To kick of NAIDOC Week 2023 Orthoptics Australia (OA) announced they endorse the Uluru Statement from the Heart and support the Statement's call for an Indigenous Voice to parliament.
Orthoptics Australia (OA) joins other organisations within the eye health and vision care sector in endorsing the Uluru Statement from the Heart and support the Statement’s call for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. OA believes that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have a right to self-determination and support their push for treaty, voice, and truth.
OA’s vision is ‘to support orthoptists to provide excellence and equity in eye health care’, including for First Nations Peoples. In the 2023-26 Strategy Plan, OA affirms its commitment to promoting safe and inclusive orthoptic services through awareness and education and ensuring culturally safe practices for orthoptists through its strategic objectives and initiatives.
More detail available here.
Orthoptics Australia releases this position statement in response to the BIOPTIC DRIVING FRAMEWORK paper issued by Bioptic Drivers Australia.
Queries regarding this statement can be directed to: execofficer@orthoptics.org.au
Recently members of OA worked with a RANZCO working party to finalise a position statement on Irlen Syndrome. We are pleased to let you know that there is a position statement now available on the RANZCO website for download, titled 'Irlen Syndrome'. We encourage you to share this link and document with your colleagues and patients.