David Bar-Tzur
Flags: World flag database.
Map: Maps.com - "search" for country, then "Digital Map Graphics").
For a quick, interesting resource for facts about this and other countries,
try Mystic Planet - The New Age directory of Planet Earth.
Note: A flag next to a link shows what language the website is in. If it is followed by this icon: (
), it is a video in that spoken language. If it is followed by this icon: 
, it is in the sign language of that country. If a globe is followed by this hands icon, there is an animated text in International Gesture.
Mugavin, J. & S. Linder. Signing of hands - Alcohol and other drug use in the Australian Deaf community: A needs assessment.
DeafTODAY.
(2004, August 24). Access to sound.An audio loop installed in Ormsby House will give the hearing impaired access to technology which will reopen the world of hearing to them.
(2004, May 5). TV captions an insult to deaf. Border and North East residents are among many regional Australians being denied access to entertainment and information because of poor television captioning, a Deafness Forum of Australia officer said in Albury this week.
(2004, March 21). TV stations insult deaf viewers. They are so out of context and ridiculous that they bring a wry smile to even the most tired lips. But botched captions that run along the bottom of television screens are not so funny when you rely on them as your main source of information for what is happening in the world.
(2003, November 29). Phones fail disabled people. Deaf people using text phones have little access to the mobile phone network; hearing impaired people can't use most standard phones, which don't have a volume control; and blind people can't text because there is not a reasonably priced alternative to using the screen of a mobile phone.
(2003, November 26). New Web-phone unveiled in Sydney. Payphone manufacturer and operator TriTel today unveiled a new device that offers Internet access, e-mail, Web browsing and SMS messaging... The TTY function has drawn praise from the deaf community, with the Australian Association of the Deaf's community liaison and projects officer Andrew Wiltshire describing the service as being "much needed".
Advanced Sign Courses in Australia.
Australian Aborigines Sign Language: A language of Australia.
Australian Sign Language: A language of Australia.
DeafTODAY. (2004, April 4). Signing ban falls on deaf ears. Australia's deaf community has rejected international calls to ban sign language gestures critics say are offensive to Jewish, Asian, gay and disabled people. With television authorities in Britain last week stopping the use of a range of deaf signs - including making slanty eyes to indicate an Asian person - local signers defended their use. They claimed the hearing community often misunderstood sign language and had no right to demand changes.
Fingeralphabet Australien (Australian fingerspelling).
-->International bibliography of sign language. --> Click on "A" or "W", then on "Australasian Sign Language", or "Australian Sign Language", "Australian Sign Language dictionary", or "Warlpiri Sign Language".
Schembri, A., C. Jones & D. Burnham. (2005, April 27). Comparing action gestures and classifier verbs of motion: Evidence from Australian Sign Language, Taiwan Sign Language, and nonsigners' gestures without speech.
Sebeok, T. A. and Umiker-Sebeok, D. J. (1978). Plenum Publishing Corporation. ISBN: 0306310732.
Signs around the world: Australia. Individual country videotapes feature native Deaf male and female signers from that country. Each tape is separated into three sections which include personal introduction, vocabulary, and narrative.
Two-handed manual alphabet.
Williams, R. (19 August 1999). First Bible books in Australian Deaf Language.
Bar-Tzur, D. Indigenous signs for cities: Australia.
The Deaf Club. The fingerspelt alphabet.
DictionaryOfSign.com. Australian Sign Language.
SignPuddle. Dictionary Australia.
Signs of Australia. Auslan (Australian Sign Language) Dictionary on CD-ROM.
Deafness Resources Australia. Click on radio button called "Books/Videos/CD-ROMs/DVDs" and click "Browse".
Deafness Resources Australia. Click on radio button called "Books/Videos/CD-ROMs/DVDs" and click "Browse".
Aussie Deaf Kids. Cochlear implants.
Australian Hearing. Cochlear implants.
DeafTODAY. (2004, February 4). Deaf to reason. When Fiona Leney learnt her son was deaf she did all she could to help him hear. She reckoned without the determination of the 'Deaf community' to stop her. [About Deaf opposition to cochlear implantation.]
