The first national curriculum for Auslan, the language of the deaf community in Australia, will soon be rolled out in schools across Australia, in a move being described as a "huge step for equality".
Could redefining Auslan as an acceptable second language for hearing children potentially create a demand that could provide opportunities for many, not just the deaf? Mother Maria Roccon, of ...
TAFE NSW is celebrating the growing number of Central Coast and Hunter locals learning to sign, as more people use Auslan to build stronger connections at ...
NSW students from Kindergarten to Year 10 will soon be able to learn Auslan as an elective, with Australia reporting a large shortage of interpreters. On Tuesday, the NSW Education and Early Learning ...
Members of the disability community and human rights groups have criticised the New South Wales government scaling back the presence of Auslan interpreters for press conferences, including those Covid ...
The International Day of Sign Languages, which is observed on September 23 every year, is meant to celebrate the unique visual-manual means of communication across the world that help support the ...
As government COVID updates have become a daily part of our lives over the past 12 months, so too has the sight of sign language interpreters on our screens. This has understandably had a huge impact ...
Auslan sign language is emerging as one of the most popular new language options in primary schools – but we’re running out of teachers despite TAFE enrolments soaring. Auslan is emerging as the ...
Aussies watching ABC kids shows like Bluey will notice something slightly different on their screens from today. The national ...
A Melbourne Auslan training program says they have seen around an 80 per cent spike in people looking to enroll in their lessons since the beginning of the year. Auslan interpreter Emma Roeschlein ...
Auslan interpreters have straight-up vanished from NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s COVID-19 press conferences, which is a huge loss for the state’s hearing-impaired community. Over on Twitter, people ...