DAY TWO PROGRAM Friday 28th November 2025 8:00am Registrations open at Susan Wakil Building, University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus 8:30am Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to the Conference Day 2 Empowering Access: Technology and Inclusion Through a Deafblind Lens Presentation and live demonstration from the National Relay Service Introduction to Social-Haptic Communication 11:10am Morning tea break 11:30am Morning Workshops – …
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DAY ONE PROGRAM: FILLING IN THE GAPS AND JOINING THE DOTS
Alarming thought for the day for a conference organiser: it is around three weeks until the big, beautiful conference co-convened by the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. But it is good news for conference attendees as the final program is released. Today we will share the day one program which is a combination of presentations, performances and ice cream (yes, …
CONFERENCE NEWSLETTER: FILLING IN THE GAPS AND JOINING THE DOTS
THIS WEEK’S REMINDERS Accessibility Travel Subsidies We will be sending out more information about the conference in the coming weeks, including the program, requests for further information, and workshop registrations, so please keep an eye on your emails. PRESENTER PROFILE Dr. Tara Brown-Ogilvie Dr. Tara Brown-Ogilvie (she/her) has over 14 years of experience in the DeafBlind community, working in roles such as …
Florence Report
Moira recently represented the DUAL-SIP team at the Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation conference in beautiful Florence, Italy. Not the first time she’s presented in Italy – the last time was in Lake Como in 2012 for the Vision-Hearing Project led by Julie – so its been a while between visits. Florence did not disappoint! First, the conference – it …
Complexities and Challenges in Disability in 2025
The University of Sydney hosted an event on Monday, 8th September. We invited Professor Tom Shakespeare from the UK via Zoom to address the state of affairs in disability thinking and experience engaging us today. Tom is a renowned social scientist and a Professor of Disability Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He has published over a …
2025 National Dual Sensory Impairment – Deafblindness Conference: Filling in the Gaps and Joining the Dots
Thursday 27th November, Friday 28th November 2025 REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/national-deafblind-conference-tickets-1459528391709 This two-day, lived experience-led conference is a collaboration between the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. It is directly informed by the insights of people living with combined sight and hearing loss, gathered through the 2024 survey on community needs and wants, as well as by input from professionals, practitioners, and organisations …
Deafblind Awareness Week Event 2025
At NextSense, Macquarie University, the Hunter Deafblind Project from CDAH and Newcastle Deafblind members came down from Newcastle to run their Deafblind Awareness Week 2025 event. Community members Carleeta, Lisa and Pat shared their lived experience. They spoke on how their deafblindness turned their world upside down, some of the many challenges they face, and how they remain positive as …
Social-Haptic Masterclass in Helsinki
While in Helsinki, Annmaree Watharow, Skye Wallace, Amanda Francis and Tony Yee met with Russ Palmer, Riitta Lahtinen and interpreter Stina Ojala at the Hotel Lilla Roberts to conduct a Social-Haptic Masterclass. Russ is a deafblind person with Usher syndrome, and he and his wife Riitta began developing social-haptic communication in 1991. For over 30 years, they have been working …
REPORT FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND
Annmaree Watharow, Susannah McNally, Skye Wallace and Amanda Francis Annmaree, Amanda and Skye from the Dual Sensory Impairment Project travelled to Helsinki for the Nordic Network for Disability Research conference held at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Annmaree, assisted by Amanda (social-haptic communication) and Skye (driving the tech devices and communication), presented on one aspect of the survey we …
The Dual Sensory Impairment-Deafblindness National Conference
Filling in the gaps and joining the dots The Dual Sensory Impairment Project is delighted to announce the upcoming National Dual Sensory Impairment-Deafblindness Conference, taking place this November at the University of Sydney.We are co-convening this important awareness-raising, experience-sharing and skills-building event with the Dual Sensory Impairment Fellowship at Macquarie University. Support and sponsorship have also been provided by: This …