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ABC Grandstand joined by Mount Isa's legally blind 10-year-old sports caller

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ABC Grandstand joined by Mount Isa's legally blind 10-year-old sports caller

Christopher McLeod-Barrett is footy and cricket-mad and his sports-calling dream has just become a reality. 

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Photographer Kristan Emerson is legally blind, experiences the world as bright, colourful place

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Photographer Kristan Emerson is legally blind, experiences the world as bright, colourful place

Imagine a world where flashes of colour, approaching and receding sound, as well as the kind words of a dedicated family member, are the only way you know where to look.

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Community-based supported employment program changing lives of people with disability

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Community-based supported employment program changing lives of people with disability

It's unlikely to be everyone's favourite job, but Leif Barstad loves emptying the office bins at the farm machinery business where he works every Friday.

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Genetic condition neurofibromatosis no barrier for determined Cessnock boy

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Genetic condition neurofibromatosis no barrier for determined Cessnock boy

Melissa McClellan knew "something wasn't right" when her then two-year-old son, Hamish, preferred to sleep in his pram instead of playing with the other kids.

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Vision-impaired golfers tee off on SA course ahead of national blind golf tournament

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Vision-impaired golfers tee off on SA course ahead of national blind golf tournament

It didn't take Victorian man Sean Witting long to realise true vision doesn't always involve the eyes.

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