1348 Magic Giant
1352 HEADLINE SET: X Ambassadors
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
We head Stateside to talk to author, publisher and equal rights activist Belo Miguel Cipriani.
In his early twenties, Belo moved to San Francisco where he thrived both professionally and socially.
Until one night, out of the blue, where he was set upon by group of men, who kicked him in the head so violently so many times his retinas became detached and he was left blind.
Where many of us would have curled up in a ball after such a life-shattering event, if anything, Belo became more driven.
He’s now an author, a digital accessibility consultant/advocate and a publisher - specialising in helping authors with disabilities to make their voices heard.
If any of the issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you or if there’s a topic you feel we should please get in touch with the show:
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A warm, friendly portrait of Belo Cipriani, arm around his canine companion, in a park in the magic hour. Stolen from Belo’s twitter feed - https://twitter.com/beloism]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Belo Miguel Cipriani - https://belocipriani.com/
Oleb Books - https://olebbooks.com/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
We speak to a very talented young actor by the name of Jay Worthington.
Jay is an ensemble member of The Gift Theatre Company in Chicago Illinois and a star of stage, screen, audiobooks and radio plays.
He also teaches acting classes for adults and high school children.
But he was once told by a prominent director in Chicago in front of a room full of people
“You can’t act - you’re blind!”
If this particular story or any of the other issues covered in this episode strike a chord with you, please get in touch with the show:
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: The devilishly handsome Jay Worthington in classic thespian-style black-and-white headshot]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
The Gift Theatre Company - https://thegifttheatre.org/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
The NDIS - The Nation Disability Insurance Scheme
No! Please don’t go!
Come back!
It won’t be boring, we promise!
In the last five years, the NDIS has affected how a lot of people living with low vision or blindness live their lies.
This week, we’ve been talking to some of those people to find out just what those effects are.
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-- [PHOTO CAPTION: The NDÏS logo. Lower case, white writing on a plum-coloured bacgkround]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
A rather remarkable gentleman by the name of Mike May.
Mike lost his sight as a child, but in 2000, at the age of 46, following multiple procedures involving cornea transplants and pioneering stem cell therapy, Mike regained some sight in one of his eyes.
That’s remarkable in and of itself, but Mike is also an accessible technology pioneer. He is the founder of The Sendero Group - who were the first company to make the power of GPS accessible to people with little or no vision - and is now Chief Evangelist at GoodMaps.
He also happens to be the fastest blind man on two skis - and that’s official!
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-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Mike May, looking very dapper in a well-cut suit, sitting behind his desk, smiling in a very welcoming manner.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
GoodMaps - https://www.goodmaps.com/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
An American icon.
Mister Tom Sullivan.
He describes himself as first a loving husband and father, then as a singer, an actor, an author, an athlete…
The list goes on.
As a bi-product of writing, starring in, composing music for and even directing TV shows like Highway to Heaven he became a familiar face on American television.
In this half hour interview, he reels off some fantastic showbiz anecdotes involving Johnny Carson, Bo Derrick, Michael Landon and even The Kennedys.
He also tells us how he got in trouble a couple of weeks ago for playing golf on a communal lawn at his apartment complex at three o’clock in the morning.
At the age of 74!
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A portrait shot of Mister Tom Sullivan; ever-suave and sophisticated in a classic navy suit, crisp pale blue shirt and imaculate under-stated tie]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Our second show from the 16th Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
This time we’re talking goalball - a frankly vicious sport specifically developed to help rehabilitate veterans who had lost their sight during the Second World War.
Basically it’s teams of blind and blindfolded people throw a 3 pound ball at each other.
We’re going to get an overview of the sport from Jodi Willis-Roberts - a woman who has not only represented Australia at Paralympic level in goalball, but has also won 7 medals - two of them gold in discus and shotput.
Then we cross to the Olympic Village in Tokyo, to speak to one of the current stars of the Australian Paralympic goalball team Tyan Taylor
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Australian Paralympic goalball star Tyan Taylor in full flight having just released a 1.25 kilogram ball at an unseen opponent.]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Blind Sports Australia - https://www.blindsportsaustralia.com.au/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
The first of two shows from the 16th Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
This week’s show is focused on swimming.
We talk to two Australian gold medal winning Paralympic stars.
First onto the starting blocks, a man with nineteen Paralympic medals to his name - Kingsley Bugarin OAM.
Kingsley will be giving us an idea of what it’s like to compete at the Paralympics and telling us just how much pressure athletes are under as they head into the competition
Then we cross to Tokyo, specifically to the media centre in the Olympic village, to speak to an athlete who is preparing to compete in the pool in his fifth Paralympic games, friend of the show Matthew Levy OAM.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Portrait shot of Matthew Levy, resplendent in Australian Paralympic team uniform.]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Studio 1 is going to Lagos in Nigeria! to speak to Cobhams Asuquo.
Cobhams is an obedient husband, a doting father, a singer/songwriter on a mission, a health campaigner, a UNICEF Ambassador, a spiritual man…
He is many things.
You’ll enjoy his company.
PLUS: Look out for a special guest appearance from American singer and star of 1980s hit TV series “Highway to Heaven” Tom Sullivan. Talking about the logistics of playing golf as a blind person.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Cobhams Asuquo artfully shot in profile, looking very much the rock star in headphones and purple shades, seemingly about to sing into a microphone.]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Cobhams Asuquo - https://www.cobhamsasuquo.com/
We Go Win (Corona) - https://youtu.be/2PGMGrz6LAU
I Still Choose To Worship You - https://youtu.be/A1JYKayOc08
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
A tale of two chefs.
If you’re a regular listener to Studio 1, you’re probably already a fan of Chef Number One, Vision Australia’s semi-tame celebrity chef Tony Broun.
Tony spent most of the Eighties and nineties flambe-ing all the food groups on television shows and demonstration stages across Australia and around the world.
Then, for various medical reasons we needn’t go into here, Tony lost the majority of his sight.
Which led to him losing his career and his confidence - he just couldn’t do things the same way any more.
But today, having re-found his mojo, Tony tirelessly works to help people who have lost their sight to regain their confidence
Chef Number Two’s story is slightly different.
Alex Kolberg knew from the age of 14 that he wanted to be a chef.
Not necessarily the most logical choice of career for someone who is legally blind.
But with grit, determination and a little help from some special people, Alex is now seven years into his career as a professional chef and has just started a new job at Adelaide eatery Jibbi and Co
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A tastefully shot picture of some lamb shanks and mashed potato. On a plate, obviously.]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
We’re eighteen months into the COVID -19 pandemic and it seems we’re still a long way from the light at the end of the tunnel.
In the last month, 13 million Australians have been subject to some sort of lockdown.
As we go to air, Queensland have extended their lockdown until 8th August and in New South Wales, where there is no end to the current lockdown in sight, the army are patrolling the streets making sure that people obey the rules
So over the next few weeks on Studio 1, we’re going to check in on a couple of people who live with low vision or blindness to see how they’re coping - and we’re going to see if we can get some advice from those in the know about how to survive extended periods of lockdown
This week’s guest is Melbourne resident Adua Merula Rosso.
If you’d like to get in touch to tell us how you’re coping - or to pass on any handy tips that you think may be of use to anyone else listening, please do get in touch
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same thing.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Studio Adua Merola-Rosso with canine companion]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
“What do you look like?” Or indeed “What DO you look like?”
Believe it or If you don’t live with blindness or low vision, you might be surprised to hear that some of us who do can be quite self-conscious about how we look to other people.
To help Matthew and Sam - both of whom are somewhat out of their comfort zones - a lady with panache, poise and style.
Nikki Hind is the powerhouse behind Australian fashion label Blind Grit and the country’s only legally blind fashion designer.
Please do get in touch with the show on any of the subjects covered in this week’s show, or if there’s something else you think we need to talk about.
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same thing.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: @varadionetwork and @whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: A stunning haute-couture-style black and white photo of Studio 1 guest: fashion designer Nikki Hind astride a chair, erm...wearing some clothes. Stylishly.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Nikki Hind - Blind Grit Fashion - blindgrit.com
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Matthew’s guest on this week’s show is an adventurer, a conqueror of summits and a positivity campaigner.
His name is Eric Weihenmayer
Erik was the first blind person to conquer Everest back in 2001. He’s also climbed the seven summits and kayaked the Colorado River.
However, Eric doesn’t see any of these as his most important achievement.