Nova - Science in the News. Cochlear implants – wiring for sound.
Research with cochlear implants.
Cued Speech Forum. Cueing in Australia.
Deaf Services Queensland, formerly the Queensland Deaf Society, is a not-for-profit organisation that provides support services to deaf and hard of hearing Queenslanders throughout the state. For over 103 years, we have been providing information, referral, advocacy, interpreting, aged care, lifestyle support, education and employment services, to enrich the lives of thousands of deaf and hard of hearing people in Queensland. As a not-for-profit organisation, our service is made possible with the support of volunteers, the community, businesses and government.
Deaf Services Queensland. (14 June 2006). The launch of Deaf Services Queensland.,On the 15th May 2006, the Queensland Deaf Society launched it new name and logo: Deaf Services Queensland. The Governor of Queensland, her excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, the organisations patron, with kind words brought about a new era for an organisation that started in 1903.
DeafTODAY.
(2004, June 8). Silence ends as court hears story.Queensland failed to provide adequate teaching for two deaf children on the Sunshine Coast, leaving one with cognitive damage and language skills so poor he was unable to tell a simple story, a Brisbane court heard yesterday... Justice Bruce Lander was told Benjamin Devlin, 11, and Tiahna Hurst, 6, were often left in classes without an interpreter and were not schooled in the official deaf language, Auslan, as teachers had not been trained in it.
(2004, June 8). Deaf students take on Qld govt. A landmark case of two deaf children taking on the Queensland Government for a better education is back in court... Tiahna Hurst and Ben Devlin are at the centre of a battle for more funding in state schools for deaf children.
(2004, April 6). Law Professor discusses blind/deaf jury proposition. ...the arguments against the reform are really to keep to the status quo, that persons with disabilities are not able to comprehend evidence in a court and are not able to fully deliberate with other jurors. They're arguments with which I do not have much truck.
(2004, April 6). Push for the lifting of the ban on blind/deaf jurors. Should the deaf and the blind be allowed to sit on Australian juries? The Law Reform Commission in NSW wants people to consider this question, and has just released a discussion paper examining whether the current ban should be overturned.
(2004, April 6). Let deaf and blind on juries: judge. The NSW Government should consider overturning the ban on blind and deaf people being jurors, according to a Law Reform Commission discussion paper.
The Deaf Club is a community club for deaf people. While there are many deaf clubs in the every major city in the world, this web site will introduce the Deaf Club on the Gold Coast of the Queensland, Australia. The Club is a welcoming environment where new and old friends meet, to get to know each other, to help each other and enjoy communicating with other deaf people.
ABC Radio National. Being Deaf Part 2: Deaf and Proud.
About.com. Australia's Deaf community.
Australia Network - Television - Program - Welcome to My Deaf World. There are about 3000 profoundly deaf children in Australia. Many of these are teenagers who must one day make their way into the hearing world. Bethany and Scott are two ordinary teenagers, who live in the extraordinary world of the deaf. To Bethany and Scott, their deaf world is a rich culture of human possibility, with its own language - Auslan - and with its own rules, challenges and inspirations. It is a culture that few people know or fully understand. The program follows Bethany and Scott through the last few months of their schooling at the Victorian College for the Deaf (VCD), Australia's first school for deaf kids, and now the only place that teaches in sign language from Prep to Year 12. With dreams of creative, sporting and academic success, both teenagers are eager to move beyond their sheltered lives and enter the wider world.
Australian Deafness directory.
DEAF GETAWAY AUSTRALIA. The Coach Tours for Deaf and Hearing Impaired in Australia. We have over 25 years of service experience and have run over 200 tours in Australia for the Deaf and hearing Impaired. In the past we have had customers from all over the world!
Deafness Forum of Australia is divided into four classes of membership: Consumers, Consumer Associations, Service Providers, and Service Provider Associations.
Aussie deaf kids.
Deakin University. Deaf role models for deaf students.
DeafTODAY.
