New Horizons

This episode of An Eye For Business features Matt O'Kane. Matt runs a Sydney-based company - Notion Digital Forensics. Matt describes his employment journey and the type of work his company undertakes. He also outlines some of the benefits his vision impairment brings to his work and how he has overcome any issues he has faced along the way. If you'd like to know more about Matt's company, check o...

This week we go back into the archives to episode 424, from October of 2015. We featured John Shute, who was awarded the David Blyth award posthumously for his work in the transcription and promotion of Braille music.

This week in An Eye For Business, we hear about Leah Sing. Leah grew up in Queensland and studied as a massage therapist. Leah discusses her desire to work for herself and some of the pitfalls she encountered along the way.

This week's New Horizons brings you some important news about the recent Annual General Meeting of Blind Citizens Australia. Our feature this week is a replay of a presentation given by Linda Agnew about her life and career. Find out more at https://new-horizons.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

In episode 9 of An Eye For Business, we meet Joanne Mosen. Joanne is an international development consultant specialising in disability inclusion; where she takes a rights-based approach to education for people with disability in the Asia-Pacific region. Joanne discusses getting the business started and some of the advantages having lived experience of disability brings to her work - and some of t...

In this week's episode, we're joined by BCA's Policy and Advocacy Manager, Jackson Reynolds Ryan. Jack discusses the all-important issue of pedestrian safety. The new policy is available on the BCA website and was launched at the recently held BCA Connect. What is included and how might you use it to improve the lives of Australians who are blind or vision impaired? Find out more at https://new-ho...

This week's An Eye For Business features Steve Sparrow. Steve lives in Brisbane and has run his own recording business for over twenty years. He regularly plays in entertainment venues around Brisbane and beyond and has released several albums. Steve describes his thoughts as he started out in the industry, some of the adaptations he has made to equipment and some of the barriers he found when sta...

In this week's New Horizons, we harken back to an interview recorded in early 2016. Daniel Kish discusses Echo-location and Orientation and Mobility generally. Find out more at https://new-horizons.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

In this week's edition of An Eye For Business, we speak with Duncan Meerding, a furniture and lighting designer living in Tasmania. Duncan discusses his significanct and rapid vision loss, and how it affected his choices and led to running his own business. We find out about some of the adaptations Duncan has made to his workshop and how he has worked with other disabled woodworkers to teach and m...

In this week's episode, we bring you the second part of the keynote speech given at the International Council on English Braille general assembly in 2020. Also, some news for Tasmanian branch members of Blind Citizens Australia. Find out more at https://new-horizons.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

In this episode of An Eye For Business, we bring you an interview with Elise Lonsdale. Elise has a significant work history in web development, assistive technology training and more. Elise has been running her own business for several years now, teaching people who are Blind or Vision Impaired how to use technology which inriches their communication and contributes significantly to their lives. W...

This week we bring you a repeat of episode 679, the keynote speech from the General Assembly of the International Council on English Braille, held in 2020. This is the first of a two programme series originally broadcast in 2020.

Information Alternatives has been supporting the information needs of people who are Blind or Vision Impaired for close to forty years. John Simpson explains the genesis of the business, some of the pitfall he and his partners have experienced as Blind or Vision Impaired business owners, and how the business has changed over the years, to keep abreast of emerging technologies and meet the needs of...

This week we bring you a BCA update. Sally Aurisch discusses the upcoming AGM, new board director, NDIS review and next week's BCA Inform. Also, a call for Tasmanians to provide their stories on the assisted voting process discussed in New Horizons a couple of weeks ago. To provide your story, E-mail vaughn@disabilityvoicestas.org.au Find out more at https://new-horizons.pinecast.co This podcast i...

In episode 4 of An Eye For Business we speak with Craig Shanahan. Craig is a chef, and is owner and manager of the Blind Chef Cafe in New South Wales. Craig describes his working life, how he has used skills acquired as a result of his recently gained vision impairment to start a thriving business. Craig also describes the measures he has taken to ensure every customer enjoys visiting his cafe and...

This week we feature part ii of our series on Emergency Response planning for people who are blind or vision impaired. This is the second part of extracts from the session held at BCA Connect 2022, facilitated by Jane Britt, Policy and Advocacy Team Leader, with Blind Citizens Australia.

Amanda Heal is a keynote speaker and author. In episode 3 of the An Eye For Business podcast series, we hear about Amanda's journey to finding her purpose, and how she manages her busy speaking scheudle. She discusses some of the pitfalls to running yourw own business as a Blind person and how these can be managed. An Eye For Business is brought to you in partnership between Blind Citizens Austral...

This week we bring you the first in a two-part series on emergency and disaster planning. Blind Citizens Australia has been working with the sector in various ways to facilitate appropriate measures for people with disability who are affected by emergency situations and disasters. We bring you the first part of a two-part series featuring extracts from the panel discussion delivered at the recentl...

In Episode 2 of An Eye for Business, we speak with Duncan Steward. Hear about Duncan's entrepreneurial journey to success as manager of several very successful music artists. An Eye for Business is brought to you in partnership with Blind Citizens Australia and Vision Australia. It is closely linked to the Entrepreneurial Mindset webinar series, part of the Eye to the Future Project. For more info...

This week we focus on the local government elections in Tasmania. These have been, for the first time, made compulsory and are held by inaccessible postal ballot - which of course renders the voting process inaccessible to Blind and Vision Impaired people. We hear from Duncan Meerding, chair of the Tasmania branch of Blind Citizens Australia, about advocacy being undertaken in conjunction with Dis...

This week, we are visited by an old friend of the program. Lauren Henley has been working for many years now to promote the cause of Audio Description on Australian television. Recent events provide us with some hope, but it is not all plain sailing! Lauren describes the work she and others have been conducting on behalf of all Australians who are Blind or Vision Impaired, and we discuss the poten...

An Eye for Business is a podcast series featuring people who are blind or vision impaired, who run their own businesses. It is brought to you in partnership between Blind Citizens Australia and Vision Australia, and is closely linked with the Entrepreneurial Mindset webinar series. In this first episode we feature Janelle Colquhoun, who for over 20 years, has been an agent for artists with disabil...

In this episode, we meet Erica Chiandotto who started with BCA fairly recently. Erica describes her background and her interesting new role with BCA. Also, a reminder about program themes for our usual end of year series. Please contact new.horizons@bca.org.au if you have any ideas.

In this week's program we discuss the Entrepreneurial Mindset project, which is being run by BCA in partnership with Vision Australia. The first of the webinars is scheduled for early next week. Hear about the project and the special podcast series which goes alongside, called "An Eye For Business". Find out more at https://new-horizons.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

In this week's episode, we update you on BCA Connect. This is the third such programme and we are joined by Deb Deshays, manager of projects and engagement with Blind Citizens Australia, and board member and event host, Doug McGinn. Register for BCA Connect from the BCA website, https://bca.org.au Find out more at https://new-horizons.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .