Deafblind Victoria

  • Donation from Hardware Lane Costumes

    A lovely lady, Zoe who is the owner from a fancy costume shop called Hardware Lane Costumes contacted DBV to donate some costumes! She is sadly closing up her store, but because she has had many Deafblind clients over the years that came for costumes for the Deafblind camp, she wanted to reach out to…

  • New resource for blind and deafblind women: ‘Our Right to Safety and Respect’

    In 2018, Women With Disabilities Victoria (WDV) developed a guide about violence, abuse, safety and respect. The guide was made by and for women with disabilities. Versions were made in plain English, Easy English and Auslan. WDV saw that the resources may not be accessible to women who are blind or deafblind. These women already…

  • T shirt fundraising for Deafblind Awareness Week

    Happy Deafblind Awareness Week 2020! Deafblind Victoria (DBV) are raising funds to advocate for the Deafblind community, to improve awareness of deafblindness and to promote our rights with the government, the NDIS, technology, Auslan communicators and the wider community. DBV are working towards creating a more inclusive community and reducing isolation and barriers that the…

  • Deafblind Awareness Week 2020

    Deafblind Victoria is excited that the Deafblind Awareness week (DBAW) will be coming up in June this year. This is a special time to celebrate the Deafblind community and a time to raise awareness to the wider community. This year will be a bit different however – in the past this event was always in person, but this year it…

  • Tech Talk 1 – Zoom meetings for Deafblind braille users

    Health advice during the Covid-19 pandemic includes keeping physical distance from others. This can be challenging for Deafblind people who rely on touch for communication. Some DBV members have been exploring if the popular Zoom videoconferencing service can offer anything to Deafblind people. Although Zoom is mainly for live video and audio, it also supports…

  • DBV member survey 2020 – results

    Thank you to all who filled out a survey – the results are in! They paint an interesting picture of the lives of deafblind Victorians, the barriers they face, and what they want from DBV. You can download a full copy of the report by clicking here (3 page PDF file). The survey shows that…

  • DBV member tells Kokoda story in Hireup video

    DBV’s Joe Monteleone used “Hireup” to support him in walking the Kokoka Track. “I’d been told that I couldn’t. People said it’s just going to be impossible. I really had to ignore that negativity and try and overcome the barriers and prove them wrong.”- Joe The Hireup website has the full story with a video…

    DBV member tells Kokoda story in Hireup video

  • Expression of Interest – Facilitator for workshops

    LAST CALL Exciting Opportunity to join an ongoing project with Deafblind Australia. Over the next 3 years Project Officers Adrienne Harper-Pike and Ben McAtamney will be facilitating a project aimed at addressing the concerns of the Deafblind community around information gaps and specifically the NDIS. The project will involve a series of workshops to be…

  • Social isolation is not new to us – Podcast with DBV’s Heather Lawson

    Heather Lawson was invited to participate in an interview for a podcast program which was two minutes long with John McKenna – “So.. podcast”. It was published on Friday 3rd April 2020. It is called “social isolation is not new to us”. The episode featuring her is episode number 13. There is an Auslan translation…

  • DBV member Survey online

    DBV have created an online survey for DeafBlind people to do at home. This survey will help DBV find out from the DeafBlind community what they would like DBV to achieve and what information they would like DBV to share. This will help with the development of future projects and resources for the DeafBlind community…