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/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.