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A man walks across a pedestrian crossing with his dog guide.

Stand up for your rights: Public spaces, and travelling with a Se...

Advocacy

Being blind or having low vision shouldn’t mean you’re turned away at a café, left stranded by a taxi, or forced to risk your safety just to cross the street.

A man speaks confidently to a woman while sitting at a table, both with a coffee.

Stand up for your rights: General advocacy skills

Advocacy

"I used to find that I got too angry when something went wrong… I now find it easier to advocate for myself."

Two students stand at a bay of school lockers.

Stand up for your rights: Supporting your child’s rights at schoo...

Advocacy

When you advocate for your child’s needs, you are not just speaking up – you are creating a pathway.

A woman listens closely as a service provider speaks.

Stand up for your rights: Understand the laws that protect you

Advocacy

Everyone deserves the right to live, work, and travel with dignity and independence.

A woman sits at her desk, typing with her headphones on.

Stand up for your rights: Web accessibility in a digital world

Advocacy

"“Making the digital space accessible is just as important as making physical space accessible"

A man with a white cane speaks to a woman sitting at an office desk.

Stand up for your rights: Advocating for yourself at work

Advocacy

“Remember that the most important thing isn’t our disability, it’s what we can offer the companies we work for” - James, Vision Australia client.

Two people talking to each other in the workplace. A man smiles whilst holding a white cane, and a woman is seated with a computer screen in front.

Owning your story: Disclosing blindness or low vision at work

Advocacy

Choosing when and how to disclose a disability in the workplace can be challenging.

Deafblind organisations call for a standardised level of care amo...

Advocacy

This Deafblind Awareness week (June 23 to June 29), leading Deafblind service, advocacy and community organisations are urgently asking for a standardised level of care from hospitals, allied health workers and medical practitioners when treating Deafblind patients.

Two chocolate coloured Seeing Eye Dogs in harnesses sit in front of a leafy bush.

Why national standards for assistance animals matter

Advocacy

Vision Australia strongly supports a move toward nationally consistent standards for assistance animals across Australia.