10/11/2025
For the past 13 years, the annual Community Information Day has been a highlight of our event calendar at the Save Sight Institute 🗓️
This year’s focused on the theme of navigating key life transitions, from school to work and beyond, with the support of a strong and connected community 🤝 Attendees heard from:
🎨 Olivia Chapman, a double-degree university student, who shared how visualising and expressing her emotions through art helped her navigate the challenges of vision loss in high school
💼 Corporate professionals Salonee Goyal-Devaraj and Simran Goyal, who reflected on how their Eye Empower mentorship initiative has helped them build an empowering community that leads by example
🧠 Dr Chrissy Antonopoulos, a psychologist, who shared how being guided by her values helped her adapt to adulthood after being diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease
Jacqui Donnelly, Cathie Wiltshire, Dr Sue Silveira and Natalie Shearer also offered valuable perspectives on creating more inclusive learning environments—from training the next generation of specialist teachers to encouraging students with vision impairment to explore creative passions such as music.
On the research front, Professor John Grigg, Professor Robyn Jamieson, Associate Professor Elisa Cornish and Dr Alan Ma shared the latest updates in inherited retinal disease research and ongoing clinical trials.
By bringing together people, families, carers, educators and researchers committed to supporting those with vision impairment, we strengthen the connections that make navigating through life transitions possible.
Here’s to another year of learning from and celebrating this incredible community 💙 Video recordings will be posted soon!
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