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/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.