(2004, June 8). Silence ends as court hears story.Queensland failed to provide adequate teaching for two deaf children on the Sunshine Coast, leaving one with cognitive damage and language skills so poor he was unable to tell a simple story, a Brisbane court heard yesterday... Justice Bruce Lander was told Benjamin Devlin, 11, and Tiahna Hurst, 6, were often left in classes without an interpreter and were not schooled in the official deaf language, Auslan, as teachers had not been trained in it.
(2004, June 8). Deaf students take on Qld govt. A landmark case of two deaf children taking on the Queensland Government for a better education is back in court... Tiahna Hurst and Ben Devlin are at the centre of a battle for more funding in state schools for deaf children.
(2004, April 5). Parents of deaf win hearing. The families of two deaf Queensland children are suing the state Government for failing to provide them with an adequate education.
(2004, March 30). Parents push for better help for deaf children. Two Sunshine Coast families have launched Federal Court action against Education Queensland over school facilities for deaf children. The parents of 10-year-old Ben Devlin says he has the reading and writing abilities of a preschooler.
(2004, March 30). Deaf kids in test case. The parents of two deaf children are suing the Queensland Government for failing to properly educate their children in a case that could influence the way the deaf are taught throughout Australia. One of the children, 11-year-old Ben Devlin of the Sunshine Coast, was intellectually normal but had reached the academic standards of a five- or six-year-old, the Federal Court in Brisbane was told yesterday.
(2004, February 18). Learning edge for deaf preschoolers. More pre-schoolers than usual were diagnosed as deaf last year in Orange, prompting the Itinerant Support Teachers for Hearing Service to set up a weekly play group for deaf children. Service assistant principal and coordinator of services for deaf children Ros Craig said the increase could be attributed to a number of factors.
(2003, November 16). Catholic church appeals school discrimination case. The Catholic Education Office has lodged an appeal with the Federal Court after the court found a Canberra high school had discriminated against a profoundly deaf student. Jacob Clark, 16, was forced to change schools because MacKillop College failed to provide tuition for him through sign language. During the hearing, the court heard the school had offered to provide a note-taker to assist Jacob in the classroom.
Discovering Deaf worlds - Australia.
Victorian College for the Deaf.
Deaf Sports Australia: Calendar.
NSW Deaf Information Website: Sydney & NSW Deaf Social Events.
Deaf Way. Guidelines for the Portrayal of Deaf People in the Media. Quoted from the Australian Association of the Deaf.
Welcome 2 my deaf world. Film Finance Corporation Australia ; Singing Nomad Productions, 2005. Bethany and Scott are two ordinary teenagers, who live in the extraordinary world of the deaf. To Bethany and Scott, their deaf world is a rich culture of human possibility, with its own language (Auslan) and with its own rules, challenges and inspirations. It is a culture that few people know or fully understand. The program follows Bethany and Scott through the last few months of their schooling at the Victorian College for the Deaf (VCD), Australia's first school for deaf kids, and now the only place that teaches in sign language from Prep to Year 12.
DeafTODAY.
(2004, August 18). Achievers inspire. An inspirational seminar proving hearing difficulties are no barrier to achieving success was delivered to deaf students in Bendigo yesterday. Deaf swimming sensation Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick - a former Commonwealth Games representative, was among role models who met with students and encouraged them to follow their dreams.
(2004, August 17). Def ppl luv 2 txt. Sending text messages via mobile phones is helping deaf people to interact with the hearing community, according to Australian research.
(2004, June 7). Hear me out: lamenting a silent language falling out of favour. Chevoy Brown will never forget her son's first word. At seven months, Jarrod reached out to her, opening and clenching his hand. He was saying "light" in Auslan - the sign language his parents had been using constantly around him since he had been diagnosed profoundly deaf a month earlier.
(2004, April 24). Australian Deaf Tours. Australia now has a brand new tour guide service for the 70 million worldwide deaf and hard of hearing community wanting to visit the sunburnt country, including the 2005 Deaflympics in Melbourne.
(2003, October 25). Deaf SA pleads with Govt for funding. Deaf South Australia is demanding that the Federal Government provide interim funding for deaf interpreters if it plans to stall the release of its study on hearing impaired services. In July, Deaf SA was forced to stop funding the service itself because of high costs. The Federal Government has so far refused to help, saying it needed to complete a study.
