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Author: Michael Uniacke

I’m a writer. But that doesn’t pay the mortgage. I work for the Victorian Government in disability policy. That pays the mortgage. Previously I’ve worked as a subeditor on newspapers and magazines for the Fairfax/Rural Press group. As an editor for several community publications. As a freelance writer. I also worked for deaf organisations. And for six years I assessed income tax returns. And once I was a ball boy for the Victorian Open Tennis Championships.

October 2, 2015 by Michael Uniacke Leave a Comment

In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were prancing about happily, when Adam tripped on a root and banged his head on a tree trunk. He was quite alright, but became noticeably deaf. Meanwhile Eve has met a chatty serpent who is talking to her about delicious-looking peach hanging from a forbidden fruit tree. […]

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Our shout

October 2, 2015 by Michael Uniacke Leave a Comment

A dining scene in a restaurant

When I was part of a social group of deaf people during the 1970s, a popular outing would be to a pizza restaurant. “Restaurant” is a word I use loosely – these places were large fast-food feedlots. There would be about 15 to 20 of us, seated at benches in a cavernous dining hall. The […]

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Deafness and the politician

October 2, 2015 by Michael Uniacke Leave a Comment

Mojo Mathers: New Zealand Greens MP The New Zealand Parliament had not seen anything like it. Early in 2012, as a newly elected MP for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Mojo Mathers gave her maiden speech in the House of Representatives. Her words were conveyed by a New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) interpreter […]

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Artwork: John Veeken www.johnveeken.com The famous London consulting detective Mr Sherlock Holmes was playing with his revolver in his rooms at 221b Baker street, when it went off with a loud report. Holmes was quite all right, but the experience has left him noticeably deaf. Meanwhile, he is about to meet a new client, the […]

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Harry Potter and the What of Whats?

October 2, 2015 by Michael Uniacke Leave a Comment

By Mattie Uniacke Harry Potter, the boy wizard, became a bit deaf early in his career following an accident involving a cup of tea, four paper clips, a rubber band and a particle accelerator. However he has just made it into Hogwarts. NOW READ ON . . . Harry had to rub his eyes as […]

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Communication Blue

September 28, 2015 by Michael Uniacke Leave a Comment

Booze, dope, maybe sex, can happen at a party. All quite normal things, but being deaf adds a certain frisson.   A PARTY is like a vegetarian barbecue – a contradiction in terms. Do hearing people go to parties to relax? As a Deaf person you work harder than ever. Do hearing people go to […]

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