The International Day of Sign Languages, which is observed on September 23 every year, is meant to celebrate the unique visual-manual means of communication across the world that help support the ...

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 (Twitter ...

Advocates for the deaf community are concerned Auslan sign language courses will be shelved by Canberra Institute of Technology, the ACT's only course supplier.

More theatre performances are attempting to welcome Deaf audiences through the use of Auslan. Auslan is a form of visual communication used by over 16,000 people nationwide. The entertainment industry ...

As a child growing up in Sydney, Emma Watkins was always enthralled by sign language. Her best friend had two brothers, both of whom were deaf, and Watkins wanted to know what they said to each other ...

A Darwin school has become the first in the Territory to adopt Auslan sign language in mainstream education. Here’s how it is changing lives for people of all hearing abilities. One Territory school ...