Today, September 4, Vision Australia Seeing Eye Dogs will celebrate a major milestone, with 35 Seeing Eye Dogs graduating across the country – helping bring the total number of active Seeing Eye Dogs across Australia to a record 266. Each dog has undergone almost two years of intensive training before being partnered with someone who…
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Guide Dog Graduates
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Vision Australia will recognise eight handlers and Seeing Eye Dogs who have been successfully paired this year at its annual graduation on Wednesday, October 12. Held in the lead-up to World Sight Day, the Queensland Parliament event celebrates the life-changing bond of assistance animals and people who are blind or low vision. “Training can take…
New voting system for blind or low vision voters
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Now that early voting for the 2013 federal election, the Electoral commission has announced that voters who are blind or have low vision can now access a telephone voting service that enables them to cast a secret vote. “Blind or low vision voters can still vote with assistance at one of the several thousand polling…