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Date21st July 2022External LinkJulie Woods' websiteGeo location[1]
Julie Woods is a professional motivational, inspirational speaker and coach, as well as reader of, and advocate for Braille.
Julie has become a champion for the blind community.
Declared legally blind at the age of 31, Julie decided to not dwell on the challenges but to get on with life. “I could either be pitied or admired and the first simply wasn’t an option” she says.
Since her diagnosis, she set out to visit 50 countries by the age of 50, refereed three games of nude touch rugby and now co-facilitates the Blind Foundation SEED programme, offering leadership training for the blind.
In 2016 Julie was nomated a Woman of the Year by Next Magazine.
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SubjectBraille - New ZealandDunedin City - AuthorsDisability awareness - New ZealandAudioRecollections Radio Episodes Episode 14 and 15Interview with Julie WoodsImageJulie Woods Dunedin Public LibrariesJulie Woods Dunedin Public LibrariesJulie Woods Author Talk Mosgiel LibraryPeopleRon EsplinPlaceDunedin
Dunedin City - AuthorsDisability awareness - New ZealandAudioRecollections Radio Episodes Episode 14 and 15Interview with Julie WoodsImageJulie Woods Dunedin Public LibrariesJulie Woods Dunedin Public LibrariesJulie Woods Author Talk Mosgiel LibraryPeopleRon EsplinPlaceDunedinContributors
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