There’s a new online platform that lets hearing Aussies learn Auslan, or Australian Sign Language, from Deaf people around the country. Auslan Anywhere is set up kind of like a social network ...

The basic Australian Sign Language (Auslan ... Uh-hum], which is like writing the alphabet then I’m sure you’ll be able to help that person out and I think on the second thing is that ...

A school on the Bellarine Peninsula has introduced Auslan sign language, with a support organisation ... the school community loved learning the alphabet as a starting point, and some other ...

Short for Australian Sign Language, Auslan is a unique language used by the tens of thousands of Australians who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, plus many others who use it to overcome other barriers ...

While Auslan, or Australian sign language, was Mr Sweeney's first language, he did not interpret as a vocation until his mid-30s. "When I was a kid I'd run away from any interpreting situation ...

This year, Australian Sign Language (Auslan) was added to NSW primary and secondary education syllabuses. This reflects a shift in how sign languages have been perceived by society. It's not only ...

This is because sign language was deemed primitive and deaf people were told to put their hands away. Auslan is the first language of many Deaf Australians and while captions and lip-reading are ...