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Deafblind tips 1 – Bananas
DBV’s Heather Lawson has some useful suggestions for living as a Deafblind person. You can read her regular section in the DBV newsletter. Here is the first tip, in English and Auslan: Hello, I would love to share one of many tips with you all to learn of my tricks. I have my commguides or…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Peter Whelan farewell
On the afternoon of Thursday 12.12.2019, DBV attended a City of Melbourne event to farewell Peter Whelan, who is leaving his role as MetroAccess Project Coordinator. In this role, Peter has worked with people with disabilities in the City of Melbourne to improve community services and make the city more accessible. Peter had been a…
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DeafBlind World Workshop, 16th Nov 2019 – Auslan students
On Saturday 16th November 2019 three DeafBlind DBV members ran another DeafBlind World workshop for Auslan students from Melbourne Polytechic and Monash University, a disability support worker and a digital accessibility analyst. It was a great opportunity to raise awareness about deafblindness. DBV hopes that some of the Auslan students will work with DeafBlind people…
