# Deafness Forum

> Empowering the 3.6 million Deaf Australians


## Pages

- [Hearing Stages Tool](https://deafnessforum.org.au/hearing-stages-tool/)
- [Sample](https://deafnessforum.org.au/sample/)
- [Sitemap](https://deafnessforum.org.au/sitemap/)
- [Resource Hub](https://deafnessforum.org.au/resource-hub/)
- [Latest Updates](https://deafnessforum.org.au/latest-updates/)
- [Contact](https://deafnessforum.org.au/contact/)
- [Media Releases](https://deafnessforum.org.au/media-releases/)
- [Events Calendar](https://deafnessforum.org.au/events-calendar/)
- [Lived Experience](https://deafnessforum.org.au/lived-experience/)
- [Research](https://deafnessforum.org.au/research/)
- [Prevention](https://deafnessforum.org.au/prevention/)
- [Hearing Health](https://deafnessforum.org.au/hearing-health/)
- [Take Action](https://deafnessforum.org.au/take-action/)
- [Campaigns](https://deafnessforum.org.au/campaigns/)
- [Policy](https://deafnessforum.org.au/policy/)
- [Reports](https://deafnessforum.org.au/reports/)
- [Our People](https://deafnessforum.org.au/our-people/)
- [Our Strategy](https://deafnessforum.org.au/our-strategy/)
- [Our Mission & Purpose](https://deafnessforum.org.au/our-mission-and-purpose/)
- [Home](https://deafnessforum.org.au/)



