The Australian Braille Authority offered a series of online workshops. The first workshop topic is “Quotes and apostrophes: using smart quotes in Word to ensure correct braille” and was conducted by Kathy Riessen. The workshop was designed to be as hands-on…
Australia’s Kathy Riessen appointed as UEB Code Maintenance Committee Chair
The International Council on English Braille’s UEB Code Maintenance Committee is responsible for reviewing and further developing Unified English Braille and its official documentation. Australia’s Kathy Riessen has been appointed as the new Chair of the UEB CMC from 1 June…
Call for nominations 2020-2022
As a volunteer-led organisation, the Australian Braille Authority is only as good as its members. With a change in executive members expected, we are keen to invite your participation even if you have not been involved with ABA previously. If…
Heritage braille equipment available from Vision Australia
The archives at Vision Australia hold an incredibly rich slice of history around the organisation and its state based predecessors supporting people who were blind or had low vision. However, a stocktake has revealed unnecessarily large quantities of some types…
SPEVI Conference 2020
The Australian Braille Authority was pleased to present a poster and display of our guidelines at the SPEVI Conference for South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment in Adelaide, January 2020. Our thanks are extended to Kathy Riessen for this work…