(2003, October 17). Tribunal considers deaf student's education. A Murrumbeena family is accusing the Victorian College for the Deaf of failing to provide a suitable education for a nine-year-old student. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has been told 9-year-old Benjamin Zygorodimos has been taught by sign language rather than spoken English, which was more suitable for him. The tribunal has heard he has been moved into a class for the intellectually disabled but his parents want him returned to the academic stream with appropriate tuition methods.
(2003, October 10). Catholic office may appeal against deaf ruling. The Catholic Education Office is considering appealing against a Federal Court ruling that a Canberra high school discriminated against a profoundly deaf boy. The court has awarded 16-year-old Jacob Clarke $26,000 in damages after MacKillop Catholic College refused to provide him tuition through sign language. The court found Jacob would have suffered distress after the school only offered an assistant to take notes for the teenager during class.
(2003, October 7). Bowlers able to showcase talents. Orange bowlers have finished the NSW Tenpin Bowling Association's Disabilities State Championships with a collection of medals to be proud of. Deaf bowler David Hayward came away with four gold medals and a bronze for the three-day event.
(2003, September 8). Deaf thrown a lifeline. Deaf preschoolers who were facing years of disadvantage in the classroom have been granted an eleventh-hour reprieve. Last month the Herald Sun reported the four-year-olds' intensive language program at the Taralye Centre, Blackburn, was to be axed. The State Government had refused to fund it.
(2003, August 26). Victory for deaf children. South-West parents yesterday reached a breakthrough in their desperate campaign to provide better education services for hearing impaired children.
(2003, August 25). Deaf pupils miss out. Ten deaf children a year will miss out on intensive preschool training after the State Government refused to fund a language program. Hilary Russell, CEO of Taralye -- the language centre being forced to close the program -- said deaf children were being set up to fail. "The Government is abandoning some of the children who need them most," she said.
(2003, August 20). Gay man heads NSW deaf group. McEwin has held the voluntary presidency of the NSW Association of the Deaf since May. The organisation exists to promote deaf culture and to lobby for greater services for people who are deaf.
(2003, August 18). Department's deaf ear leads to lawsuit threat. The families of up to 40 deaf children are considering legal action against the State Government over the lack of support for hearing-impaired students in Victoria's south-west.
(2003, July 16). Captioning boosts access to more TV shows. The number of television programs with captioning for deaf viewers will increase under a new agreement.
(2003, July 14). Deaf community protests erosion of interpreter services. In South Australia, the hearing impaired have taken to the streets to protest at what they see as the erosion of services that guarantee them their quality of life. Today around 200 deaf people marched on the office of Community Services Minister, Senator Amanda Vanstone, because of the Federal Government's decision to cut funding to interpreter services.
(2003, July 12). Protest heard loud and clear. Deaf people are protesting loudly against the Federal Government's refusal to provide them with interpreters. On Monday, deaf South Australians who rely on sign language will march on Family and Community Services Minister Amanda Vanstone's Adelaide office.
(2003, June 26). Private help offered to deaf centre. Corporate sponsors are expected to help the Cora Barclay Centre for deaf children if a State Government offer – requiring the sale of its Gilberton property – is rejected.
(2003, June 23). Govt offers package to revive deaf centre. The board of the Cora Barclay Centre for deaf children will consider a revised South Australian rescue offer tonight... Mr Foley says it will remain a condition that the operators sell their property at Gilberton, in return for future Government support.
(2003, June 20). Cries fall on deaf ears. The State Government offered yesterday to help the threatened Cora Barclay Centre, but then delivered little more than words.
(2003, June 19). Deaf school funds rescue at 11th hour. The State Government last night guaranteed emergency financial help to ensure a school for deaf children remained open only after the Opposition revealed it would close within two weeks.
(2003, June 15). Deaf dancer relies on vibrations. It's all good, good, good vibrations for Mathew Grivas who despite being profoundly deaf is whipping up a storm on the competition dance circuit. The 16-year-old from Mt Crosby in Brisbane cannot hear a single beat of his beloved rock 'n' roll music but is taking the dancing world by storm.
