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Vaccine eligibility website falls short for blind and low vision Australians

Myles Hume — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 01:02:09 +0000

The website's administrator HealthDirect is now engaging an external agency for an additional WCAG audit.

Australia’s largest provider of low vision services is disappointed it has to act as the government’s “accessibility watchdog” after its community had trouble accessing a new online COVID-19 vaccine
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Poor vision as detrimental to learning as poverty

Callum Glennen — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 22:00:51 +0000

New research from the World Bank and international charity organisation EYElliance has found that an unaddressed vision problem can be just as detrimental to a child’s learning as socio-economic disadvantage. Released
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Equality in vision care still a long way off

Staff Writer — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:26:34 +0000

Humanitarian, researcher, and academic Dr Jacqui Ramke gave a lecture at the University of New South Wales as part of the School of Optometry and Vision Science’s Vaegan Seminar series. She is currently
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