Next month he hosts the latest in his series of annual “No Barriers” summits - which are part of his mission to “empower people to shatter barriers, find their inner purpose, and contribute their very best to the world.”
https://www.nobarriers.live/
-- Please do get in touch with the show on any of the subjects covered in this week’s show, or if there’s something else you think we need to talk about.
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same thing.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer in action]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
No Barriers Summit, 28th - 30th August 2021 - https://www.nobarriers.live/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Matthew’s guests are mother and son Beth and Christian Guardino.
Christian is a very talented, charming young man.
He’s a musician and his instrument of choice is his voice
In 2017 he had a good run on U.S TV’s family entertainment juggernaut America’s Got Talent.
But as you know, here at Studio 1, we’re not interested in such shallow fripperies.
People involved in or watching these so-called reality television shows often talk of the participant’s “journey” - which generally means didthey got to Round 3 or the quarter finals and did they shout at anyone or cry like a baby on the way
But in the case of Beth and Christian, a much more interesting and significant journey actually began twenty one years ago when Christian was born with a severe visual impairment.
As Beth says in the course of the interview you’re about to hear…
“I started out holding this infant and not knowing if he would ever see my face or what life would look like for him… I never knew anybody else who was legally blind”
Blindness and low vision are often seen very much as “other” something that happens to someone else.
One of the things we try to do here at Studio 1 is to get across the message that the people this stuff happens to are just ordinary people like you with feelings, hopes, dreams and busy busy lives.
As you’re about to find out, Beth was just an ordinary human being who suddenly had to leverage superhuman levels of stamina and bravery to do the best she could for her child.
-- Please do get in touch with the show on any of the subjects covered in this week’s show, or if there’s something else you think we need to talk about.
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same thing.
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-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Christian Guardino belting out a number on America’s Got Talent.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Studio 1 comes to you from the gleaming new branch of Specsavers in the Norwood Village Shopping Centre in suburban Adelaide for Matthew’s favourite episode in the Studio 1 calendar.
It’s time for him to practise what he preaches and get his eyes checked by his favourite eye healthcare professionals Jo and Lexie.
-- One of the most important things we do here at Studio 1 is to try to find imaginative ways to nag you to look after your eyes.
300,000 people in Australia have glaucoma - a disease that can lead to irreversible sight loss - but half of those people don’t even know they have it.
Sorry to be melodramatic, but that could include you.
1.25 million people in Australia have some level of macular degeneration - that’s the one that affects the retina that yer granny had.
And if your gran did indeed have macular degeneration - or your mum or anyone else in your family - you could be one of the 8 million Australians at risk of developing the condition later in life.
If you’ve listened to this show before, you’ll have heard Matthew and his various guests tell you that because of advances in eye health science a diagnosis of one of these conditions no longer means you’ve been sentenced to go blind
The key is to get your eyes checked on a regular basis.
It’s absolutely pain-free and could save your sight.
But in this week’s show we’re trying to emphasise the importance of fostering a good relationship with your high street eye-health professionals. It’s a good idea to have people who know you and can keep track of how your eyes change over time.
So once you’ve found ones you like, make like Matthew and be nice to them!
-- Please do get in touch with the show on any of the subjects covered in this week’s show, or if there’s something else you think we need to talk about.
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same thing.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Optic technician Lexie and optometrist Jo smiling for the camera in Jo’s office at the back of Specsavers’ Norwood branch.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew’s guest this week is Shane Dunbar Reid
Shane lives in Byron Bay.
He’s a family man and a keen surfer - a normal solid Australian bloke.
But fifteen years ago at one of his regular check-ups, Shane’s optometrist discovered early signs of macular degeneration.
Since then Shane has been fighting a constant battle to save his sight - a battle that means he has to have injections into his eyeballs every eight weeks.
Please do get in touch with the show with your stories of living with macular degeneration, or if there’s something else you think we need to talk about.
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same type of thing.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Rugged Ozzie bloke Shane Dunbar Reid ankle deep in the sea at Byron Bay, sporting a wet suit and carrying a gnarly-looking board dude]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Macular Disease Foundation Australia
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew’s guest this week is ophthalmologist, philanthropist and, until recently, Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke
Officially Dr James is here to talk about macular degeneration (the potentially blinding eye disease that affects the lives of 1.5 million Australians) but the conversation covers everything from the weather in Adelaide to how the COVID pandemic has affected Sight For All - Dr James’ charity that saves the sight of 1 million people each year.
Please do get in touch with the show with your thoughts related to any issues covers in this show, or if there’s something else you think we need to talk about.
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same type of thing.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Dr James Muecke standing at a lectern in a posh suit looking authoritative, knowledgeable and wise]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Macular Disease Foundation Australia
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew welcomes two of the most important cogs in the Vision Australia Radio machine to help launch this year’s Vision Australia Radiothon.
By now, you all know the station’s senior presenter, broadcasting titan Peter Greco.
Peter has been a presenter on Vision Australia Radio for 29 years.
He’ll be along in a few minutes to give Matthew a lesson in how radio presenting should be done.
And we’ll also be hearing from Jason Gipps, who is one of the small dedicated team of people who work tirelessly behind the scenes to keep this magnificent network on the air.
-- Please get in touch with the show.
We’d like to hear what Vision Australia Radio means to you. We are honoured that you invite us into your homes every day, now we’d like to hear why you do that.
Please do get in touch with the show, on what Vision Australia Radio means to you or if there’s something else you think we need to talk about.
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same thing.
Call or text: 04 500 78834 email: studio1@visionaustralia.org twitter: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Headphones on? Check! Microphone live? Check! Vision Australia Radio’s devilishly handsome Senior Presenter Peter Greco seated in a radio studio ready to go on air.]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Vision Australia Radio Radiothon - www.varadio.org
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74
-- Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
A rather remarkable interview with a rather remarkable gentleman.
While studying at Columbia University in the early sixties, my guest on today’s Studio 1, Sanford Greenberg lost his sight to glaucoma at the age of 21.
After six months at home in Buffalo, New York, he went back to Columbia, graduated on time then went onto Harvard where he earned a Masters Degree and a PhD.
After returning to Columbia to get his MBA, he set up a company called EDP - Electronic Data Processing - which developed the computer for Apollo 11’s lunar module.
Since then, on top of multiple notable achievements in business and academia, he has been Director of America’s National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and a longstanding member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Today at the age of eighty, he is the Chair of the Ophthalmology Department at Johns Hopkins University.
Yet, in spite of all these remarkable achievements, he still talks about the fact that at University he met Art Garfunkel - of Simon and Garfunkel fame - and they became best friends.
What follows is a wonderful story from an incredibly successful yet humble and spiritual man
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-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Blurry 1970s snap of Studio 1 guest Sandy Greenberg locked in a piggyback-cum-embrace with best friend Art Garfunkel]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Sandy Greenberg’s autobiography “Hello Darkness My Old Friend” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hello-Darkness-My-Old-Friend/Sanford-D-Greenberg/9781642934977
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
A conversation with a man who is living the dream - a proper current chart-topping rock star from Ithaca, New York.
His name is Casey Harris and he is the keyboard player for platinum selling award winning American popular music combination X Ambassadors
Remember when, as a teenager, you dreamt of living the life of a rockstar - travelling from town-to-town on a tour bus to play a different packed-out venue every night?
Well Casey is currently living your dream rock and roll life - although, as you’re about to find out, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be...
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-- [PHOTO CAPTION: Casey Harris “rocking out” behind his keyboard on stage with X Ambassadors]
-- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Casey Harris - X Ambassadors - https://www.xambassadors.com/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew’s guest on this episode of Studio 1 - Robin Millar, Commander of the British Empire - has had a number of careers - record producer, businessman and campaigner for vulnerable people to name but three
He’s excelled at all of them.
As a record producer he produced over 160 gold and platinum selling records for artists including Eric Clapton, Sting, The Grateful Dead, Everything But The Girl, Big Country and Fine Young Cannibals amongst others.
As a businessman, Robin’s Blue Raincoat Chrysalis Group publishes music, manages artists and releases records. In the course of this interview, Robin explains a couple of the reasons they outperform industry giants Sony and Universal.
Somehow, along the way he’s also managed to become an Honorary Professor at the London College of Music and a Visiting Professor and at The Royal Academy of Music and The University of Modena in Italy.
As if that weren’t enough, he also happened to produce the Atlanta Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in 1996.
But today he’s here in his new role as Chairman of UK Disability Rights charity Scope, and, as you’re about to find out, he’s quite good at that too…
Robin gives us an incredibly impassioned and eloquent fist-waving campaign statement on behalf of people who have suffered more than most in the last year or so, and a call to arms to employers the world over to understand and implement genuine equality in their workplaces.
