“The Reach & Match kit is an awesome way to teach many levels of learning to all ages of students. The Reach & Match Kit is an awesome tool that can promote team collaboration between those working with students and children with special needs. It is also a tool that can be used to “bridge…
Happy National Braille Literacy Month and welcome to a brand new 2021! During my master’s research, I was amazed by braille’s beauty, genius and effective design, and also appreciated the importance and impact of braille for blind and visually impaired people. However, when I found that the number of worldwide braille learners was dropping, I…
It was the challenge that was asked of us during the SPEVI 2020 conference held in Adelaide, Australia in mid January. SPEVI (South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment) is a professional body in matters pertaining to the education and support of children and young people who are blind or have low vision within the South…
We are very excited to bring Reach & Match® Inclusive Learning Workshop to Sydney and it was hosted by RIDBC on 17th February, Wednesday at 4:30pm. Reach & Match® is an innovative education kit empowers children with vision impairment and multi-disabilities to learn braille and developmental skills in mainstream setting. We also designed an inclusive learning…
Armed with the learning kit (and very limited knowledge of German!), the Reach & Match team flew the 23 hours required from Melbourne, Australia to Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, and finally arrived in SightCity–Germany’s biggest exhibition exhibition for aids for the blind and visually impaired–which was at the very lovely Sheraton Hotel Frankfurt Airport Conference Center. This was…
The 2015 biennial SPEVI (South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment) Conference was held at the Melbourne Conference Training Centre from January 12 to 15, 2015. The theme of this year is Together Towards Tomorrow: Families and Professionals – a vision for success, which emphasises the importance of students, families and professionals working together to achieve new goals.
October 10 and 11 were two very delightful days for our team at the Vision Australia Texpo. The Texpo showcases a range of Vision Australia (VA) services and independent exhibitors showcasing their own product. It is a free annual event and many teachers, early childhood educators, specialists, parents and children come to see what new…
We were lucky enough to visit the Guide Dogs Victoria camp, where three sets of Reach & Match were trialled. We were really interested to see how the kids would react to it! I met some of the kids over the last few years during the development of Reach & Match®, and it was great…
We am extremely lucky to be supported by Guide Dogs Victoria. I met with GDV last year when I presented the Reach & Match® to their Children Mobility Service, where it received great feedback from their mobility instructors. Reach & Match® is a portable design that allows the mobility instructors bring it to different environments….
