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Spring cleaning for DBV website
We’re updating our website with new information and a new structure, to make everything easier to find. While we tidy up, the site will be down for two days: 16 and 17 Oct 2025. We’ll be back soon with a better site! Thanks for your patience.
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Craft group – ceramic plates
Daryl Harrison is a talented deafblind ceramics artist. Earlier this year, Daryl taught DBV members and volunteers how to make slab plates, stamped with designs. Daryl took home the plates made at craft group to fire them in a kiln, and returned this week with the finished pieces! Members were excited to unwrap their own…
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Deafblind West Australians – DBWA visits Melbourne
We were delighted to host two special guests from our sibling organisation, Deafblind West Australians (DBWA), on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. DBWA is a deafblind community group in Western Australia. It’s sometimes hard for Deafblind people to stay connected, so contact with other Deafblind people around the country is really important to us. Hannah McPierzie…
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DBV 18th Birthday Celebration!
Can you believe Deafblind Victoria just turned 18? From humble beginnings, we’ve grown and achieved so much together. On Friday 19 September, we gathered at the Victoria Hotel Ballroom to celebrate this huge milestone and to reflect on just how far we’ve come. 30 Deafblind people joined the celebration, along with many Auslan interpreters, commguides,…
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SENSAS Escape Room in South Yarra
In May 2025, the DBV Recreation Program visited SENSAS, an escape room designed to be inclusive and accessible for people with disability. Each room had its own challenge – laser mazes, tasting food, guessing smells, digging through a ball pit, and even playing charades. The space had tactile features and was welcoming for deafblind people.…
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Jo Agius Visual Dreaming Exhibition Sep 2025
Hi, my name is Jasper, I’m deafblind. I know a lovely Deaf woman, Joanna Agius who makes awesome art. She has an exhibition in the Flow Festival. Her art exhibition includes a lot of braille and tactile art. She wants to invite the deafblind community to visit her exhibition. Her exhibition’s name is Visual Dreaming.…
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Tech Talk 17 – Phone stands and phone lanyard
Have you ever been on a video call and couldn’t find anything to hold up your phone? Or have you lost your phone and wondered if there’s a way to keep it secure? Today, Andrew Howard shares some handy gadgets that may help. Video translation: Hello, my name is Andrew Howard. Today I want to…
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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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DBV Tech Expo July 2025
During July 23 Deafblind Victoria Café held an exciting technology day for the Victorian Deafblind community. There were many people who attended the event and the fourth floor meeting room was very busy with many Deafblind members looking at various types of technologies. The events team along with Michelle worked very hard to put this…
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Tech Talk 16 – iPhone with screen reader… and a “technology” that’s alive!
DBV employee Jael Espinal-McCoskey explained to Andrew what technology she uses at work: an iPhone, a braille display, and a screen-reader program. And a surprising fourth piece of “tech”! Watch the video and read the transcript below to find out what it is. Transcript of video: Andrew: Hi, my name is Andrew. How about you?…
