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OMAA News: News from around the world on blindness and low vision Read OMAA News   Cortical Vision Impairment Online Training Perkins eLearning is pleased to offer again the Cortical Visual Impairment(CVI) online class in Winter 2018. The course will run from January 22 to March 18. Don’t miss your chance to sign up and learn from Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy, an expert…

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Vision Australia Job Vacancy – Perth Vision Australia are seeking an O&M Specialist to fill a permanent part-time position out of their Perth, WA office: please check the Job Vacancies page for more details https://omaaustralasia.com/about-om/job-vacancies/    OMAA WA Social Dinner On 23rd October 2017 Perth was graced with the presence of not one but two esteemed…

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New Zealand are 3D printing corneas: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/97380731/scientists-3d-print-new-cornea-for-human-transplant-from-fish-scales Thanks to IMC16 scholarship winner Amy Barrett-Lennard for her blog post outlining her experiences in Dublin: How To Make Friends and Influence People… …by bringing your Mum to an IMC! Firstly I’d like to extend my sincere gratitude to the OMAA for offering this scholarship. As someone who…

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Thanks to Paul Garwood from Senses, WA for the two following posts: This is the story of Darren Steven’s journey in completing a full Ironman Triathlon. Darren has Usher’s Syndrome causing both significant vision and hearing loss. The Ironman journey, Busselton WA Dec 4th 2016   The preparation: My journey to complete a full Ironman…

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