Latest News
Here is an update of the latest activities of DBV and its members
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Deaf Festival October 2025
DBV had a wonderful time at the Deaf Festival this past weekend. Our recreation program was in attendance, and we ran our own DBV stall to make deafblindness visible to the Deaf community. There were many different stalls to visit and deaf-made crafts and accessories to buy. One deafblind attendee joked, “drag me away before…
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Celebrate Deafblind Victoria’s 18th Anniversary!
Deafblind Victoria is turning 18! This means celebrating with us. We have achieved many things, and we want to remember with you. We welcome all deafblind, deaf, service providers, commguides, Auslan students, volunteers, interpreters, family, and friends new and old to share joy and celebrate. We will provide a special catered lunch and will have…
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CHARGE Syndrome Conference 2024
Report from Michelle Stevens: I attended the Australasian CHARGE Syndrome Conference 2024 in Sydney last week. I learnt a huge amount about CHARGE Syndrome. The majority of people with CHARGE have hearing and vision loss, ranging from moderate to profound. It was a great opportunity to connect DBV with other organisations, deafblind people with CHARGE, and their families. I…
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New funding and new jobs for DBV
Deafblind Victoria is restructuring! We ran some wonderful projects over the last few years, and built a great team to work on them – the majority of paid staff are Deafblind. We are very proud of what we achieved! However, the projects are finally finishing, so all the paid project roles are ending too. We…
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National Volunteers Week 2024
20th May to 26th May is National Volunteer Week. The theme for this year is “Something for Everyone”. Volunteers play an important role at DBV by supporting our staff in the office, supporting Deafblind members at events and assisting with admin duties. In February 2024, DBV was nominated for “inclusive volunteer organisation” at the Volunteering…
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ABC TV report: interpreter and commguide shortage
Last night, ABC TV news reported on the national shortage of Auslan interpreters and commguides. Heather Lawson was featured. DBV is glad that this issue is getting some coverage in the media. The Deafblind community in Victoria is really struggling at the moment, with very limited access to commguides. The situation has gotten worse over…
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Tech Talk 4 – iOS 15 accessibility features
Deafblind Victoria attended the Lunch and Learn online workshop held by Guide Dogs Victoria on Tuesday the 7th of September, 2021. Presenter Glen Morrow discussed the new Apple iOS15 for iPhones and iPads, as well as various accessibility settings like individual app settings for high-contrast, dark background with white large text, adding descriptions to photos…
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New sign language service funded by the Department of Social Services
Great news that any Deafblind people who aren’t registered with NDIS can access interpreters, tactile interpreters and captioners funded by the Government. Here’s more information from the Department of Health: From November 2020, older Australians who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing, and who do not have access to interpreting services through aged care…
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Deafblind World workshop, NDIA ILC branch, Geelong
The first Deafblind World workshop for 2020 was on Tuesday 10th March. The DBV team were proud to make our first trip to Geelong by mini bus along with commguides. Three Deafblind members ran a special workshop to the ILC Branch of the NDIA in Geelong. The ILC team run part of the NDIS, so…