(2003, June 6). SMS to assist deaf in WA. The Western Australia Police Service has launched an SMS-based inquiry service for the deaf and speech impaired. Known as SMSAssist, the service allows the deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired to contact police without having to talk on the telephone. Instead, they can send a text message, which police can respond to via a desktop PC. The reply is also sent by SMS.
(2003, June 4). Watkins keeps tabs on future opposition. In circumstances that have a familiar resonance, Australia's Test captain is warming up nicely against English bowlers in preparation for three Test matches and seven one-day internationals to be played against the old enemy Down Under early next year.
(2003, May 27). Displaying sign of a good sport. Diability sets you apart from the majority of society but for Naomi Hayman, deafness has created a unique community and it does not stop her in her chosen sport... Representing NSW, the 28-year-old recently returned from the Deaf Games, held in Sydney from April 11-20, with a gold medal for netball and a silver medal for basketball.
(2003, May 25). Northern Australian Deaf Safaris is proud to announce a new tour service for the worldwide deaf community intending to visit Australia from 2004 onwards, including the 2005 Deaflympics.
(2003, May 16). Deaf man collects music degree. A man who has been deaf since birth is to receive a Bachelor of Music from the Australian National University in what could be a world first.
(2003, May 12). Stephanie Brooks. On a team that features one of the deepest pitching staffs in the state, Reading senior Stephanie Brooks is the anchor... The Rockets' hurler, who is deaf, has overwhelmed the opposition to the tune of 96 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings pitched.
(2003, April 28). Hayward king pin. Orange's David Hayward has won a swag of gold at the 14th Australian Deaf Championships in Sydney and continued his good form at the 21st Annual National Deaf Championships.
(2003, April 23). No hearing no barrier for bowling. The Kenthurst couple have had to overcome a common hurdle through their lives deafness. The pair were part of The National Deaf Tenpin Bowling Championships held at Wondabowl Castle Hill over the long weekend.
(2003, April 17). All on board for a dart attack. Deaf darts players were on target to hit the mark as they competed in the deaf Olympics darts tournament at Mounties on the weekend.
(2003, April 7). Concerns aired over schools' hearing support services. Parents of deaf students in south-west Victoria say they are being forced to teach their children at home, because of inadequate services at schools.
(2003, March 29). Deaf students in need. The Government must act on its own commissioned report to improve education services for hearing impaired children in south-west Victoria, member for South West Coast Denis Napthines told State Parliament.
(2003, March 10). Reece silences rivals. Trainee chef Reece van Beek last night upstaged the stars to win the 3000m Bendigo Golden Mile off the liberal mark of 375m.
(2003, March 8). Mobile advances mean deaf can't call for help. The deaf, speech and hearing-impaired communities are being denied access to emergency services, the operator of the telephone typewriter system has warned.
(2003, March 5). Agencies encouraged to add captions. The Advertising Federation of Australia is encouraging all advertising agencies to recognise deaf and hearing impaired Australians in the preparation of advertising campaigns.
(2003, January 27). Medal for Kathy. ... despite being the first deaf student to be mainstreamed (in education) in South Australia on a pilot program, Kathy said becoming a teacher as a deaf person had been an uphill battle.
(2003, January 25). Signal dogs safeguard hearing-impaired owners. On the job in his orange "Signal Dog" vest, he jumps up from his resting spot at Bev Schuette's feet and barks in the direction of the sound. He runs toward the sound for a moment and comes back to get his owner, pulling at the leash attached to her belt.
(2003, January 10). Deaf rookie wins Broncos contract. ... the thrill of wearing the Broncos jumper will be enough to give the profoundly deaf 18-year-old an adrenalin rush, with the first step in his dream of NRL glory already having come true.
(2003, January 9). Australian authorities poised to open up messaging services. The Australian Communications Authority is looking at extending premium rate number services and allowing individuals to send and receive voice and data messages using non-mobile numbers, according to a discussion paper released yesterday.
