Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

On this week’s show

"Work!”

What do you do for a living? This is often the start of a conversation; however, the workforce creates challenges for People with a Vision Impairment.

Lizzie and Sam talk to six Blind and Vision Impaired people about their expiernces looking for work and navigating a workplace environment.

Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If you have any experience or thoughts about issues covered in this episode or believe there is something we should be talking about.

EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork

Thank you to: Anthony, Emma, Lily; Shaun; Maddy and Alex

This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/

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Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

On this week’s show

"Taxi II: Another Ride?”

With the much-vaunted changes to the 13 Cabs app, has it really made any difference?

Lizzie and Sam are joined by Kelly Schulz from knowable me to pick apart reality from spin; good intentions from pragmatism; and ask where we go from here?

Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If you have any experience or thoughts about issues covered in this episode or believe there is something we should be talking about.

EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork

A special thanks to Kelly Schulz (Knowable Me: https://knowable.me/)

Extra special thanks to Emma Myers from Powerd Media for letting us use her interview (find the article here: https://powerd.media/news/taxi-service-enforces-zero-tolerance-on-drivers-refusing-assistance-animals

This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

On this week’s show

"Is Ignorance Bliss?”

We ask, is ignorance bliss, or simply another form of discrimination?

Six of our friends talk about how they have been discriminated against or singled out in sometimes strange but often subtle ways - usually by people who believe they are doing the right thing.

We also have a call to action from our listeners. Next week we are looking into the updates to the 13 Cabs app, and we want Dog Guide users to test it out.

What can you do?

1. If you haven’t already, install the 13 Cabs App.

1. In the options declare you are an Assistance Dog user.

1. Book a taxi and take a ride (doesn’t matter how far or where)

1. Let us know how things worked out.

Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If you have any experience or thoughts about issues covered in this episode or believe there is something we should be talking about.

EMAIL: studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on the station’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork

A special Thank you to Alex; Anthony; Lily; Steven; Emma and Heidi.

This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.