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Auslan National Curriculum roll out
The first national curriculum for Auslan (Australian Sign Language), will soon be rolled out in schools across Australia, in a move being described as...
Gallaudet University – ‘Deaf President Now’
Gallaudet University is the only one in the world where all seminars and lectures are in Sign. It is in Washington DC and was...
Which is more efficient: talking or signing?
Until the 1960s, this question was very hard to answer. Video recording equipment was not advanced enough for studying Sign. The question would not...
“Trump” is Swiss Sign of the Year
Donald Trump has beaten off stiff competition from “Netflix”, “vegan” and “deportation” to be chosen as “sign of the year” by the Swiss Deaf...
13 Reasons to Sign to Your Hard of Hearing or Cochlear Implanted Child
Extracted from "On Deafness" - By Elizabeth Engelman.
When we implanted our profoundly deaf two-year-old son Micah with cochlear implants, we gave little thought to American Sign...
‘Wonderstruck,’ with deaf newcomer Simmonds, lands at Cannes
Extracted from Mail Online - 18 May 2017 - By Jake Coyle of Associated Press
CANNES, France (AP) - The cacophony of the Cannes Film Festival...
Deaf influence on celebrities
Famous artists have been influenced at some point in their careers by Deaf acquaintances who offered them – one way or the other –...
Deaf advances in North Korea
WFD North Korea Committee Chair, Terry Riley, visits one of the world’s last communist societies, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or North Korea...
‘I wanted to serve’: These deaf men helped NASA understand motion sickness in space
Extracted from The Washington Post - 5 May 2017 - By Sarah Larimer
Video above: In the 1960s, 11 men with ties to Gallaudet University...