(2002, December 17). Dedication to equal access for the hearing impaired rewarded. Karen Dempsey knows all too well about the difficulties of a life without the ability to hear. That's why she has spent the last 12 years of her life campaigning for captions on television and in theatres. Karen's dedication was recognised recently when she was presented with the Roma Wood OAM Community Service Award as part of the 2002 Supertext Awards.
(2002, December 11). School breaks down barriers. The school has introduced Auslan, an Australian sign language for the deaf community, into the curriculum and employed an Auslan user to teach the students.
(2002, December 8). We don't get deals, say deaf mobile phone users. Phone companies could be sued for discrimination because some mobile plans disadvantage the deaf, a report claims.
(2002, December 3). Education by Hand - Auslan. Gena McLean is an educational interpretor at Australind SHS in regional Western Australia. She's one of three people who intrepret for hearing impaired students using the sign language Auslan.
(2002, November 21). Deafness no barrier for Liz. Collie's [Western Australia] 17-year-old Elizabeth Abbey has been named as one of the state's most inspirational young people - for overcoming the restrictions of profound deafness in her academic, sporting and social life.
(2002, November 7). Accolades for selfless work. A Bayswater man was honoured for creating television screen captions for the hearing-impaired last month.
(2002, November 2). Glen aces disability. The 22-year-old medical science graduate and champion tennis player says he never entertained the idea that his profound deafness would get in the way of anything he set his mind to.
(2002, October 31). City's games coup. Ballarat's economy is set for a major boost with the city in line to host a large part of 2005 Deaflympic Games.
(2002, October 28). The eyes have it when hearing fails. Rachel, 15, who is moderately to profoundly deaf, is studying writer's workshop, dance and performing arts, media production and studies, English and photography.
(2002, October 27). Hearing-impaired pilot answers call of wild blue. Like many people who dream of being a pilot, Vary wasn't satisfied until he was in the air. But what makes him a different kind of pilot is that Vary has had a life-long profound hearing impairment.
(2002, October 16). Students sign off with learning program. Sign language has become the next best way of communicating at St Monicas Primary School in Wodonga.
(2002, October 9). Golden girl. NOWRA Athletics Club's Cristine Suffolk has done it again, picking up four gold medals at the 3rd Asia Pacific Masters Games and in the process broke a Games record.
The Deaf Internet Bookstore. Deaf humour.
DeafTODAY.
(2004, June 8). Silence ends as court hears story.Queensland failed to provide adequate teaching for two deaf children on the Sunshine Coast, leaving one with cognitive damage and language skills so poor he was unable to tell a simple story, a Brisbane court heard yesterday... Justice Bruce Lander was told Benjamin Devlin, 11, and Tiahna Hurst, 6, were often left in classes without an interpreter and were not schooled in the official deaf language, Auslan, as teachers had not been trained in it.
(2004, June 8). Deaf students take on Qld govt. A landmark case of two deaf children taking on the Queensland Government for a better education is back in court... Tiahna Hurst and Ben Devlin are at the centre of a battle for more funding in state schools for deaf children.
Australian Association of the Deaf. National Deaf Television.
Australian Theatre of the Deaf.
DeafTODAY.
(2004, August 12). Taree stages Theatre of the Deaf.Taree Quota Club will be staging a play performed by the Australian Theatre of the Deaf next Thursday. The play is entitled 'Aliens' and will be performed at Ormsby House, on the corner of Commerce and Albert streets, Taree at 7.15pm. It is a play about war, journeys and hope, and addresses some of the thorny issues of Australia's refugees and detention centres.
(2004, July 8). Written on the body. The latest project from actor and director Alex jones is a play that challenges the notions of Deaf identity, a black comedy about a profoundly bad singer.
(2004, May 5). Signing on. Many people speak with their hands – but the new Deaf SA Signing Choir members plan to "sing" with theirs. It is the first time the Deaf Society of SA has put together an adult choir, which will debut at two fundraising performances this weekend.
Honeybee Creations is a unique enterprise providing training & consultancy services in arts, culture & recreation. The services provided specialize in Visual Theatre, Communication & Yoga for deaf & hearing people, youth & adults via sign language / spoken language / combined. Catering for Individuals & community / business / corporate groups on the Sunshine Coast (Queensland Australia), throughout Australia & Overseas.
Rob Roy show. Over the past few years Rob Roy has managed to take his exciting and unique brand of visual theatre, including skits, signed songs, storytelling, and jokes which are all visually imaginative and appealing to numerous countries. He also provided successful Visual Theatre workshop in Uganda , Cambodia , and Victoria College for the Deaf in Melbourne , Australia and Western Australia Deaf Kids Theatre in Perth. The highlight of Rob Roy's career was performing in front of 9,000 people at the Deafway II conference in Washington DC in 2002. The audience went wild after his outstanding performance! Rob Roy had now performed over 120 shows at 60+ cities in 23 countries.
Brief Guide to the Disability Discrimination Act.
Disability Discrimination Act of 1992. Text.
Federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
Australian Association of the Deaf.
Deaf Club is a community club for deaf people. While there are many deaf clubs in the every major city in the world, this web site will introduce the Deaf Club on the Gold Coast of the Queensland, Australia. The Club is a welcoming environment where new and old friends meet, to get to know each other, to help each other and enjoy communicating with other deaf people. Deaf people can spend hours of enjoyable time together at the Deaf Club. The Club welcome people of any age. Of course, the members of the Deaf Club love to see hearing people, people who want to be friends with Aussie deaf people, and people who are interested in Australian sign language, etc! When you visit the Gold Coast, why don't you visit the Deaf Club too?
Deaf Society of New South Wales.
Royal South Australian Deaf Society.
Victorian Council of Deaf People.
VSDC - Services for Deaf Children.
Welcome 2 my Deaf world. Set in the Victorian College of the Deaf, WELCOME 2 MY DEAF WORLD follows Scott and Bethany through their last few months of schooling. Their world is one of rich culture and human possibility, with its own language, rules, challenges and inspirations.
Western Australian Deaf Society Inc.
Bremner, A.
Deaf sports in Australia. Melbourne, Australia : La Trobe University 1996 - 195 p.: Master's Thesis.
Coaching deaf athletes. Canberra, Australia : Australian Sports Commission 1992 (Video 10min).
DeafTODAY.
(2004, July 14). Protesters greet PM at deaf games event.Prime Minister John Howard was met by noisy protests over Aboriginal rights, environmental issues and the war in Iraq as he arrived at a gathering in Melbourne this evening to announce his patronage of the 2005 Victorian-hosted Olympic Games for deaf and hearing impaired.
(2004, June 25). Deaf fencer at the epee centre. When Frank Bartolillo takes up his foil in Athens in August he will become only the third deaf athlete in history to compete in the Olympics.
(2004, June 11). Why nothing can foil Bartolillo. Being deaf would be considered a disadvantage for most athletes. However, Frank Bartolillo, named in Australia's Olympic fencing team yesterday, regards his condition as beneficial. Bartolillo, 21, who has dominated fencing in Australia at a senior level since he was 16, said because he was deaf he was never distracted by crowd noise and so concentrated better than his opponents during bouts.
(2004, May 4). Coast swimmer celebrates after confirmation of breaking five records. Anthony Shing has received confirmation that he broke five Australian records in the S15 disabilty category at the recent Olympic selection trials in Sydney. The 16-year-old deaf swimmer...
(2004, April 13). Mastering rivals by just a few pins. Only a few pins separated both the men's and women's masters winners from the runners-up yesterday at the National Deaf Championships at Orange Tenpin Bowl.
(2004, April 12). Deaf champions strike it lucky for national honours. Orange's David Hayward came close but just missed out on winning the men's individual title at the National Deaf Championships being held at the Orange Tenpin Bowl this Easter long weekend.
(2004, January 31). The Ashes contest where only the umpire can hear you sledge. After several years of inactivity the Australian and English deaf cricket teams were meeting in the first Test of the series.
(2004, January 31). Ashes battle led by cricket's quiet achievers. After several years of inactivity the Australian and English deaf cricket teams were meeting in the first Test of the series.
