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 ...

When Surfers Paradise police officer Latisha Whalan was approached by Deaf Services and the Deaf Society to make a video teaching her colleagues basic Auslan, she jumped at the opportunity. A video is ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our Deaf Ways is an Auslan vodcast series by SBS and Deaf Australia, that explores and celebrates everyday life as a Deaf person. In this episode, learn how Auslan compares and translates to English.

Telco firm Optus’ latest campaign to encourage people to learn Australian sign language – or Auslan, as it should be correctly referenced – has fallen foul of the very people it was aimed at helping – ...

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 ...

Emad Seyam couldn't understand English or Auslan when he arrived in Australia. Now he's a promising chef who is inspiring his colleagues. Emad Seyam has faced more barriers in his life than most.