2021 marks the 40 year anniversary of the Australian Braille Authority and its parent organisation, the Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities Inc. This year was the first that we held our Annual Meeting online over…
ABA online workshop – apostrophes and quotation marks – have you had time for review?
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…
2019 ABA Annual Meeting wrap-up
The Australian Braille Authority meets annually, preceding the Round Table Conference on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities. Reports were presented on the work of the Australian Braille Authority, international collaboration and the work of member organisations. These are summarised…
Congratulations Dorothy Hamilton
The Australian Braille Authority extends our congratulations to Dorothy Hamilton, who was named in the 2019 Australia Day Honours. Dorothy was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to music. Blind from birth, Dorothy developed an…
2018 Trans-Tasman Proficiency Test
ABA jointly administers the Trans-Tasman Certificate of Proficiency in UEB, the only braille certification available in Australia. The 2018 test was held over the first two weeks of October and marking is now underway.
Congratulations Christine Simpson
Congratulations are extended to Christine Simpson, the 2018 recipient of the Tammy Axelsen Lifetime Achievement Award for service to the Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities Inc. Christine has been involved with the Australian Braille Authority for over 25…