Events
Shellharbour low vision and blindness open day
- Date | Time
- Wed 31 May, 2023 2:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location
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Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club, Jason Avenue, Barrack Heights NSW, Australia
- Attendance
- Free
About the event
If you or someone you know needs assistance with low or declining vision, please come along and learn about living confidently and safely with vision loss. If you are a health professional, we’d love to connect with you.
Event details
Date: 31st May 2023.
Event Time: 2 pm to 6 pm.
Location: The Diamond Room, Warilla Bowling Club, Jason Avenue, Warilla, New South Wales, 2528.
Event program
2 pm to 6 pm: there will be short presentations from various practitioners and specialists about their work, and and overview of the technology available to assist people living with low vision or blindness. Presentations will include social and recreational specialists and organisations outside of Guide Dogs.
From 6 pm to 7 pm there will be an interactive Professional development session with three case studies.
From 7 pm to 8 pm there will be an Optometry professional development session.
RVSP
RSVP by Friday 26th of May. (Walk in’s welcome).
Find out more info and reply and by emailing csadmin@guidedogs.com.au
How does Guide Dogs support people with low vision or blindness?
At Guide Dogs, we support people living with low vision and blindness to get out and about in their community safely and with confidence by teaching Orientation and Mobility skills. We help people learn to navigate their environment with the use of a white cane and other mobility aids, and support people to continue to enjoy hobbies and reading after vision loss with the use of adaptive technology.
We will work with you to overcome barriers to work and study when living with low vision or blindness, and give you the tools you need to live independently at home by developing tactile, audible, and other strategies to maintain a safe living space and manage daily living tasks
Through Guide Dogs, you can connect with others who have similar lived experience so you can share, learn from, and support each other.
We support children, parents and families of children with vision loss, teenagers, adults, and seniors.