If you’re touched by anything Robin saysor if there’s something else you think we need to talk about, we’d love to hear from you.
Your experience may be of help to someone else going through the same thing.
-- CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: A striking black and white portrait of this week's guest Robin Millar looking devilishly handsome in designer stubble and an open-necked shirt.] -- Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
The second in our two-parter on being a parent to children with a vision impairment.
“And this time it’s personal…”
As you may know if you listen to this show, Matthew and his wife Maretta and got two of the little blighters - Charlotte and Elizabeth - nine year old fraternal twins with slightly different eye health issues.
As Matthew’s guest last week Ailis Conrad demonstrated - https://varstudio1.podbean.com/e/parenting-part-1of-2-kitt-and-ailis/ = being a parent to a child with a sight impairment can mean you have to make some superhero-level decisions and that taking your child to hospital appointments that most people would consider quite gruesome, just becomes part of “what you do”
This week, you are going to meet Matthew’s daughter Elziabeth - but don’t call her that she prefers Wizzy - and then accompany her and her parents to just such an appointment
Something very unpleasant ensues.
Something that shouldn’t happen to anyone - let alone a nine year old.
And to help Matthew navigate what is, for me, quite a difficult show to produce, I have engaged the services of Studio 1’s very own Mental Health and Safety Manager, Australian registered, lifeline certified counsellor Tammey Candeloro to ask him over and over again “How does that make you feel Matthew?
She happens to be legally blind so she brings a useful perspective to this issue and others like it
Matthew says, “Wizzy is a really great kid. And you’re about to hear something happen to her that shouldn’t happen to any nine year old.
Maybe by sharing Wizzy’s story we get to help someone else who finds themselves in a similar position: firstly by letting them know they’re not alone and also by allowing our decisions to inform what they do - the good decisions and the bad ones.”
On that note, if you have a story to tell that you think might help somebody else, or an issue you want us to cover, this is your show, please do get in touch.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Nine year old Wizzy Layton cuddling her brand new shoodle puppy Alfie - although that’s not what Matthew calls him.]
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RESOURCES
Glaucoma Australia - www.glaucoma.org.au
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
This week’s show is the first of a two parter about being a parent to children with a vision impairment.
My guests this week are Kitt and Ailis Conrad.
Three years ago, Kitt was born with congenital glaucoma.
She had her first operation on her eyes when she was just nine days old.
Think about that for just a moment.
Put yourself in mum Ailis’s shoes.
Ten days before, you had been full of the nerves and anticipation of any expectant parent.
And as we all know, as cliched as it may sound, you don’t know what it’s like being a parent until you’re a parent.
Your emotional cistern is so full, it’s rattling its lid, but, practically speaking, you’ve done everything you can to be prepared
Nursery painted, go bag packed, you’d have been waiting for the searing pain of the contractions that tell you it’s time to head for the hospital because your precious first child is about to arrive.
At that point you’d probably heard the word glaucoma and knew that that it wasn’t a good thing, but in the unlikely event that it had come up in conversation that day...
Well that’s for old people isn’t it.
You definitely didn’t know how to pronounce the “y” in nystagmus.
Now, today, somehow your precious nine-day-old baby is being put under - full general anaesthetic - so that a surgeon can perform surgical procedures on her eyes.
(Please note gentle listener that I wanted to use the words “cut open” in that last sentence, but I’m going easy on you. Fate wasn’t so kind to Ailis)
Ailis is an incredible woman who has been through a lot.
But as you’re about to hear, she never set out to be incredible. She was an anaesthetic technician with twelve years on the job looking to start a family.
What’s even more incredible about her is that, with the little bit of time and energy she’s got while three year old Ailis is at kindy, she puts herself forward to talk to people like me, so I can make her go through it all again in the hope that it might help someone who finds themself in a similar situation.
-- CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: Three year old Kitt Conrad, future musical megastar, looking very cute in an outfit that rather wonderfully sets off her snazzy turquoise glasses playing her guitar.] -- RESOURCES
Glaucoma Australia - www.glaucoma.org.au
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
If you have a job - and let’s face it, statistics report that up to 75% of people living with low vision or blindness who currently want one, don’t have one….
If you have a job, it’s very rare that you get to meet the person who is, objectively speaking, the best person at what you do in the entire world
Today Matthew has that privilege.
On this week’s show, he speaks to the man who has presented “In Touch” - BBC Radio’s weekly programme for the vision impaired - since 1974.
(That also happens to be the year Matthew was born).
-- CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: @varadionetwork and @whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: Broadcasting titan Peter White exuding joy, sitting to the world’s most expensive microphone.] -- RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
300,000 people in Australia have glaucoma - an eye disease that can lead to permanent blindness.
50% of those people - that’s 150,000 people - don’t know they have it.
You could be one of them,
Have we got your attention?
Matthew’s guests on this week’s show explain what glaucoma is, how you can find out whether you have it (it’s non-invasive and doesn’t hurt), what to do if you do end up getting it (take it seriously, but don’t panic) and what life is like after diagnosis.
Matthew also talks to Kirk Pengilly of INXS about how he nearly lost his sight to glaucoma at the age of 29 and, by way of getting you to listen through to the end of the show, Matthew has also sent Kirk a couple of tunes to listen to and review.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Kirk Pengilly of INXS "wielding" a saxophone against a yellow backdrop in a promotional shot for Glaucoma Australia]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Annie Gibbins - Chief Executive Officer, Glaucoma Australia - www.glaucoma.org.au
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74
Jen Gierens - Chef, Children’s Author and Glaucoma Activist - Toby’s Tackle Box on Amazon.com.au - https://www.amazon.com.au/TOBYS-TACKLE-BOX-Adventures-Magical/dp/0648555100
Kirk Pengilly - Special Ambassador, Glaucoma Australia - www.glaucoma.org.au
To listen to Kirk’s “Chill” Spotify playlists - music he actually likes rather than the nonsense Matthew suggested:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0tLvOml2yUFtI5tISkWQW7?si=4a86b50edeaf43ef
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio's weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week's show...
With apologies to those of you still confined to barracks, Matthew, Vicki and guide dog Bella head out to the Adelaide Fringe
Normally it's the first event of the year on the global festival circuit, but this year, for obvious reasons, it's the first such event in the world since the outbreak of the global pandemic.
Is it possible to have a COVID-safe, socially distanced cultural across 300 venues, while at the same time making it more accessible than it has been in previous years?
We investigate.
Matthew talks to Adelaide Fringe's remarkable Head of Program Operations Jo O'Callahan, the he and Vicki....
Erm...
It didn't quite go to plan as you'll find out, but Matthew and Vicki have secured tickets for the audio described performance of Jo's recommendation "Happy Go Wrong"and will report back once they've been.
Please get in touch with the show - particularly if you have questions for next week's guest Kirk Pengilly of INXS, who will be telling us of the time he nearly lost his sight to glaucoma.
Call or text: 045 0078834
Email: studio1@visionaustralia.org
Twitter: @varadionetwork or @whingeingpom
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Guests and Resources
Jo O'Callaghan, Head of Program Operations Adelaide Fringe - www.adelaidefringe.com.au
For the Adelaide Fringe Accessible Ticketing Hotline call 08 8100 2089 or email access@adelaidefringe.com.au
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Over the last couple of weeks here on Studio 1, you may have noticed we’ve been coming up against some issues of a legal bent.
First there was the matter of jury service, and how blind and low vision people are often excluded from taking part, and last week this show’s very own Mental Health and Safety Manager, Australian registered, lifeline certified counsellor Tammey Candeloro took her university to the Australian Human Rights Commission.
So Matthew decided that it was time to get some professional help - on those two issues specifically and on disability law in general - and enlists the services of disability rights firebrand Natalie Wade, Founder of and Principal Lawyer at Equality Lawyers in Adelaide.
-- CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: Equality Lawyers Principal Lawyer speaks to Studio 1 presenter Matthew Layton over coffee at her swanky offices in downtown Adelaidey] -- RESOURCES
Natalie Wade - Equality Lawyers www.equalitylawyers.com.au - 0413 174 195 - hello@equalitylawyers.com.au
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew’s guest this week is semi tame celebrity chef Tony Broun
Tony is actually in the second phase of his career as a food communicator.
The show starts with a clip of young, swashbuckling Tony of Yore in action cooking with high heat and flames, but these days he does things a little differently.
