This enthusiasm for Auslan is shared by writer and academic ... She suggests that even learning commonly used signs, such as coffee or thank you, can make day-to-day interactions more inclusive ...

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 ...

The unintended but uncomfortable truth here is that while sign is thrust to the fore, Deaf people often remain in the background. About 30,000 deaf people use Auslan to communicate. But widespread ...

“I became quite fluent and I started really learning sign language, Auslan.” Rafael later moved ... I love making coffee." "Deaf, hearing, everybody is welcome." ...

An Australian sign language interpreter has revealed the essential terms everyone should know, from simple greetings to asking someone to call triple zero. In a series of TikTok videos which have ...

And right beside the talking heads have been the talking hands: Auslan interpreters, faithfully translating critical information to the 20,000 Australians who are deaf or hard of hearing and use ...

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 ...

A Darwin school has become the first in the Territory to adopt Auslan sign language in mainstream education. Here’s how it is changing lives for people of all hearing abilities. One Territory ...