Talking Vision 616 Week Beginning 7th of March 2022
On this week’s special International Women’s Day episode of Talking Vision, Ria Andriani has a chat with blind climate activist, journalist and disability advocate Aine Kelly-Costello about ways in which climate action can be made more accessible for people with disability, what people can do to bring change and encouraging people who are blind or have low vision to demand more from governments and organisations regarding not only the environment but also accessibility and the rights of people with disabilities. If you'd like to hear more from Aine, you can read her thesis here. Then later in the show Tess Herbert catches up with Grace Fowler, creator of craft beer Nas XPA in collaboration with ABC disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella for International Women’s Day. Tess Herbert recently caught up with Grace to talk about the ways in which Akasha and Reckless have made the packaging accessible for customers who are blind or have low vision, including a QR code with an audio description of the can read by Nas herself.Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.