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Blind teenager's connection with loyal friend inspires children's book by Pip Harry

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Blind teenager's connection with loyal friend inspires children's book by Pip Harry

When a rare form of childhood cancer claimed Jarrah Podesta's remaining good eye in 2018, his best friend Mathilde Cross became his guide.  

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Meet Gerrard Gosens — the blind, Everest-climbing, ballroom-dancing, ultra-long-distance-running, chocolate-making para-triathlete with titanium ribs

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Meet Gerrard Gosens — the blind, Everest-climbing, ballroom-dancing, ultra-long-distance-running, chocolate-making para-triathlete with titanium ribs

Gerrard Gosens has represented Australia in multiple sports for over 30 years.

He's competed at three Paralympic Games and well over a dozen world championships — and climbed Everest, and danced with the stars, and launched a thriving business, and been awarded an OAM … the list goes on.

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Karan Nagrani is using social media to raise awareness about the 'spectrum of blindness'

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Karan Nagrani is using social media to raise awareness about the 'spectrum of blindness'

What comes to mind when you think of blindness? Is it a person donning dark sunglasses, possibly with a cane, or a guide dog?

There are certainly people with vision loss who fit this bill, but for many others, their experience of blindness is not quite so black and white.

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I have prosthetic hands and it constantly surprises people

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I have prosthetic hands and it constantly surprises people

A few days ago, I visited a local pub with a girlfriend, and standing at the bar together we ordered two glasses of wine.

The bartender promptly placed two stemless glasses on the counter and began pouring.

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Plastic can be an essential accessibility tool for people with disability. What happens when we ban it?

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Plastic can be an essential accessibility tool for people with disability. What happens when we ban it?

As a person living with a physical disability, there are a few items I require to help me live an independent life.

Pre-prepared vegetables, ready meals and drinking straws — some of which are made of plastic — are absolutely essential for people like me.

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