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When prime ministers meet deaf babies

August 12, 2015 by Michael Uniacke Leave a Comment

 Why does sign language compel otherwise intelligent men to make comments of such inane stupidity about deaf people? Perhaps the juiciest part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s press conference late in June to announce universal screening of newborns for hearing impairment was the lone question asked by an unknown journalist at the very end. This […]

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