Teaching basic Auslan to a class of enthusiastic beginners is not as simple as it sounds I used to run classes in basic Australian sign language (Auslan) at adult learning centres in rural Victoria some years ago. As a diligent tutor, I always looked for ways to make the classes interesting as my pupils ground […]

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 […]