deafblind victoria
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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?…
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Tech Talk 15 – Explore 12 portable video magnifier
Video Translation Hi, my name is Andrew Howard. Today I’m talking about Explore 12. It’s larger than the Explore 8. They both have different coloured backgrounds, and Explore 12 has some additional features. Let’s have a look. [Andrew sets up the stand for the magnifier on a table] Once you set it up you slide…
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Victoria’s first raising of the Disability Pride Flag
Hello! This is Jasper Cleland. We are at the end of July, which was Disability Pride Month. On Tuesday July 8th, I went to St Albans Community Centre for the first raising of a disability pride flag to ever happen in Victoria! The event was organised by our neighbours here in Ross House, DRC (Disability…
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Deafblind World workshop at Melbourne Polytechnic
After a workshop for Auslan students at Melbourne Polytechnic, lead teacher Fiona Marke recently shared this lovely message with Deafblind Victoria: We were really excited to see so many students at our Deafblind World workshop! Four deafblind people – Jasper, Joe, Rodney and Heather – presented about: Students enjoyed the guiding activity and asked lots…
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Deafblind awareness in country Victoria
Wonthaggi is a friendly coastal town with beautiful beaches, fresh sea air, and a strong sense of community. It’s part of the Bass Coast Shire, where the local council is working to make sure people of all abilities can participate in community life. On Tuesday 25th March 2025, the Deafblind Victoria team travelled to Wonthaggi to deliver…
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Deafblind World Workshop: Connecting in the Deafblind Community 2025
Deafblind Victoria presents the deafblind awarenes workshop for 2025, 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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A Look Back at Recreation Events from 2024
It’s important that Deafblind people are able to access the wider community, just like everyone else. However, places like libraries, cafés, shopping centres, parks and art galleries can feel inaccessible to us. Even getting outdoors for exercise can be a challenge. So the Recreation program has been really valuable for our community. At Rec program,…
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QAT (Queer Auslan Together)
In 2023, DBV was excited to receive a peer-support grant from TGV (Transgender Victoria) for a project which brings together Deafblind trans/gender-diverse/nonbinary people with the wider TGDNB community. The pilot project, QAT (Queer Auslan Together), was an outstanding success. We want to shout out a huge thank you to TGV! At QAT, transgender and non-binary…
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Tech Talk 14 – Apple Vision Pro
Deafblind Victoria member Robert Lokmer tried out a new device: Apple Vision Pro. It’s a headset that you wear in front of your eyes for enhanced vision, and it has digital features like apps and photos. Below are two videos. The first shows Andrew Howard talking to Robert about whether this device is useful for…
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Deafblind awareness workshop for Occupational Therapists, 28th October 2024
Occupational therapists (OT’s) often work with deafblind people to help us adapt our environment, improve daily living skills, use technology, develop communication strategies and build independence. We were really pleased that a group of OT’s approached DBV to find out more about Deafblind people, what we need and how we communicate. We delivered a special…