(2004, January 17). Ashes test for Deaf cricketers. Two South Devon cricketers fly out to Australia tomorrow to play for England in the Deaf Ashes series against the old enemy.
(2004, January 15). Peter eyes world place in Oz. Tiverton's National Deaf champion Peter Willcox is a young man on a mission after run of success that has the 22-year-old intent on playing in the 2005 World Deaf Games in Australia.
(2003, November 26). Hayward, Holland association's best. Orange bowlers were rewarded on the weekend at the Orange Tenpin Bowling Association presentation night and annual general meeting. Deaf bowler David Hayward was awarded the male bowler of the year having won gold medals at the Australian Deaf Championships in the men's singles, double and teams and finished fourth in the masters event.
Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria.
Griffin, S. Deaf Australian fencer to participate in Olympics.
International Martial Arts Federation of the deaf: Australian Deaf Martial Artists.
Deaf Children Australia. Auslan interpreting in schools.
Educational interpreting and note taking in Australia. Information for employers, interpreters, note takers and students.
Knuckey, J. & T. C. Bird. Seeing is believing: Interpreting for Deaf students in tertiary education.
Napier, J. (Fall 2004). Sign language interpreter training, testing, and accreditation: an international comparison.
RMIT, School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, Melbourne. About translating and interpreting.
ASLIA Victoria believes in: Supporting and encouraging interpreters professional development. Striving for the pursuit of professional excellence. Respecting Auslan as the language of Deaf people.Accepting diversity and difference. Promoting and advocating the use of professional interpreting services. A bilingual and bicultural perspective on issues related to Deaf people and interpreters.
Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators.
Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association.
Hands@work. All our staff are highly qualified and experienced teachers and/or interpreters. All staff hold blue cards. We have had many years of experience and are continually updating our skills by attending regular professional development activities & ongoing tertiary studies. Most importantly we are all parents of young children. We have all successfully and currently use Auslan with our kids. No other training provider in Cairns can provide you with the same hands-on & insightful teaching approach that we do. We KNOW how to use baby signs with our kids - we do it everyday.
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.
National report, Australia - Auslan interpreting.
Morris, R. (September 2000). A bibliography on court & legal interpreting.
Kadous, M. W.
Auslan Sign recognition using computers and gloves.GRASP - Recognising Auslan signs using instrumented gloves.2.4 What is Auslan?
Special gloves may help deaf.
Hear and Say Centre.
Shepherd Centre. The Shepherd Centre is a charity which began in 1970 helping deaf and hearing-impaired children learn to listen and speak so they can reach their individual potential. Over 30% of children attending our early intervention program have additional disabilities to hearing loss. We provide our services free of charge to families and only receive limited government funding, we rely heavily on the generousity of the community to help us continue to make a difference.
Australian Deafness directory.
Deaf Services Queensland. (14 June 2006). The launch of Deaf Services Queensland.,On the 15th May 2006, the Queensland Deaf Society launched it new name and logo: Deaf Services Queensland. The Governor of Queensland, her excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, the organisations patron, with kind words brought about a new era for an organisation that started in 1903.
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children.
Rima's Homepage for Deaf Muslim and Hearing Muslim.
Churches in Australia: Deaf Church Services are Signed or Interpreted.
Williams, R. (19 August 1999). First Bible books in Australian Deaf Language.
Australian Communication Exchange. Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) is a not-for-profit, Australian organisation dedicated to empowering those who are Deaf or have a hearing, speech or communication impairment, to obtain access to the telephone and other telecommunication networks.
Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association (QLD). Be a supportive network for Auslan interpreters. Provide continuing education and skills development for Auslan interpreters. Promote and uphold professional interpreting ethics and standards. Advocate for the use of professional interpreting services.
is a restricted group for financial members of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators Inc. (AUSIT) for the exchanging of information and ideas relating to the translating and interpreting professions. The views expressed in this group are those of individual AUSIT members and do not represent the views of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators Inc. which does not accept any liability for the views expressed. Contact AUSIT for Conditions of Use for this group.
Harper, P. Quantum change in Deaf people's lives: From text to videotelephony.
