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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  "A little Support?" What role do support workers have in your life?  We talk to two support workers who coincidentally have the same name.  The two Meg(h)ans talk about their backgrounds, what got them involv...

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  "Volunteer Radio" For volunteer week, we catch up with Simon and Abby from Vision Australia Radio’s “In Plain Sight” and Shaun Oliver talks about volunteering on live radio.  Studio 1 welcomes an...

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  "Mother's Day" Out come the flowers and chocolates as we celebrate Mother’s day a few days late.    Lisa talks about her experiences as a mum with a Vision Impairment, the challenges and the joys. &nbsp...

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  "Francois and Victoria: Audio Description”  We give you everything you want to know about Audio Description.    Lizzie and Sam are joined by Francois Jacobs, who is one of two Audio Descriptio...

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  "International Guide Dog Day”  For international Guide Dog Day, we ask; what would your dog say... if it could talk?  Thanks to the input of the Dog Guide Handlers Australia Facebook page, we get some a...

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  "All I need is a Miracle”  Though the chances are extremely low, it doesn’t stop some of us from fantasizing what we might do if we woke up one morning without a disability.    This week we a...

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  "Blind Faith”  We explore the role of faith in our lives, particularly how it influences our perspective on living with a vision impairment. How does faith shape our outlook, especially when we’re face...

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  "Fashion”  How do you decide what to wear?  Does your vision, or lack thereof, affect the way you dress?     We talk to a friends and find out, is fashion an issue?  Studio 1 welcome...

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  "Peter Archer: Beyond Vision”  Lizzie chats with Peter archer, a support worker who started his own business to provide unique activities to the blind and low vision community. He shares his inspiration for...

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 "Back to School" Three people talk about their experiences in the education system. Vicky started at Townsend House School for Deaf and Blind Children in 1960. She talks about her experiences and the teachers that made the biggest...

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 "Abundabiliteez" Lizzie and Sam catch up with Hollie Andrew, Founder & Operations ​Director for Abundabiliteez Productions. Hollie talks about what inspired her to form Abundabiliteez Productions, and some of her views regardi...

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 "100K" Vision Australia and Vision Australia Radio are conducting their "100k Your Way" fundraising campaign in April.  Sam talks to two of the Ambassadors for the event,.    Dale talks about how he lost his sight;...

Lizzie Eastham presents Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view. On this week’s show "International Women's Day" Lizzie is flying solo this week, giving Sam a poorly deserved week off.   In honour of International Women's Day Lizzie speaks to two blind women who have different but inspiring stories to tell. Studio 1 we...

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 "The Boy Scout Syndrome" While we always appreciate it when someone offers to help us out, is it possible to be over-helpful?   Our Choir of Angels talks about the times when they have received some unwanted attention fr...

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 "Anne Mok" Anne Mok is an instagrammer who uses her platform to bring awareness to accessible brands in Canada.  Anne talks about her experiences as an Asian with a disability; her diagnosis; and gives some advice to women ab...

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 "I only have Eyes for You" With Valentines Day coming up, Lizzie and Sam dive back into the world of Love and Dating. Our "Choir of Angels" talk about their experience out in the world of dating apps flirting and ambiguous body la...

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 "Lars Bosselmann {European Blind Union)" Lizzie and Sam talk to Lars Bosselmann, Executive Director for the European Blind Union. Lars talks about his own thoughts on access and inclusion; and the slow progress that the EBU has ov...

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!" We tackle a subject that is the bane of many Assistance Dog Users, refusal on Taxis or Ride share.   Lizzie talks to Annette (whom we spoke to last year about her book "Molly and Maple") and Janice. They talk abo...

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 "Matt Levy - Leadership and Inclusion" Sam talks to former Paralympic Swimmer Matt Levy OAM. Matt talks about retirement after the Birmingham Commonwealth Games; and the two self-help ebooks he released late last year. Studio 1 we...

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 “Serving it up” We talk to our choir of angels about how they go in the kitchen, some of their greatest successes and most spectacular failures.  Lizzie and Sam also offer their own “Guaranteed to Succeed&rd...

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 “World Braille Day” 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of Braille. To mark this occasion we talk to Kelly Phelan, business and fundraising manager for Braille House.  Kelly talks about the role Braille House has, an...

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 “Happy New Year!” Lizzie and Sam brush off the cobwebs from new years eve and bring you the send holiday special.  We look at the latter half of 2024, and reflect on the return of a certain orange head-of-state to...

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 “Christmas 2024” In the first of two holiday specials, we look back at the highlights of 2024; open up the Bloopers reel and pop the odd Christmas Cracker. EMAIL:  studio1@visionaustralia.org or leave comment on t...

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 “Born to Run” With a new chapter of Achilles International opening in South Australia, Lizzie and Sam went down to see what it is all about, and we learned about Lizzie’s somewhat unorthodox running technique. St...

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:  "Any Questions?" This week Lizzie and Sam ask each other the standard questions used in their Vox Pop or Choir of Angels. Also we get a special preview of some of the bloopers included in the Christmas and New Years Day spe...