He has to. After a series of complicated health issues (which we have no need to go into here) Tony lost a substantial amount of his sight - which meant he couldn’t do things the way he used to.
But after losing his mojo for a while, Tony realised that the old way was not the only way and now he dedicates himself to helping others to gain confidence in the kitchen again after sight loss.
Tony has been on the show before.
Last time he came on, he taught us how to cook a curry using only our senses of touch, smell, hearing and taste.
The way he described the process was so evocative and empowering…
Well, we decided we wanted to unmask the man behind the legend.
So today we shall be trying to dig out the stories that made Tony the man he is today.
And he’ll be giving us some tips on cooking for Christmas when you can’t see very well.
-- CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: @varadionetwork and @whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: Double headshot selfie of semi-tame celebrity chef Tony Broun and his partner Ron squished together smiling joyfully] -- RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew speaks to Studio 1’s Fairy Godmother - CEO of Blind Citizens Australia, doting wife, super-mum, virtuoso musician and high-powered Chief Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia - Emma Bennison.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A brilliant photo of a Emma Bennison sitting on a piano stool, facing us, with a very serious, dark wood upright piano behind her.]
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Emma Bennison - Chief Executive Officer, Blind Citizens Australia - www.glaucoma.org.au
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew catches up with his friend and former colleague, radio presenter Felix Ayee.
Matthew asks Felix to deputise for him and present Studio 1’s “Best of 2020” show between Christmas and New Year, so Mattthew can spend some time with his family over the Christmas holidays.
The conversation touches upon Felix’s travels to Uganda and his sister’s wedding.
And Felix gives us an honest yet bullish assessment of what life is like in lockdown for someone with a vision impairment.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: [Radio presenter Felix @djfelix2020 Ayee looking very dapper in a crisply ironed blue and white-checked shirt with a button down collar]
RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
A virtual tour of the seeing Eye Dogs Puppy Centre!
-- CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: [A black labrador mummy curled around her litter of six puppies - four black, two yellow - as se feeds them -- RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew’s guest is like a moustachioed Indiana Jones
An adventurer to the core, he travels the globe scuba diving, riding horses, hunting gooses and jumping out of planes
He also plays jazz trumpet - New Orleans style
His name is Ken Brandt and he’s written a book about it all.
“Positive Vision - Enjoying the Adventures and Advantages of Poor Eyesight”
(Available from anywhere good that sells books or from https://www.kenbrandt.com/)
-- CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: @varadionetwork and @whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: “Moustachioed Indiana Jones” Ken Brandt in a publicity headshot holding aloft a pair of gold, round-framed glasses] -- RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Over the last nine months Matthew has asked a number of people one question:
“Can living with low vision or blindness increase one’s susceptibility to mental issues?”
Following last week’s show (which you can listen to here) in which married couple Shane Kendall and Linda Murphy - he’s blind, she’s mental - were so generous with their answers, Matthew has decided to put his own head on the chopping block
To this end, Matthew has invited psychotherapist Anthony Rhone - the man who has been tending to Matthew’s own mental health needs for over a decade - onto the show.
So effectively, you get to spend the next hour as a fly-on-the-wall as Matthew has an appointment with his healthcare professional.
But before all that, Matthew speaks to Studio 1’s Health and Safety Manager Tammey Candeloro about the fact that, in the last week, Studio 1 has won the 2020 Excellence in News and Current Affairs Award from the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia AND is the only non-ABC podcast to have made it to the final of The Best Radio Podcast category at the 2020 Australian Podcasting Awards.
We’re up against Dr Karl and The Hack!
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A poor-quality headshot of Anthony Rhone that looks as if it has been directly lifted from his security pass at the Capio Nightingale Hospital]
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RESOURCES
Anthony Rhone - https://www.rhonetherapy.co.uk/ -
+44 7966 392038 anthony@rhonetherapy.co.uk
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
As Mental Health Month draws to a close, we return to a question we ask quite often here on Studio 1 - because we think it’s quite an important one.
“Does living with blindness or low vision make one more susceptible to mental health issues?”
This week’s guests are a married couple who are pretty darn well positioned to give us their opinion.
Shane Kendall - amongst other things - works at Vision Australia Radio. He was responsible for much of the behind-the-scenes technical work on our recent White Cane Day Music Concert.
He’s also a musician, and a small business owner - proud to be the proprietor of a cutting edge accessible recording studio.
Linda Murphy - Shane’s better half - is not only married to him, she is also a mental health care professional (although she joins us today in a personal capacity).
-- CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guests Linda Murphy and Shane Kendall dressed up to the nines in what is possibly a rockabilly stylee - We’re not cool enough to know - in the cover photo for their show Üp To 11 on UUU FM -- RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
An inspiring story of human resilience.
Matthew’s guest Marie Younan was born into a family of Assyrian refugees in north-eastern Syria.
As a baby she was accidentally blinded by her grandmother - at a time and in a place where children with disabilities were not encouraged to thrive in the way we have come to expect in our society today.
Her family migrated to Beirut, and then, in the mid-seventies, to Melbourne to escape the Lebanese civil war.
Because she was blind, Marie was denied a visa, and was forced to wait in Syria and Athens for three years before the family could sponsor her to come to Australia.
Unable to speak English, dependent for everything on her family, Marie, in her words, was 'only half alive'.
Then, in 1985, aged 33, she attended the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind. There she became fluent in English, literate in braille, and physically mobile with the help of a cane.
She now lives in Melbourne working as an interpreter, helping refugees and their support workers to communicate with each other and she’s just about to release a book about her life.
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Black and white photo of author Marie Younan sitting at a desk with a gentleman, both of them poring over a hefty-looking braille text.]
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RESOURCES
“A Different Kind of Seeing” written by Marie Younan, published by Scribe Publications - https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/a-different-kind-of-seeing
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Thursday 15th October is International White Cane Day, and Vision Australia are holding a virtual concert to celebrate the occasion and raise awareness of what a white stick actually does and the challenges that vision impaired people face every day - particularly in a COVID-affected world, where people don’t want to touch each other any more.
The festival’s phenomenal lineup includes America’s Got Talent winner Codi Lee, Australian National Treasures Rachael Leahcar and Lara Nakhle, Australian singing-songwriting “Next Big Thing” Tate Sheridan, piano-thumping rockstar and “Paragon of Positivity” Scott MacIntyre, Shayy Winn - the woman with a voice so beautiful, it made Lionel Richie cry - as well as two-time Grammy winner Diane Schuur
Ahead of the virtual festival, Matthew has been given the role of roving showbiz journalist and has been tasked with prowling the virtual red carpet, looking for gossip and exclusive interviews with the stars.
That didn’t go so well, but fortunately he’d arranged interviews with festival headliners Shayy Winn and Tate Sheridan.
He also speaks to Vision Australia’s Jordan Ashby, who explains how he came up with the idea for a White Cane Day Virtual Music Festival, and Manager-to-the-Stars Duncan Steward who helped make Jordan’s idea a reality.
Tune in to the Vision Australia Radio White Cane Day Virtual Music Festival from 11am on Tuesday, or to watch individual performances, keep an eye on our website, our facebook page and our twitter feed
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: @varadionetwork and @whingeingpom -- [PHOTO CAPTION: #WhiteCaneDay Festival headline act Shayy Winn, mic in hand, in glamorous evening attire, belting out a musical number] -- RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Thursday 15th October is International White Cane Day, and Vision Australia are holding a virtual concert to celebrate the occasion and raise awareness of what a white stick actually does and the challenges that vision impaired people face every day - particularly in a COVID-affected world, where people don’t want to touch each other any more.
Matthew is joined by festival headliner, American singer-songwriter and paragon of positivity Scott MacIntyre.
Scott looks forward to headlining the festival, explains how he uses the platform music has given him for good and tells us how excited he is about sharing a virtual stage with The Wiggles.
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RESOURCES
[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Scott MacIntyre looking like a rockstar on the cover of his album Lighthouse, wearing a black t-shirt and some very expensive-looking sunglasses]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
October is Mental Health Month, and if you’ve listened to this show before, you know we’re constantly asking the question “Does having a vision impairment make you more susceptible to mental illness?”
Matthew is joined by by seven time Australian Paralympic medallist Matt Levy OAM,
Matt swam for Australia at four successive Paralympic Games, winning four bronze, two silver and one gold - which earned him as a Medal of the Order of Australia for Services to Sport
Later this month Matt is hosting a seminar for jobseekers on “Maintaining Mental Resilience When Looking for Work”.
https://info.aimbigemployment.com.au/rehab-management-lunch-and-learn-webinars
As you’d expect, the conversation turns to the additional level of difficulty that comes from being unemployed and vision impaired.
“We are an equal opportunities employer.... Please attach a copy of your driving license.”
Matt also talks about what he loves about travel - even though he can’t necessarily see the obvious tourist attractions in as much detail as a sighted person - and how, because of his impairment, he has to ask his fellow competitors “Who won?” when competing in the pool.
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RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Matt Levy, moodily lit, sporting swimming goggles, white swimming cap and a rather dashing beard.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
“We are an equal opportunities employer.... Please attach a copy of your driving license.”
Matthew speaks to doting fiancee, Library Studies master’s graduate and, as of today, former Vision Australia Trainee Library Officer Caren Burns.
In March, the last time we spoke to Caren, she was planning to go to the Philippines to buy her wedding dress.
For obvious reasons that didn’t quite go according to plan.
Matthew talks to Caren about her wedding plans and about how it feels to be facing unemployment in uncertain times as a blind person.
Her positivity is humbling.
So, to balance that out, Matthew and the show’s Mental Health and Safety Manager Tammey Candeloro have a chat about what it’s like to be unemployed when you can’t see very much or, indeed, nothing at all.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Caren Burns snuggling in a garden somewhere with her unusually long-haired guide dog Reba]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Australian Paralympic medallist Sam Rickard
Growing up, Sam was just a normal geeky kid with a vision impairment.
But at the age of fifteen he discovered he was quite good at running.
So much so, that at the age of sixteen, he found himself in Seoul in a Paralympic final.
Sam went on to represent Australia at four successive Paralympic Games, winning a bronze medal in Barcelona in 1992.
The conversation covers topics including the acoustics at Paralympic opening ceremonies, athletes who drink beer and wheelchair basketball
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Paralympic medalist Sam Rickard running at full pelt coming out of a curve in a Paralympic final]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
We often talk about the role of the mothers of vision impaired children on this show, but today, we talk about the Dads.
Matthew’s guests this week are dynamic father and son duo Jim and Sam.
And on the World Health Organisation’s International Suicide Prevention Day, the show’s Mental Health and Safety Manager Tammey Candeloro asks Matthew “R U OK?”
She won’t be doing that again in a hurry...
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Matthew’s virtual 1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, capture from his Father’s Day present - Project Cars 3 - in an attractive violet livery with purple wheels designed by his 8 year old daughters Charlotte and Elizabeth]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show:
Matthew has broken his glasses.
Again.
So he’s going to the opticians. And you’re going with him!
But have you taken a moment to think about what it’s like to give people eye tests or fit their glasses in these troubled times in which we live?
Matthew talks with his favourite Optical Dispenser Lexie Scott and his favourite Optometrist Jo Thabthiang, both of Specsavers Norwood branch in Adelaide, about working six inches away from other people’s faces during a global pandemic.
And Lexie talks us through fitting Matthew’s glasses at a desk with a giant perspex screen between them.
Also, you know that microscope thingy that you rest your chin on while your optometrist checks your eyes....
Bet you don’t know what that’s called!
Find out in this week’s show.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: A very ladylike photograph of this week’s Studio 1 guests: Optical Dispenser Lexie Scott and Optometrist Jo Thabthiang - both of Specsavers Norwood]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show:
The second in our series of COVID Diaries, in which we drop in on people living with low vision or blindness to see how life in the shadow of a pandemic has affected them.
During the COVID-19 period, we’ve already spoken to a number of city-dwelling people with a vision impairment.
Last week, contributor Christine Malec said that because lives in a big city, there are multiple delivery options for groceries and other essential supplies and she’s within walking distance of everywhere she needs to be.
But what if you live in a small country town, your nearest big supermarket is thirty miles away and your support worker can't come because of social distancing regulations?
Matthew’s guest this week is Tina Kresojevic (who you may remember from our first ever show about the Bushfire Crisis - https://varstudio1.podbean.com/e/studio-1-episode-1-fire-12th-february-2020/)
Tina is one of the wisest, most positive and most eloquent people you could ever have the good fortune to meet.
She’s a wife, she’s a mother, she’s a grandmother, she’s a proud citizen of Orbost, a small town in rural East Gippsland in Victoria, and she’s a fist waving ecologist and political activist.
And we have our regular appointment with the show's Mental Health and Safety Manager: Australian registered, Lifeline-certified, legally blind counsellor Tammey Candeloro.
She gets where you're coming from
If you enjoy this week’s show and feel you would like to share your experiences of living in a pandemic, please get in touch with the show.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Casual portrait of this week’s Studio 1 guest, the fearless Tina Kresojevic]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
The hosts of a most excellent new podcast that paints pictures of modern life and current events with words.
Matthew’s guests this week are its dynamic Canadian presenting duo: musician and broadcaster Christine Malec and professional audio describer JJ Hunt
And, of course, we have our regular appointment with Studio 1’s Mental Health and Safety Manager Tammey Candeloro
Please get uin touch with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Christine Malec and JJ Hunt of Talk Description To Me
Podcast page - https://talkdescriptiontome.buzzsprout.com/
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: A bright yellow hazard sign with simple graphic and text indicating a warning of “jazz hands”. For an audio description of how to do “jazz hands”, listen to this week’s show]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
The first in a series of shows in which Matthew asks blind and low vision Vision Australia Radio listeners how living through a pandemic has affected them.
This week his guest is grandmother, retired teacher of deaf/blind children, proud South Australian and history buff Anne Hyde.
As well as talking about the pandemic, the conversation touches upon topics as diverse as the Second World War, sport on the radio and Anne’s career as a teacher for deaf/blind children here in Adelaide.
If you enjoy this week’s show and feel you would like to share your experiences of living in a pandemic, please get in touch with the show.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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RESOURCES
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Host Matthew interviewing guest Anne Hyde on her driveway on a sunny afternoon in Adelaide]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Matthew has ironed a shirt!
That’s because both of his guests are of a very high calibre.
The first guest is Minister for Communications Cyber Safety and The Arts, Paul Fletcher MP who has come to Studio 1 to talk about Audio Description on SBS and the ABC.
But this being Studio 1, the conversation covers topics as diverse as community radio, Marvel films and Peppa Pig.
Then, for a bit of context, accessible technology expert David Woodbridge, the presenter of Vision Australia Radio’s most listened to programme Talking Tech.
David gives us his views on Audio Description, then Matthew sidetracks him into talking about audiobooks and Star Trek amongst other things.
Matthew will return next week to ask the question
“How The Devil are YOU?”
Yes! You. You there!
How have “these troubled times” affected your life. We want to hear your stories - the negative and if possible the positive
Please get in touch through the usual channels
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Talking Tech with David Woodbridge - https://radio.visionaustralia.org/podcasts/podcast/talkingtech
Audiobooks:
Expeditionary Force series by Craig Alanson - https://www.audible.com.au/series/Expeditionary-Force-Audiobooks/B01MRT1JKI Dragon Seed series by James Osiris Baldwin - https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Dragon-Seed-Audiobook/B07KWH57GG
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, dramatised by Dirk Maggs. https://www.audible.com.au/pd/The-Sandman-Audiobook/B086WR6FG8 Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: This week’s guest Paul Fletcher MP in full flow at the Table in the House of Representatives]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show…
Transitioning from secondary education to TAFE, university or the workplace is hard enough, but imagine how much harder that must be if you can’t see very much - or anything at all.
Which is why Vision Australia runs its LEAP program - designed to enable young people aged between 14 and 18, to develop skills that will help them “to set and achieve their goals and get the best vocational outcome”
This week, applications open for the 2021 LEAP program - both for young people and potential mentors
Matthew talks to Vision Australia’s Claire Nolan who gives us an overview of the program
Claire brings with her Sam and Talaya who are both taking part in the 2020 program.
And we’ll be talking to their mentors, Harmonie Downes of Arts Access Australia and some bloke called Matthew Layton who claims he works in radio.
Please get in touch with the show with your experiences as mentor, mentee or parent.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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RESOURCES
Vision Australia LEAP Program - https://www.visionaustralia.org/community/news/2019-12-18/expressions-interest-open-leap-2020 Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: A pot being thrown on a potter’s wheel, intended to reference the fact that guests Harmonie Downes and Talaya are ceramicists, and to convey the way that Vision Australia’s LEAP program takes the cold wet clay of its mentees and shapes them carefully into fully formed… OK. You’re right. That attempt at a metaphor was a little thin!]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Matthew sets out to look for advice on how to set up an accessible kitchen for people who have lost their sight later in life.
