The non-profit that runs a network of radio stations for Australia’s blind and low vision community says it will be off the air by next year unless the government intervenes to restore its funding.

Vision Australia, which operates 10 radio stations across Victoria, southern New South Wales, Adelaide and Perth, says it is facing a $700,000 shortfall after responsibility for disability funding was transferred to the national disability insurance scheme.

Acouncil that brought in yellow taxis to help the visually impaired plans to paint them black in a bid to save money, angering disability charities. 

Derby City Council introduced a policy in 2001 to paint their cabs yellow to make them more identifiable for customers, including the partially-sighted.

But council has announced that it plans to change the colour of its taxis back to black to save drivers who have to paint and maintain the yellow vehicles. 
 

Score Foundation, founded by New Delhi based George Abraham, has been providing various services to visually impaired people from across India since the year 2002. Abraham shares his inspiring journey with Newzhook readers.

What is tactile breast screening? 

When 42-year-old Manisha Anand got a call for a tactile breast screening to be done by a trained visually impaired woman, she called up her mother, a gynaecologist, consulted her, and signed up for the examination programme. Anand, who has a family history of breast cancer, eventually had her first tactile breast screening in June this year.
 

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram-headquartered Kerala Federation of the Blind (KFB) is planning to mobilise funds for the visually-challenged who are affected by flood. 

“We have given direction to all our members to contribute to our special account to be created for helping those affected,” said KFB executive director R Sasidharan Pillai. The fund will be utilised to help rebuild houses, loss of livelihood etc. Last year KFB collected Rs 3.5 lakh, of which Rs1 lakh was donated to Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF).