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DBV cafe – Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
Do you think Deafblind people can be successful dog guide handers? Yesterday, the 25th of March, Justin Marshall from Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA) joined us to talk about dog guides at Deafblind Café. It was great to see so many people there, catching up and enjoying the afternoon together. Justin shared the history of…
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Connecting in the Deafblind Community, March 28th 2026
Deafblind Victoria presents the deafblind awareness workshop for 2026, run by people who are deafblind to raise awareness among the Auslan signing community. The workshop welcomes Deaf, hard of hearing, hearing, CODA, Auslan learners, Auslan teachers, Auslan friends and more. Topics include: integrating live activities, deafblind communication, technology, barriers & access, guiding demonstrations and more.…
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Jasper on diHARD Radio: Lived Experience, Access, and Community
Last year, Jasper was interviewed on diHARD: Diversity and Inclusion – The Hard Topics, a show on community radio station JOY 94.9. Jasper shared his lived experience as a deafblind queer trans man and raising awareness about what deafblindness really means in everyday life. In the interview, Jasper spoke honestly about common misconceptions. “Being treated…
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Generation Women – Heather Lawson’s Presentation
Generation Women Australia is a series of storytelling events that aims to unite and empower women. On 25 September 2024, six Deaf women of different generations told personal stories to a live audience in Melbourne. DBV member Heather Lawson was one of the presenters. She gave an inspiring story about her life as a deafblind…
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Deafblind workshop, Newmark Primary School
School visit for Deafblind workshop, Newmark Primary on 30th May 2024. Three of us Heather, commguide Ruth and interpreter Gen travelled by train to Williamstown to deliver a workshop to the Year 1 children, aged about 6 years old. Upon arrival, we were greeted by 30 very cute, excited children. Heather presented about her life, how she was…
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CFMEU donations and site visit
The CFMEU is a trade union that represents workers in the Construction, Forestry and Maritime industries. Their members are helping build the Metro Tunnel and many other building projects near DBV’s home at Ross House. Angelo and Rease are organisers with the CFMEU. They were inspired to support the Deafblind Community by raising funds for…
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We are Deafblind. We run our own organisation. How do we make it happen?
Three DBV members traveled to Canada to present a poster at the 18th Deafblind International World Conference in July 2023. The poster shares what DBV has learned as an organisation run by and for deafblind people. There are downloadable versions of the poster in the resources page of this website. The poster has five tips,…
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Deafblind people at DBI 2023 conference in Ottawa, Canada
Three Deafblind Victoria members attended the Deafblind International conference in Ottawa Canada in July 2023. We met many wonderful deafblind people at the conference from Europe, North America, India and Australia. Some of these deafblind people did short video interviews with us to share with you. Click here for a YouTube playlist of all the…
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Auslan students’ Deafblind World
Auslan students at Melbourne Polytechnic learned about deafblindness at a workshop run by DBV on the 4th of May 2023. In the future, they may become a volunteer, communication guide or interpreter and work with our wonderful Deafblind community. Over 40 students and 1 Auslan teacher spent several minutes blindfolded and did activities to get…
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ASLIA workshop 13 May 2023
Many Deafblind people use Auslan interpreters regularly for medical appointments, at work, at family events and with services like banking. We want interpreters to know how to work with us. We might use tactile signing, visual frame signing, tracking or deafblind fingerspelling. We might need the interpreter to be aware of the right lighting with…
