Nikki Hind, Australian’s first blind fashion designers
#NCBIpodcast continues to explore the varied lives and careers of people who are blind or vision impaired. Meet inspiring Nikki Hind, Australian’s first blind fashion designer who shares that it has a...
23 Okt 202031min
Kyran O’Mahoney talks about being an awardee of Rethink and the development of the new NCBI Smart Hub
Kyran O’Mahoney, NCBI Chief Technology Officer talks about NCBI being an awardee of Rethink Ireland funding curtesy of the Social Innovation Fund to develop the NCBI Smart Hub specifically designed to...
7 Okt 202019min
Clare Kennelly chats about her diagnosis of Stargardts and her varied career as a teacher
#WorldSightDay is the opportunity to celebrate people who are blind or vision impaired and raises awareness on service providers, employers, Govt and general public to create a more inclusive and acce...
7 Okt 202030min
Sinead McSweeney shares her journey of sight loss due to Diabetic Retinopathy
Sinead McSweeney shares her journey of sight loss due to Diabetic Retinopathy from the numerous surgeries to acceptance of having such low vision and how this has affected her life overall but particu...
2 Okt 202018min
Kevin Farrell of Ablefest talks openly about his son Josh (9) who has Albinism.
Kevin Farrell of @Ablefest talks openly about his son Josh (9) who has Albinism. He chats about the struggles of the early days after diagnosis, the support Josh receives in school and through NCBI an...
1 Okt 202021min
Aoife Tierney and Anthony Curran talk about Bookshare
Both Aoife Tierney and Anthony Curran, students with a visual impairment, chat about the positive impact Bookshare (Ireland’s largest digital accessible library) has been to them. From the struggles o...
15 Sep 202012min
Annette O'Connell and her life with AMD
Annette O'Connell chats openly about living life with AMD, the treatment she's on and how she's adapted her life as her vision has gradually deteriorated. Support the show
15 Sep 202014min
Feach's Eithne Walsh with Kevin Kelly
Eithne Walsh chats about the realities facing children with a visual impairment in the Irish education system – absences of support during Covid19, reform of Visiting Teachers and the importance of en...
8 Sep 202023min
