Congratulations to Dr Gillian Gale on her award as a member (AM) in the general division of the Order of Australia in recognition of her extensive work supporting the education of children with a vision impairment throughout Australia. Among her many achievements, Gillian has worked as a vision specialist teacher, edited Round Table’s Guidelines on Conveying Visual Information, co-authored the Ozzie Dots program for early braille literacy, serves on the steering committee of the Feelix Library, and is a life member of SPEVI. She has served as a teacher, mentor and inspiration to so many of the braille community.