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Féach is having their annual conference in Dublin on Saturday 28th September 2024.
Our Key note speaker is Mark Pollock and he will be joined by Bobbie Hickey who will talk about her experiences of school, college and work as a young person losing her sight. We will also have a panel of young people with VI, including Caoimhe Grogan and Shane Early who will talk about their experiences in college and work.
This conference aims to create more awareness around vision impairment, as a minority disability people often have little understanding of its impact and more worryingly underestimate the ability of those with low vision. We want to let these young people have their say and change the narrative around VI.
We recommend the conference for anyone with VI over 14 and for any adult supporting young people with VI. Parents, teachers, employers, SNAs, vision loss professionals, guidance counsellors etc are all welcome.
September 23rd 2023 – Féachs annual family day – Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise – 1.30-5pm Email Info@feach.ie for booking linkFéach Family Day 2023 – Book now!
We look forward to seeing everyone at the Féach Family Day on Sat, 23 September at the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise from 1.30-5pm. There will be a new format that includes interactive stalls with the service providers, tech demos from children with a visual impairment, a short talk from Féach about our work this year, and an opportunity to meet other families. Book early to avoid disappointment!
Explainer: The Féach Family Day takes place once a year. The objective of the day is to meet other parents, get information on Féach and on service providers, share your feedback on what you and your children need. There will be a number of service providers there on the day that you can speak with to understand what they offer and their future plans. Children with VI will give demonstrations on how they use their tech including Polaris, Mercury 12 and Looky Book.
Children’s entertainment on the day: Children’s Storyteller, Arts and Crafts, Duplo table, Child Vision reading services, Fact Factory. (Parents are responsible for the supervision of their children on the day.)
Confirmed service providers: Child Vision, NCBI, Sight & Sound, Vision Sports, Fact Factory.
*PARENTS MUST SUPERVISE CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES*
Tues 24th January – Braille – What is it? Who needs it? How is it supported? Stuart from Sight and Sound Technologies, and Martha from NCBI hosted a fantastic webinar – check out our YouTube page to view the recording
Tues 7th February – Dr David Coleman, Psychologist – How to I explain my child vision loss to them? siblings? teachers? and much more. It was a brilliant and well attended event
Tues 7th March – Bookshare and What Tablets to use? Lina and Daniel hosted a great981
This is the link to register for Braille Webinar – All webinars are free.