He calls on two guests for help: Vision Australia’s semi-tame celebrity chef Tony Broun and friend of the show children’s author, chef and glaucoma campaigner Jen Gierens joins the boys
What ensues is a passionate conversation about food and cooking that will give you goosebumps!
And Chef Tony teaches us how to cook a curry using touch, sound and smell.
Please get in touch with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
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RESOURCES
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: A chopping board covered in tasty-looking fresh fruit and veg]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Bioptic Driving - the technology that allows people with certain specific vision impairments to drive legally on Australian roads.
Matthew’s guest this week is Rob Eaves, who, like Matthew himself, is a husband, a father, a Brit building a life for his family in Adelaide, a Formula 1 fan and, at, about number five on the list, he's also partially sighted,
Unlike Matthew, with the help of a small telescopic device that clips onto the front of his glasses, Rob can drive legally on Australian roads.
And Matthew has his regular appointment with the show’s Mental Health and Safety Manager Tammey Candeloro. Not only is she an Australian registered, Lifeline certified counsellor, she’s legally blind, so she gets where you’re coming from.
Please get in touch with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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RESOURCES
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: This week’s Studio 1 guest Rob Eaves wearing a bioptic telescope clipped to the front of his glasses, smiling for the camera]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Matthew speaks to Rachael Leahcar - the young musician who sung her way into the nation’s hearts on the first series of The Voice Australia - about life as a musician in lockdown and as a full time student with a vision impairment.
Vision Australia’s Joy King joins Matthew to talk about Vision Australia 2021 Bursary scheme, which helps students with vision impairments to get their hands on accessible technology.
More information can be found here…
https://www.visionaustralia.org/referral/benefits-and-funding/further-education-bursary
And we have our regular appointment with the show’s Mental Health and Safety Manager Tammey Candeloro. Not only is she an Australian registered, Lifeline certified counsellor, she’s legally blind, so she gets where you’re coming from.
Please get in touch with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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RESOURCES
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: A stunning portrait of Studio 1 guest Rachael Leahcar from the cover of her album Shadows]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
On Sunday, 28th June, Audio Description finally became available on Australian free-to-air broadcast television, making some great Australian public service broadcasting content more accessible to people living with a vision impairment.
The first such great piece of content is a documentary series called “Who Gets To Stay in Australia?”
Matthew talks the Executive Producer of said series, Ben Ulm
And why did it take so long to get audio description onto Australian television? And is it here to stay?
We discuss the past, present and future of AD with SBS’s Michael Coonan and Blind Citizens Australia’s Sally Aurisch.
If you’d like to get in touch with the show with your review of “Who Gets to Stay in Australia?” or if you’ve got something to say about the length of time it took to get Audio Description onto Australian television, please do get in touch
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Ben Ulm, Head of Production, ITV Productions You can (and should) watch “Who Gets to Stay in Australia” on SBS on demand: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/who-gets-to-stay-in-australia
Sally Aurisch, General Manager, Projects and Engagement, Blind Citizens Australia https://www.bca.org.au/
Michael Coonan, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, SBS. Help shape the future of Audio Description in Australia by taking part in SBS’s Audio Description Audience survey.
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Satinder, one of the subjects of “Who Gets to Stay in Australia?”, seated, in an elegant portrait with companion Shiny, a black labrador, at her side.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Matthew rolls up his sleeves and gets in the Vision Australia Radiothon.
As a Vision Australia Radio listener, you probably already appreciate the value of our service - providing information, entertainment and company to listeners - be they blind, low vision or otherwise.
But what we, as an organisation, are often too polite to mention is the cost of that service.
After eliciting some help and advice from Vision Australia Radiothon head honcho Jason Gipps, Matthew speaks to Vision Australia Radio listeners who liked the station so much, they joined as presenters.
And he undertakes a dangerous radio feat, rarely attempted by any presenter who has any common sense or instinct for self-preservation…
He interviews his boss, Manager of all Things Audio for Vision Australia as a Whole, Conrad Browne
If you are convinced by what you hear over in this episode of Studio 1, you may find you need either this web address…
varadio.org/vardonate
Or this phone number...
1300 84 74 66
And please remember to tell the operator that the nice English man on the radio sent you and that you specifically wish to support Vision Australia Radio.
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Matthew speaks to Neil Hansell who lost his sight and the bottom half of his left leg to diabetes.
Now, rather than curling up into a ball, Neil is putting himself out there, telling his story to help you avoid the same fate.
He’s also taken up wood turning again.
With a lathe.
If you’d like to reinforce the key messages of this show by sharing your experience with your fellow listeners, please get in touch
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Neil Hansel
Watch Dr James Mueke’s powerful video on diabetes featuring Neil here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTtyc6OYYxw
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Portrait of self-proclaimed “Poster boy for everything you shouldn’t do when you get a diagnosis of diabetes” warm and friendly Aussie bloke Neil Hansell]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
Musicians in lockdown!
Most of our lives have been affected in some way by the global pandemic in the last few months, but we wanted to find out how musicians - particularly blind and low vision musicians - are coping.
The closure of venues has not only meant the obliteration of their main source of income, but also their direct contact with other humans - both audiences and creative collaborators.
Matthew speaks to two blind/vision impaired musicians Shane Kendall and Lara Nakhle about their experiences in the past couple of months and asking if anything good has come out of lockdown for them.
He also talks to Jordan Ashby who is organising a virtual music festival for White Cane Day in October.
And there’s our usual appointment with Studio 1’s Mental Health and Safety Manager Tammey Candeloro.
Please do get in touch, with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Shane Kendall - for more information about Shane’s fully accessible recording studio, please email shanekendallmusic@gnail.com
Jordan Ashby - If you’d like to get involved in Jordan’s White Cane Day event, please email him at undefined jordan.ashby@visionaustralia.org
Lara Nakhle - to learn more about Lara and keep tabs on what what she’s up to, visit her facebook page https://www.facebook.com/laranakhlemusic/
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Singer Lara Nakhle, looking like a superstar, on stage singing gently into a microphone.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
We’re going up in the world!
Matthew speaks to the Australian of the Year 2020, Adelaide-based ophthalmic surgeon and humanitarian Dr James Muecke.
The charity he co-founded a little over a decade ago, Sight for All, now helps restore or preserve the sight of up to a million people per year.
But, of course, we live in troubled times and the Studio 1 team wanted to find out how the coronavirus crisis is affecting eyesight charities - organisations like Dr Mueke’s and those that work a little closer to home - both operationally and in terms of revenue.
Matthew speaks to two people who fight bravely on the front line of that particular battle:
Darrin Johnson, Executive Manager Marketing & Fundraising at The Royal Society for the Blind and Ian Finlayson, General Manager- Fundraising, Marketing & Communications - Vision Australia.
Please do get in touch, with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Dr James Mueke, ophthalmic surgeon, co-founder Sight for All - https://sightforall.org/ -
Darrin Johnson, Executive Manager Marketing & Fundraising at The Royal Society for the Blind - https://www.rsb.org.au/
Ian Finlayson General Manager - Fundraising, Marketing & Communications - Vision Australia.
If you’d like to support Vision Australia Radio, we’re currently holding a Radiothon. For details of how to donate, got to...
https://radio.visionaustralia.org/about-us/radio-news/va-radiothon-on-now
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Dr James Mueke his Australian of The Year Award.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is asking people living with a disability to come forward with their experiences and storiesof violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Matthew asks the question, “But if you are somebody living with a disability, maybe you would be classed as - or even class yourself as “vulnerable” - would you feel comfortable coming forward to tell stories of your traumatic experiences in what might be perceived as quite a public forum?”
Matthew asks this question of The Honourable Ronald Sackville, AO QC, The Chair of the Royal Commission into Violence Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
He also asks his panel of guests the same question.
Angela Duigan, Disability Royal Commission Advocacy Co-ordinator at The Disability Rights Advocacy Service and her client Chris - who is just starting to put together his submission to the Royal Commission.
