Sam speaks to Claire Dorling, a PhD student from Monash University whose research centres around the development of a functional vision assessment for children and young people who are blind or have low vision in an educational setting.

Hear from Claire as she discusses her research and how it intersects with her professional experience as s specialist teacher, and lived experience as a person with low vision.

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Sam speaks with Santiago Velasquez Hurtado, co-founder of Hailo, an app now available on iPhone and Android for public transport users to hail a bus or tram more safely and accessibly than before, and inform the driver when and where they would like to be dropped off.

Hailo is currently available on the Melbourne bus network however there are plans to expand the app to other modes of transport and cities in future.

If you would like to download the app it's now available on the Apple Store or Google Play, or to find out more you can head to the Hailo website, hailo.co

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Sam speaks with Jo Cabot, author of Live Well with Vision Loss, a website to provide advice and support for people experiencing vision loss at any point in their vision loss journey.

The website will be fully available to browse from April 10.

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