A specialised group of teachers who visit schools in Victoria to work with vision- and hearing-impaired students could be fully absorbed into the teaching workforce, ending a decades-long service that provides disabled students with one-on-one support in state...
It is important to take care of your hearing and prevent hearing loss before it occurs. Keep music and noise at a reasonable level – you should be able to easily understand someone talking to you from a metre away. Keep the volume down in your headphones – it...
The first review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (2020) finds that Australian governments have made little progress towards the Agreement, which is limiting improvements in life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The report finds...
We applaud the National Disability Insurance Agency, the organisation that runs the NDIS, for creating a First Nations Advisory Council. Established in collaboration with First Peoples Disability Network - and let’s acknowledge FPDN for being the driver for this...
Deafness Forum Australia seeks a professional to lead its disability advocacy work. This new role will be a full-time position and we are open to discussing customised work hours that suit your lifestyle needs. The position will be located in Australia in Melbourne,...
Feel more connected to conversations and the world around you. Video lessons (with captions for hearing accessibility) help you start, or build on, your ability to lipread. Learn and practice lipreading at your own pace from the comfort of your own home. Feel more...