They are jioined by friend of the show, Australian registered counsellor Tammey Candeloro
Please do get in touch, with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
The Honourable Ronald Sackville AO QC – Chair, Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Angela Duigan - Disability Royal Commission Advocacy Co-ordinator at The Disability Rights Advocacy Service
https://www.dras.com.au/
Chris - Royal Commission Advocacy Client, The Disability Rights Advocacy Service
Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
To contact The Royal Commission directly
Call 1800 517 199 between 9am and 5pm AEST
drcenquiries@royalcommission.gov.au
or visit their webiste
https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/
If you would prefer to approach The Royal Commission through an advocacy service, you can find your local provider here….
https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/counselling-and-support/advocacy
[PHOTO CAPTION: A very dapper and neatly coiffed Ronald Sackville, Chair of The Royal Commission on Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week…
It’s National Volunteer Week here in Australia - when we come together to celebrate the time generously given and work undertaken by volunteers across the country.
As you may know, the vast majority of the readings you hear on Vision Australia Radio are read by volunteers.
Normally in National Volunteer Week, our teams across the country, in our offices and studios from Perth to Melbourne and beyond, like to get together with their volunteers to say “thank you” and share some cake or maybe even a beer or two.
Unfortunately, this year, 2020, because of the you-know-what, that isn’t going to be possible, so instead, Vision Australia Radio Adelaide’s Co-ordinator of Volunteers Lou Willamson has helped presenter Matthew gather together some of her crack team of presenting and production superstars on an appropriately socially distanced Zoom call.
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Please do get in touch, with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834 EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and http://twitter.com/whingeingpom -- GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Lou Williamson - Coordinator of Volunteers, Vision Australia Radio Adelaide
To find out more about volunteering with Vision Australia Radio please email volunteerservices@visionaustralia.org
If you’re based in Adelaide and are interested in volunteering opportunities with Vision Australia Adelaide contact Lou on 08 8234 1197 or email her - var-adelaide@visionaustralia.org
Phil Vanderpeer - Panel Operator, Focal Point and Vision Extra, Vision Australia Adelaide Vicki Couzens - Presenter, Australian Geographic, Vision Australia Radio Jim Hurst - Presenter, Daytime, Vision Australia Radio and Obedient Husband, Cathy Hurst.
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: A collage of happy-looking Vision Australia Radio volunteers from last year’s in-the-flesh National Volunteer Week get-together.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week’s show is about the way that people living with blindness and low vision find their way around.
It’s something you can actually study - a discipline - Orientation and Mobility.
But like many acquired skills, if you don’t keep using them or practising, they can go a little rusty.
Both of our guests on the last two episodes of Studio 1 - Paula Nettley of Great Ormond Street in London and Emma Bennison, CEO of Blind Citizens Australia, both formidable professionals, super mums and all-round fine examples of the human species - have expressed a little apprehension about returning to the hurly burly of everyday life after extended periods in their domestic comfort zones.
(You can listen to both shows as podcasts here - https://varstudio1.podbean.com/)
So this week Matthew speaks to Vision Australia Orientation and Mobility Specialist Kirsty Jackson about what she and her colleagues do in general and, specifically, to see if they have any tips about how people can prepare to get back into the swing of things after lockdown.
And we have our usual scheduled appointment with Studio 1’s Mental Health and Safety Manager, registered counsellor Tammey Candeloro
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Please do get in touch, with the show
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Kirsty Jackson, Orientation and Mobility Specialist, Vision Australia.
More information on Orientation and Mobility in general and Vision Australia’s Orientation and Mobility services can be found here - https://www.visionaustralia.org/community/news/2019-08-23/what-orientation-and-mobility
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Coming out of lockdown. A gentleman with a long cane navigates his way out of the front doors of a bus.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
But Matthew’s decided he doesn’t want to do that this week.
Instead, he’s going to have a chat with one of his friends in the UK.
Fortunately for his employment prospects, Matthew’s friend happens to be Paediatric Eye Clinic Liaison Officer and legally blind international three-day eventer Paula Thomas.
Matthew first met Paula in a professional capacity when his and his wife Maretta's twin daughters were both born with cataracts.
Their conversation covers the tempestuous times through which we are all living, being sent to boarding school at the age of 8 and offensive language.
Matthew also has his regular appointment with the show’s Mental Health and Safety Manager, registered counsellor Tammey Candeloro.
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EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Paula Thomas, Eye Clinic Liaison Officer, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 guest Paula Thomas in full posh riding gear atop Baxter - a giant blooming white horse.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
But for the first time, Matthew presents fresh new sounds of Studio 1’s younger hipper cousin…
Studio 1 EXTRA!!!!.
On this episode, Matthew talks about failure and reads some Margaret Atwood.
And he talks to Studio 1’s Mental Health and Safety Manager, Tammey Candeloro about how blind people go to the supermarket.
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Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Headshot of Margaret Atwood, which has been put through some totally unnecessary glitchy visual effect filters in a shameless yet futile attempt to appeal to a millennial audience.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
Matthew’s guest this week is super-mum, high-flying professional and all-round superb example of the best the human species has to offer, Emma Bennison, CEO of Blind Citizens Australia.
Matthew and Emma chat about the effect these turbulent times are having on people with a vision impairment and Matthew asks Emma a question:
“Are people living with low vision and blindness more susceptible to mental health issues?”
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Emma Bennison - CEO, Blind Citizens Australia - https://www.bca.org.au/
For the audio of Blind Citizens Australia’s Panel Session on Blindness and Emotional Wellbeing click here:
https://www.bca.org.au/attachments/Conventions/2017/BCA_Con17_S5_Emotional_Wellbeing.mp3
For more information on Blind Citizens Australia’s daily Happy Hour events click here and scroll down four stories to Happy Hour Schedule:
https://www.bca.org.au/member-updates/
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PLEASE NOTE:
For this week only, Matthew’s regular appointment with Studio 1’s Mental Health and Safety Manager, legally blind registered counsellor Tammey Candeloro, has been given its own standalone show.entitled “Studio 1 Extra”
The show also contains an illustrated explanation of the references to “failure” at the end of Matthew’s conversation with guest Emma Bennison.
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Portrait of Emma Bennison, CEO of Blind Citizens Australia, and canine companion.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show:
Anzac Day.
This Saturday marks the 105th anniversary of the day that the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Gallipoli
But this year, for obvious reasons, Anzac Day commemorations are going to be a little different.
Because of our current battle with our invisible and insidious viral foe, you’ll have to stream your dawn service and there will be no gatherings of comrades-in-arms at the local RSL.
Matthew talks to two former servicemen:
Jeff Chittleborough served in the Royal Australian Navy late in World War 2. He went on to serve with the Citizens Military Forces for thirty years and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Mark Blowers lost the majority of his sight in a training accident while serving as a reservist with the Tenth Light Horse Armour Corps.
Mark is now heavily involved in the Invictus Games Foundation.
And Matthew speaks to this show’s Mental Health and Safety Manager, legally blind registered counsellor Tammey Candeloro, about the joys of parenting in lockdown.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
The Invictus Foundation
[PHOTO CAPTION: An Australian sailor stands guard at the Australian War Memorial]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show: Matthew talks to the nation’s number 1 expert on COVID 19, physician, journalist and presenter of the ABC’s most excellent Coronacast podcast - Dr Norman Swan
As well as an overview of the current COVID-19 situation, Dr Norman gives us some blind and low vision-specific advice about staying healthy and safe in these troubled times.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Dr Norman Swan - Coronacst podcast - https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/coronacast/
Jen Gierens – Author, Toby’s Tackle Box - https://amzn.to/3axVzoN
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Physician, journalist and presenter of the ABC’s Coronacast podcast Dr Norman Swan]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show: the second in a series of programmes where Matthew drops in on some people living with blindness and low vision to see how they - as people who can often feel quite isolated anyway - are coping with self isolation.
Matthew and Tammey Candeloro - Studio 1’s Mental Health and Safety Manager - drop in on former chef and now children’s author Jen Gierens.
You may remember Jen’s story from our show on Glaucoma last month.
https://varstudio1.podbean.com/e/world-glaucoma-week-with-kirk-pengilly-of-inxs/
After her glaucoma diagnosis fifteen years ago Jen would admit that she didn’t really look after herself as well as she should have done and was perhaps a little too focused on her career and her family.
The result was that four years ago she woke up one morning to find that she’d lost the sight in her left eye overnight.
With increasingly limited vision in her right eye, this meant that she could no longer work as a chef.
So, as well as losing her sight, she lost her job.
Which meant she lost her income
Which meant she lost her home
And at the same time she lost her independence and her world became much smaller
Being an incredibly positive human being, Jen tells Matthew and Tammey that she feels she’s had a bit of training for the loss we’re all feeling at the moment.
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On next week’s show...
Jen and Matthew will be talking to physician, journalist and the star of the ABC’s fabulous Coronacast podcast, Dr Norman Swan.
