As we celebrate International Womens day on Sunday March the 8th, we hear from BCA CEO, Emma Bennison. She gave a speech to the department of Communications and the Arts, in December last year. Whilst the topic was people with a disability in leadershi...
This week we hear from Angela Jaeschke, Sally Aurisch and Emma Bennison about a revamp of the staff structure within Blind Citizens Australia. As well, an exciting opportunity to work at BCA, if you are into policy and advocacy.
In this week's episode, we repeat the first part of the keynote speech delivered at the 2017 convention of Blind Citizens Australia. Dr. Fred Schroeder, currently president of the World Blind Union visited Australia at the invitation of BCA, and gave th...
Finishing off our series on people with multiple disabilities this week, with the second part of our conversation with Steve Richardson and Jonathan Craig. Hear about the impacts of multiple bone breakages, and developing independence and assessing risk...
In this week's episode, we hear from Steve Richardson and Jonathan Craig, both of whom have the same bone condission. Here how, although they have the same condission, it effects them in very different ways. We discuss travel, support workers and more....
This week, we return to our series on people with multiple disabilities. We hear from Jane Britt, National Policy Officer with Blind Citizens Australia. Hear about Jane's school experience and how having a hearing impairment as well as a vision impairm...
This is the promised extended conversation with John Simpson AM, president of Blind Citizens Australia. Join us in celebrating the life and career of BCA's current president. Hear about John's childhood, earlier career, how he got into the Blindness sect...
In this week's New Horizons, an extract from an extended conversation with John Simpson, president of Blind Citizens Australia. On Australia Day 2020, John was awarded an AM for services to the blind and vision impaired community. My full conversation ...
In this week's episode, part two of our discussion with Rikki Chaplin. Rikki talks about the challenges his acquired hearing impairment has added to his daily life, and how technology enhances his life as a person who is DeafBlind.
This week we feature the first part of a discussion with BCA Advocacy Officer, Rikki Chaplin. Rikki describes the nature of his second disability, how it meant a significant career change, and how it impacts on his work. This is the first part on our s...