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School students who are deaf and hard of hearing are falling behind because of a lack of sign language interpreters in the classroom, advocates have warned. There is a national shortage of ...
In short: Some parents at a Brisbane school with a specialist program for deaf and hard-of-hearing students are calling on the Education Department to provide the same education at a high school.
The number of state school students learning sign language more than doubled in a ... “In Queensland, in particular, Deaf Connect has tracked a correlation between the increases in interest in ...
The Kuku-Thaypan Yalanji woman co-founded the Deaf Indigenous Dance Group, which is this year celebrating almost 30 years with a special exhibition at the State Library of Queensland.
A leading deaf advocate has slammed a southeast Queensland state school for failing a child who was taunted by bullies, stating “the bullying, harassment, negligence and ignorance must stop ...
A Queensland mother has shared her family’s astonishing journey from learning their baby girl was born completely deaf to her now, at 15 years old, being able to enjoy music, attend school, and ...
Mary Li, 62, is the principal répétiteur at Queensland Ballet. Her daughter Sophie Li, 31, a freelance web developer, was born deaf. The pair have recently worked on the upcoming memoir, Mary ...
SEKOU Kanneh never heard the crack of the starting pistol on his way to breaking a 21-year-old record at the Queensland Secondary Schools State Championships.