A school on the Bellarine Peninsula has introduced Auslan sign language, with a support organisation revealing how it could lead to more inclusion for the Deaf community. Queenscliff’s St Aloysius ...
There’s a new online platform that lets hearing Aussies learn Auslan, or Australian Sign Language, from Deaf people around the country. Auslan Anywhere is set up kind of like a social network (Twitter ...
Advocates for the deaf community are concerned Auslan sign language courses will be shelved by Canberra Institute of Technology, the ACT's only course supplier. Former CIT Auslan co-ordinator Mandy ...
The Deaf community is encouraging the "hearing" community to learn the basics of Australian sign language — Auslan — to better communicate with the deaf or hard of hearing, saying the effort could ...
More theatre performances are attempting to welcome Deaf audiences through the use of Auslan. Auslan is a form of visual communication used by over 16,000 people nationwide. The entertainment industry ...
Just four per cent of Victorian public schools teach mainstream students the national sign language, Auslan. But Deaf Children Australia boss Dean Barton-Smith said more schools needed to introduce ...
Billed as a world-first, the Sydney Philharmonia Choir's presentation of Handel's Messiah will feature a deaf community "signing" choir on stage alongside a full orchestra and the 400 massed voices of ...