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Read the latest news and events at RIDBC, as well as personal
stories of children, staff and volunteers.

Featuring

Daena-June is learning braille and is much more
confident in every way since starting at RIDBC

[ ]Daena-June benefits from skilled teaching

Melissa and her husband were eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child. When their beautiful daughter Daena-June arrived, it was a normal, full-term birth. So both parents were totally surprised when the first setback occurred just 24 hours after her birth.

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Events

2012 RIDBC Splash for Cash Ingham
(11/03/2012)

Splash for Cash is a fun-filled, annual swimathon that raises funds for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC). Make a splash in 2012 and help RIDBC continue to provide quality and innovative services that ensures children living with hearing or vision loss achieve the best outcomes.
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2012 RIDBC Splash for Cash Sydney
(24/03/2012)

Splash for Cash is a fun-filled, annual swimathon that raises funds for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC). Make a splash in 2012 and help RIDBC continue to provide quality and innovative services that ensures children living with hearing or vision loss achieve the best outcomes.
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2012 RIDBC Splash for Cash Hunter
(25/03/2012)

Splash for Cash is a fun-filled, annual swimathon that raises funds for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC). Make a splash in 2012 and help RIDBC continue to provide quality and innovative services that ensures children living with hearing or vision loss achieve the best outcomes.
» More information

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Press releases

Renowned surgeon joins RIDBC board [ ]Renowned surgeon joins RIDBC board

The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) has announced the appointment to the Board of renowned cochlear implant surgeon, Clinical Associate Professor Catherine Birman.

Centre helps deaf kids in Northern NSW [ ]Centre helps deaf kids in Northern NSW

The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) has joined the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre (SCIC) in providing vital services to children who have hearing impairment on the Northern Coast of NSW.

Reptiles and Santa make a visit to the children of RIDBC [ ]Reptiles and Santa make a visit to the children of RIDBC

Westfield North Rocks has treated the students of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC)’s Alice Betteridge School to a morning of visits from ‘Crocodile Encounters’ and Santa Claus.

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