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Nov 2021
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How starting a small business opens up t...

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More than 575,000 people in Australia are blind or have low vision, including teenager Luca Weber.   With full-time jobs hard to find, like many families of children living with a disability – Luca’s parents are helping him start his own small business.

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Australiassa on 575,000 sokeaa tai heikkonäköistä henkilöä, heidän joukossaa teini-ikäinen Luca Weber. Täysi-aikaisen työpaikan saanti on vaikeaa ja siksi  Lucan vanhemmat auttavat häntä pyörittämään omaa yritystään.

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