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Vision Australia is a not-for-profit organisation and Australia's largest provider of services for people with blindness and low vision. ==Background== Vision Australia was created in 2004 through the merger of 4 smaller blindness organisations: the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB), Vision Australia Foundation (VAF), The Royal Blind Society (RBS), The National Information Library Service (NILS). At the time Bills needed to be passed through the parliaments of Victoria and New South Wales for this to occur.〔(Royal Blind Society (Merger) Bill - 10/11/2005 - 2R - NSW Parliament )〕〔(ROYAL VICTORIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND OTHER AGENCIES (MERGER) BILL 2005 )〕〔http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/emc/2006%20State%20Election/Submissions/14_Vision_Australia.pdf〕〔(Royal Blind Society (Merger) Bill 2005 - NSW Parliament )〕 In 2006 the organisation was further expanded with the merger of the Royal Blind Foundation Queensland. This merger gave it complete reach across the eastern states of Australia.〔http://www.nds.org.au/National/blindness/archive/2006-07/ABFUpdate-Dec06.txt〕 In February 2008 it was announced that the Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA) would also merge with Vision Australia by the end of June 2008.〔http://www.seda.org.au/SEDA_events_and_news_SEDA_news_room.html〕 The inclusion of guide dog services means that one national organisation is able to provide all the services required by the blindness and low vision community. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vision Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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