About our speakers
Alison Hawkins-Bond
Professional Experience Coordinator, NextSense Institute
Alison is a teacher of the deaf with more than 30 years’ experience in the field of sensory disability in early intervention, primary and high school settings, using a range of communication modes. Alison has worked at NextSense since 2001, setting up Connected Services (formerly Teleschool Services) for families and children with vision and hearing loss in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Her current role as professional experience coordinator has involved supporting teachers and allied health professionals in educational, medical and support settings that provide services to children and adults with a sensory disability.
Dr Sue Silveira
Program Director, Master of Disability Studies
Macquarie University
Sue has more than 30 years’ experience as a paediatric orthoptist and in an academic role. Sue has taught widely in the areas of paediatric eye disease, vision loss, vision surveillance and vision screening. She is currently the chief investigator on the project that is developing and implementing the Australian Childhood Vision Impairment Register and Program Director for the Master of Disability Studies, developing the next generation of qualified providers in the disability sector.