If you have any questions for the good doctor or want to talk to us about how these troubled times are effecing you, please do get in touch
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Jen Gierens – Author, Toby’s Tackle Box - https://amzn.to/3axVzoN
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
[PHOTO CAPTION: Studio 1 presenter Matthew Layton at home with his new friend Kenny the Crochet Corona Virus]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week, the first of a series of shows in which Matthew checks in on people with a vision impairment to see how they’re coping with self isolation.
His first guest/victim is Jess Gallagher - the only Australian to have medalled at both Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.
Jess talks about her feelings on the postponement of Tokyo 2020 and how this affects her training regime and daily life.
But Jess is also a qualified and practicing osteopath, so she has some ractical tips for low vision and blind people to keep limber during these troubled tmes.
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On next week’s show...
How will pandemic-induced self-isolation affect people living with low vision and blindness?
It’s a section of society, one could argue, that can feel isolated enough already.
We’d like to hear your stories - both the good and the bad,
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Jess Gallagher
You can watch the ABC Compass documentary “True Vision” here - https://www.abc.net.au/religion/watch/compass/true-vision/12033602
[PHOTO CAPTION: Jess Gallagher]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week Matthew gets a lesson in how to be a professional broadcaster from Nas Campanella.
You know Nas from her bulletins on Triple J and from her reports on the Disability Royal Commission for ABC Television, but what you may not know is that Nas is blind.
In spite of her vision impairment, Nas is at the top of her profession, but 76% of adults who are low vision or blind are not currently in full time employment.
Matthew talks to Studio 1’s official emotional guru, registered counsellor Tammey Candeloro, about the effect that long-term unemployment can have on the mental health of people with a vision impairment.
And, in the search for a solution, Matthew talks to Vision Australia’s General Manager Client Services, Karen Knight, about her career, and her work helping Vision Australia’s blind and low vision clients into employment.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
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On next week’s show:
How will pandemic-induced self-isolation affect people living with low vision and blindness - a section of society, one could argue, that are isolated enough already.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Nas Campanella, ABC News
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
Karen Knight - Vision Australia
You can find more information about Vision Australia’s employment service by clicking the following linkL
https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/employment-assistance
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[PHOTO CAPTION: ABC journalist Nas Campanella]
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:: MATTHEW'S UPDATE :: 4th March :: World Glaucoma Week 2021
Kirk Pengilly will be back on Studio 1 next Wednesday. I'm interviewing him on Monday. If you have questions for him, tweet me @WhingeingPom or call/text 0433 827 211
Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week is World Glaucoma Week….
Matthew talks to Kirk Pengilly of INXS about how he nearly lost his sight to glaucoma at the age of 29.
And we talk to former chef and now children’s author Jen Gierens about the morning she woke up to find she’d lost the sight in one of eyes. Permanently.
Matthew also visits ophthalmologist Dr Simon Phipps and gets his pressures taken for your listening pleasure.
And Matthew consults the show’s emotional guru registered counsellor Tammey Candeloro of Counselling 4 You WA for her very personal perspective on glaucoma. She was diagnosed with it at the age of 18.
The purpose behind this show is to get you to be aware of your own eye health. Please check the resources below for more information.
Please do get in touch with the show – either to tell us your cautionary glaucoma stories or to point out subjects you think we should cover in future shows.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and
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On next week’s show Triple J newsreader and ABC reporter Nas Candeloro.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Dr Simon Phipps – Goodwood Eye Centre - http://www.goodwoodeyecentre.com.au/
Jen Gierens – Author, Toby’s Tackle Box - https://amzn.to/3axVzoN
Tammy Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/ - 0423 93 15 74
Kirk Pengilly – Special Ambassador Glaucoma Australia - https://www.glaucoma.org.au/
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Kirk Pengilly, member of INXS and Special Ambassador, Glaucoma Australia – who wears glasses and has a very rakish moustache - smiles at the camera.]
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Vicki Couzens presents a special edition of Studio 1 – Vision Australia’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view – celebrating International Women’s Day 2020.
Vicki has gathered together a diverse and dynamic group of inspirational blind and low vision women to discuss being visually impaired from a woman’s perspective, and being a woman from a vision-impaired perspective.
Vicki is joined by guests Emma Bennison, CEO of Blind Citizens Australia, and Caren Burns who has just started her career as a Trainee Librarian in the Vision Australia Library.
On co-presenting duty in the studio are Miriam McCulley and Kaya Sellek
This is your show and we would love to hear from you. Please do get in touch.
CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org
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Next week’s show is focused around International Glaucoma Week and features an interview with Kirk Pengilly of INXS.
If you or someone you know is prepared to share their glaucoma stories for the sake of the greater good, please do get in touch.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Emma Bennison, CEO, Blind Citizens Australia - https://www.bca.org.au/
Caren Burns, Vision Australia Library -
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[PHOTO CAPTION: Guide Dogs Quill and Bella sit patiently under the desk in Studio 1 while their humans record our special programm for International Women’s Day.]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view
This week’s show is called “Where’s My ****ing Autonomous Car?”
Matthew travels to work by bus with his colleague Vicki Couzens and ask two highly qualified experts when he can expect to get his hands on a self-driving vehicle.
Those experts are David Woodbridge, presenter of Vision Australia Radio’s invaluable show and most popular podcast ”Talking Tech”, and self-proclaimed science communicator Doctor Karl Kruszelnicki.
This is your show and we would love to hear from you. Please do get in touch.
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GUESTS AND RESOURCES
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki:
You can buy Dr Karl’s book “Dr Karl’s Random Road Trip through Science” with its cutting-edge augmented technology experience here - https://amzn.to/3a1EZNJ - and you can visit his website at - https://drkarl.com/
David Woodbridge:
You can listen to or download Vision Australia Radio’s Talking Tech here - https://radio.visionaustralia.org/podcasts/podcast/talkingtech
[PHOTO CAPTION: The world's least VI-friendly bus stop. Listen to the show to find out why...]
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Matthew Layton presents Studio 1 – Vision Australia Radio’s new-ish weekly show on life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week’s show revolves around a question that visually impaired people get asked all the time.
“How much can you see?”
It’s a difficult question to answer and can make the person being asked feel uncomfortable or come across as defensive.
In this week’s show we try to find the positive in a negative. Can we visually impaired people get better at communicating with each other and with sighted people – and maybe even feel a little more confident in our answers?
With this aim in mind, Matthew enlists the help of the show’s resident emotional guru, Tammy Candeloro, Australian Counselling Association registered counsellor and proprietor of Counselling 4 You.
We also ask the question of some real-life VIPs: Kaya Sellek, Tina Kresojevic, Vicky Couzens and Sam Rickard.
Please get involved in the conversation:
Call or text us 04 500 78834 – that’s 04 500 Studio
Email: studio1@visionaustralia.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork
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Guests and Resources:
Tammey Candeloro, Australian Counselling Association Registered Counsellor and Proprietor, Counselling 4 You WA, https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/
If you are affected by any of the issues in the show and like Tammey’s empathetic yet no-nonsense approach, you can call her on 0423 93 15 74
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The first episode of Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s brand new show that takes a look at life in Australia from a low vision and blind point of view.
This week presenter Matthew Layton takes a look at the bushfire crisis from a low-vision perspective by travelling to Orbost in rural Victoria to talk to Tina Kresojevic.
Tina tells us what it’s like to face a sixty foot wall of flame when you can’t see it coming.
The show also features a panel discussion on preparing for and recovering from a bushfire from both a practical and an emotional perspective.
Next week’s show seeks to answer the question that most people living with low vision and blindness fin it so hard to answer…
“How much can you see?”
If you have a good way of answering that question, please let us know:
Text or call: 04 500 78834 – or 04 500 STUDIO
Email: studio1@visionausralia.org
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/varadionetwork and https://www.twitter.com/whingeingpom
Please also get in touch if you have a topic you’d like us to cover in future shows
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Panel guests and resources:
Tammey Candeloro, Australian Counselling Association Registered Counsellor and Proprietor, Counselling 4 You WA, https://www.counselling4youwa.com.au/
If you were affected by any of the issues in the show and like Tammey’s empathetic yet no-nonsenses you can call her on 0423 93 15 74
Diana Palmer, Executive Officer IDEAS.
For access to the incredible array of resources and information available through IDEAS, call their helpline for free on 1800 029 904 or visit https://www.ideas.org.au
Troy Pearl, National Wellbeing Health and Safety Manager, Vision Australia
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