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24.01.2022 Deafblind Awareness Week is held from the 24 to 30 June each year to coincide with Helen Keller’s birthday. Senses Australia is looking forward to marking this special occasion. Please stay tuned to find out more, we’ll provide updates on our Facebook pages https://www.facebook.com/SensesAustralia/ and https://www.facebook.com/DBInformation

23.01.2022 Senses Australia is passionate about enabling people to live the life they choose. We are passionate about our people, our services and the people who receive them. We recognise and respect that our clients and staff are all people first. To find out more about our services and our organisation, visit our website https://www.senses.org.au/

23.01.2022 Our two day Communication Guide Training course on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 and Thursday, 28 June 2018 will provide participants with the skills to support a person who is deafblind. This training will enable participants to confidently work and interact with someone who is deafblind. Topics covered will include: - Deafblind communication. - Breaking down activities to provide the ‘just right’ level of support.... - Psychosocial impact of deafblindness - Adaptations and equipment - Ethics and boundaries. This popular two day course is $480.00 and includes catering and materials. To find out more visit https://www.senses.org.au/i-want-to-know-abouti-want-to-kn/ Places are limited. Please RSVP by Wednesday, 20 June 2018.

22.01.2022 Do you live in the South West of Western Australia? Our next Key Word Sign workshop will be held in Busselton on Friday, 25 May 2018. Key word sign is the use of manual signs and natural gesture to support communication. Key word is used to encourage and support language development in children and adults with communication difficulties. Places are limited. Please RSVP by Tuesday, 15 May 2018. To find out more visit https://www.senses.org.au/i-want-to-know-abouti-want-to-kn/

21.01.2022 Senses Australia values feedback, both positive and negative, and strives to deliver high quality services for individuals and families to meet their individual needs. If you have an idea, suggestion, compliment or complaint we would love to hear from you. Please speak directly to our staff who support you or please complete our online form http://www.senses.org.au/contact-us/feedback-on-my-services and someone will be in contact with you if you have requested this.

20.01.2022 Our Winter 2018 edition of In Touch with Senses Australia will be hitting letterboxes this week! To read it online visit https://www.senses.org.au//our-publications/in-touch-with/

20.01.2022 On Thursday 17 May 2018, members of Deafblind West Australians and service users of Senses Australia - Eddie Szczepanik, Deb Kazich and Ness Vlajkovic met with ...a Perth based French theatre company who are working on a production based on the life of Helen Keller. Eddie, Deb and Ness each gave a presentation on living with deafblindness followed by a question and answer session with the actors. For information about the performance see https://www.perthfrenchtheatre.com/performances.html See more

15.01.2022 Recognising the early signs of combined vision and hearing impairment is an important step towards proactively supporting people to regain their confidence and independence. To find out more please refer to our new ‘Seen and Heard: Ending the Isolation for older adults with combined vision and hearing impairments’ booklet, which is now available online at https://www.senses.org.au/ending-the-isolation If you would like to receive a hard copy, please email Meredith Prain, Senior Speech Pathologist/Deafblind Consultant at [email protected].

14.01.2022 Call for expressions of interest to participate in research. We are evaluating a questionnaire designed to detect combined vision and hearing impairment. If you or a family member are over 70 years old and living in Western Australia, we’d love to hear from you. Participation takes about an hour and you will have your vision and hearing tested. To register your interest or for more information please contact Meredith Prain [email protected]

09.01.2022 Call for expressions of interest to participate in research. We are evaluating a questionnaire designed to detect combined vision and hearing impairment. If you or a family member are over 70 years old and living in Western Australia, we’d love to hear from you. Participation takes about an hour and you will have your vision and hearing tested. To register your interest or for more information please contact Meredith Prain [email protected]

08.01.2022 Calling for expressions of interest to participate in research. We are evaluating a questionnaire designed to detect combined vision and hearing impairment. If you or a family member are over 70 years old and living in Western Australia, we’d love to hear from you. Participation takes about an hour and you will have your vision and hearing tested. To register your interest or for more information please contact Meredith Prain [email protected]

07.01.2022 Imagine not being able to see the person you can’t hear. Senses Australia’s Ending the Isolation project will help people with combined vision and hearing impairment. To find out more visit http://www.senses.org.au/i-want-to-kn/ending-the-isolation/

07.01.2022 The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and the Community Grants Hub has selected Senses Australia as a preferred provider for National Readiness Grant Round (2) under the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Program.. The grant funding is for $475,811.00 to deliver a Deafblind Information Hub. This web-based resource will address the currently unmet need of mainstream services to effectively support Australians with deafblindness. Mainstream service pro...viders have extremely limited knowledge and understanding of the multiple and complex needs and challenges faced by Australians with deafblindness. The Deafblind Information Hub will assist in capacity building of these services by helping to ensure the provision of informed and appropriate services and plans for people with deafblindness. Considerable time can be wasted by linking people with deafblindness with services inadequately equipped to meet their needs and resulting in negative experiences of both the service users and service providers. The Hub will involve the further development and expansion of functionality of Senses Australia’s existing National Deafblind Information website, originally funded by a philanthropist Andrew Forrest (FMG), to become an interactive source of accessible information and support for service providers. Ongoing updates will be provided.

06.01.2022 Combined vision and hearing impairment is more common than you may think. A study commissioned by Senses Australia reported that nearly 100,000 individuals were living in Australia with both a vision and hearing impairment, with 67% of those identified in the study over the age of 75 years (Dyke, 2013). To find out more please refer to our new ‘Seen and Heard: Ending the Isolation for older adults with combined vision and hearing impairments’ booklet, which is now available online at https://www.senses.org.au/ending-the-isolation If you would like to receive a hard copy, please email Meredith Prain, Senior Speech Pathologist/Deafblind Consultant at [email protected].

05.01.2022 Our new ‘Seen and Heard: Ending the Isolation for older adults with combined vision and hearing impairments’ is now available online at https://www.senses.org.au/ending-the-isolation. If you would like to receive a hard copy, please email Meredith Prain, Senior Speech Pathologist/Deafblind Consultant at [email protected].

05.01.2022 Senses Australia and the NDIS in WA are hosting information sessions for people who are Deaf and hard of hearing, people who are blind or have low vision and people who are deafblind. Auslan interpreters will be available on the day. You can also arrange a 1:1 session with a Senses Australia staff member to discuss your individual circumstances. The next workshop will be held in Bunbury in June 2018 to find out more visit https://www.senses.org.au/wa-national-disability-insuran//