BLIND CITIZENS AUSTRALIA
Convention 2003 Audio Archives
The following was recorded at the Blind Citizens Australia National
Convention which was held in Canberra from 4 to 6 October 2003.
To listen, you will need a PC with a sound
card and a media player such as Windows Media Player, Real Player or Winamp.
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Blind Citizens Australia: Who We Are, What We Do and How We Do It!
Karen Knight & Michael Simpson
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BLINDNESS AND YOU - DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY 1
Chair: June Ashmore - Four speakers discuss their differing experiences of
the impact of blindness in today’s world, outlining what they have done to
achieve goals and combat unhelpful attitudes in education and training,
employment, socialisation and reproduction.
Presenters:
- Fiona Woods: The perspective of a person blind from birth
- Lynne Davis: The perspective of a person who has lost vision over time
- Roy Daniell: The perspective of a person with permanent low vision
- Tony Meli: The perspective of a person who is deaf blind
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BLINDNESS AND YOU - DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY 2
Chair: Lynne Davis - Four speakers discuss their differing experiences of
the impact of blindness in today’s world, outlining what they have done to
achieve goals and combat unhelpful attitudes in education and training,
employment, socialisation and reproduction.
Presenters:
- Nadia Mattiazzo: The perspective of a person whose first language is
not English
- Isse Musse: The perspective of a person from a non
Anglo-Saxon background
- Ros Sackley: The perspective of a person who is indigenous
- Michael Curran: The perspective of a person who has a diverse sexual
orientation
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