Dotted Beats Pty Ltd

16/11/2025

Education and opportunity is key!! And it takes a village!

15/11/2025

2 weeks to go!!! Join us for the Dotted Beats VIITALS EDM party!!
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28th November
6pm -8pm
$5 entry
44 Doughboy Parade, Hemmant
🙌🏽
Chicken nuggets, hot chips, sausage sizzle, snacks, cold drinks and dance party glow merch for sale!!

Cash only!! Come along and help the VIITALS participants fundraise for a set of Meta Rayban Glasses!!!

All original dance music composted by VIITALS participants!! 🪩🎶🎧

VD: shot of VIITALS participant sitting at a desk with her head leaning on her arm looking sad. Participant is wearing glow stick glasses. Vital’s mentor approaches her to ask what she’s doing. At the end of the video all five people sitting around the table, raise their hands and start dancing. 

14/11/2025

To all the parents out there! 🙌🫶💪🫵👩‍🦯‍➡️👩‍🦯🥰

People often talk about vision impairment in terms of what you can or can’t see, but they rarely talk about the emotional side of it.
Living with a vision impairment means constantly adapting, staying strong when things feel overwhelming and carrying on even when the world isn’t designed for you.
It’s the mental load people don’t see. The extra planning. The fear of getting it wrong. The exhaustion of having to explain yourself again and again.
If this is you, please hear this. You are doing incredibly well. Your strength shows up in the smallest everyday choices and you deserve the same kindness you give to everyone else.
Today is your reminder that your mental health matters just as much as your independence and your resilience.

Image description
A bright cartoon style image of a person with a white cane sitting on a bench with soft surroundings, a calm sky and gentle colours, taking a moment to breathe and reflect.

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07/11/2025

Come along, eat, drink, dance!! Support the fundraiser for four pairs of Meta glasses for the VIITALS participants!

Friday 28th November
6pm - 8pm
$5 entry ticket CASH ONLY
Hemmant Scout Hut
44 Doughboy Parade, Hemmant

02/11/2025

Back by community request Dotted Beats is hosting the 2025 VI Christmas Craft and Gift Making Workshops! 🎅🎄 These workshops are designed specifically for both children and adult tactile artists! Support workers or family members are welcome attend to share in the festive spirit and make some gifts for loved ones! Opened to anyone who is a tactile artist! No age limit on creativity! We will adapt or modify any gift making project for any age and physical needs! 🙌🏽

👩‍🎨 Information on advertising poster below:
VI Christmas Craft & Gift Making Workshops 2025
with Nationally Acclaimed Textile Artist Shan Michaels

🤶 WHEN:
Sunday 30th November:
9am-11am or 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Sunday 7th December:
9am-11am or 12:30pm – 2:30pm
It is recommended to attend both days to complete your gifts.

🎁 WHERE: Hemmant Scout Hut, 44 Doughboy Parade, Hemmant
Price: $65/workshop
Siblings or one family member attends free of charge!
Snacks and drinks will be provided.

🎨 RSVP by Sunday 23rd of November
To register your place,
Email: dottedbeats@gmail.com OR
Call: 0428 697 370

THIS YEAR’S GIFTS INCLUDE: (Choose your favourites!)
🎄 Braille Jewellery Making
🎅 Silly Christmas Dress Up Photos and Decorated Frame
⭐️ Christmas Tree Decorations
🎄 Christmas Wreaths
🎅 Braille/Tactile Christmas Cards
⭐️ Letters to Santa
🎅 Make Braille and Christmas Chocolate Gifts
🎄 Dotted Beats

This poster has three pictures, the first is of a cartoon blind Santa wearing black glasses, holding a cane with a red ball tip. The second is of an adult participant smiling and holding his braille jewellery, photo frame and assorted gifts he made last year. Third picture is of a decorated photo frame with the picture inside being a teen participant dressed up in funny Christmas attire with festive props from last year's workshops.

30/10/2025

Video of participants from the VIITALS Program. Video Description: camera shows close up of one participant asking another a question. Camera pans to 2nd participant whose hands are on a tactile map that they have made. This participant then moves from his map to his talker and presses a button to answer the question.

28th November! Pop it in your calendars!

23/10/2025

20/10/2025

A huge congratulations to Isaac McInness from South Australia for winning the Blind Australian of the Year Award.

His dedication to his studies, sport, music and humanity make him a worthy recipient for this brand new award. The Youth Blind Australian of the Year Award is proudly sponsored by Vickie Anderson and Associates and the Brisbane Coty Council.

Thank you to Link Vision for yet another wonderful year of celebrating nominees from around Australia.


Vickie Anderson & Associates
South Australian School & Services for Vision Impaired

19/10/2025

15/10/2025

Aspiring leaders in the VI community encouraged to apply for the 2026 QDN Emerging Leaders Program. For anyone interested in applying I am happy to help you with your application. Just reach out!



Link below:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17aeEZeN2S/?mibextid=wwXIfrmghlw

2026 Emerging Leaders Program – Now open

QDN’s Emerging Leaders program is focused on building the leadership capabilities of people with disability to lead and influence change in their own lives and in their communities.

QDN’s key four pillars of Inform, Connect, Lead and Influence are at the centre of everything that we do, and are central to the Emerging Leaders program. Leadership by people with disability is key to driving and influencing change that delivers equality, rights and inclusion.

To find out more about this exciting opportunity, please visit the QDN website:
https://qdn.org.au/our-work/emerging-leaders-program/

15/10/2025

International White Cain day!!! It’s not a stick!!
🦯🧑🏼‍🦯👩🏼‍🦯👨🏾‍🦯👩‍🦯‍➡️👨‍🦯‍➡️🧑‍🦯‍➡️

International White Cane Day 👩‍🦯🧑🏼‍🦯

Today, I celebrate the strength, independence, and resilience of my three amazing blind children. The white cane empowers them to move through the world with confidence and pride.

Three perfect reasons to learn, grow, and better educate yourselves. ❤️

Photo shows white cane poster with three photos of the kids using their canes