## Posts

- [From the classroom to the concert stage - Lara's Auslan journey.](https://deafnessforum.org.au/from-the-classroom-to-the-concert-stage-laras-auslan-journey/)
- [New Auslan Resources Help Older D/deaf Australians Understand Their Aged Care Rights](https://deafnessforum.org.au/aged-care-rights/)
- [Dr Jafri Kuthubutheen on the future of hearing healthcare](https://deafnessforum.org.au/future-of-hearing-healthcare/)
- [A conversation with former Prime Minister The Honourable John Howard OM AC](https://deafnessforum.org.au/the-honorable-john_howard/)
- [The NDIS Bill has passed with 63 amendments. What's in NDIS Bill 2.0?](https://deafnessforum.org.au/ndis-bill_2/)
- [Feeling the Performance: How The Newmarket Collective is Redefining Live Arts Accessibility](https://deafnessforum.org.au/feeling-the-performance-how-the-newmarket-collective-is-redefining-live-arts-accessibility/)
- [Inside the Future of Hearing](https://deafnessforum.org.au/inside-the-future-of-hearing/)
- [When the Questions Are the Problem](https://deafnessforum.org.au/when-the-questions-are-the-problem/)
- [Choice and Independence Begins with Communication](https://deafnessforum.org.au/choice-and-independence-begins-with-communication/)
- [Deafness Forum Australia’s NDIS Bill Explainer](https://deafnessforum.org.au/deafness-forum-australias-ndis-bill-explainer/)
- [Learning Without Borders: Lauren Patrick's journey to Frontrunners Denmark](https://deafnessforum.org.au/learning-without-borders-lauren-patricks-journey-to-frontrunners-denmark/)
- [One Experience, Many Perspectives: How Australia's Cultural Sector is Reimagining Accessibility](https://deafnessforum.org.au/one-experience-many-perspectives-how-australias-cultural-sector-is-reimagining-accessibility/)
- [Every Auslan User Counts: Why Your Census Response Matters](https://deafnessforum.org.au/every-auslan-user-counts-why-your-census-response-matters/)
- [AusAlert: Australia's New Emergency Warning System](https://deafnessforum.org.au/ausalert-australias-new-emergency-warning-system/)
- [NDIS Reform Must Put People First](https://deafnessforum.org.au/ndis-reform-must-put-people-first/)
- [Learning Across Borders: Rhonda Locke Visits The Elizabeth Foundation](https://deafnessforum.org.au/learning-across-borders-rhonda-locke-visits-the-elizabeth-foundation/)
- [FCEI Conference: Global Ideas, Shared Purpose](https://deafnessforum.org.au/fcei-conference-global-ideas-shared-purpose/)
- [From Family to Future: Lessons from the Global Early Intervention Conference](https://deafnessforum.org.au/from-family-to-future-lessons-from-the-global-early-intervention-conference/)
- [Finding Your Community: A Conversation with John Lui](https://deafnessforum.org.au/finding-your-community-a-conversation-with-john-lui/)
- [The next era of participation: from AI hearing systems to digital communication](https://deafnessforum.org.au/the-next-era-of-participation-from-ai-hearing-systems-to-digital-communication/)
- [More than a uniform: identity, visibility and belonging](https://deafnessforum.org.au/more-than-a-uniform-identity-visibility-and-belonging/)
- [The next generation may communicate differently](https://deafnessforum.org.au/the-next-generation-may-communicate-differently/)
- [From the classroom to the stage: inclusion in practice](https://deafnessforum.org.au/from-the-classroom-to-the-stage-inclusion-in-practice/)
- [One in five: when accessibility sounds like you](https://deafnessforum.org.au/one-in-five-when-accessibility-sounds-like-you/)
- [Who gets to feel included in Australia?](https://deafnessforum.org.au/who-gets-to-feel-included-in-australia/)
- [As winter arrives, accessible smoke alarm safety cannot be overlooked](https://deafnessforum.org.au/as-winter-arrives-accessible-smoke-alarm-safety-cannot-be-overlooked/)
- [From conversation to action: what accessible communication looks like in practice](https://deafnessforum.org.au/from-conversation-to-action-what-accessible-communication-looks-like-in-practice/)
- [What this year’s budget and proposed NDIS reforms mean for communication access in Australia](https://deafnessforum.org.au/what-this-years-budget-and-proposed-ndis-reforms-mean-for-communication-access-in-australia/)
- [Sign on Screen Festival](https://deafnessforum.org.au/sign-on-screen-festival/)
- [Bulk billing changes](https://deafnessforum.org.au/bulk-billing-changes/)
- [From Connection to Action](https://deafnessforum.org.au/from-connection-to-action/)
- [Butler flags more major reforms to the NDIS](https://deafnessforum.org.au/butler-flags-more-major-reforms-to-the-ndis/)
- [Accessible Technology Is Already Here](https://deafnessforum.org.au/accessible-technology-is-already-here/)
- [Showing up together](https://deafnessforum.org.au/showing-up-together/)
- [Can You Explain That Again?](https://deafnessforum.org.au/can-you-explain-that-again/)
- [Put Your Hand Up for Auslan](https://deafnessforum.org.au/put-your-hand-up-for-auslan/)
- [THE MILAN CONFERENCE](https://deafnessforum.org.au/the-milan-conference/)
- [On Set, In Language](https://deafnessforum.org.au/on-set-in-language/)
- [Changing Lives Through Sound](https://deafnessforum.org.au/changing-lives-through-sound/)
- [From insight to action in advocacy](https://deafnessforum.org.au/from-insight-to-action-in-advocacy/)
- [National Auslan Day](https://deafnessforum.org.au/national-auslan-day-celebration-deafness-forum-australia/)
- [Where language begins](https://deafnessforum.org.au/where-language-begins/)
- [BTS on set at the Auslan Brand Film shoot](https://deafnessforum.org.au/bts-on-set-at-the-auslan-brand-film-shoot/)
- [Turning Awareness Into Action](https://deafnessforum.org.au/turning-awareness-into-action/)
- [No Time to Wait](https://deafnessforum.org.au/no-time-to-wait/)
- [New Sensory Partnership to Strengthen Advocacy](https://deafnessforum.org.au/new-sensory-partnership-to-strengthen-advocacy/)
- [For Some Families, Hearing Loss Begins Unexpectedly](https://deafnessforum.org.au/for-some-families-hearing-loss-begins-unexpectedly/)
- [Breaking Through Barriers](https://deafnessforum.org.au/breaking-through-barriers/)
- [“It Beats Silence”](https://deafnessforum.org.au/it-beats-silence/)
- [Hearing Awareness Week](https://deafnessforum.org.au/hearing-awareness-week/)
- [From Community to Classrooms](https://deafnessforum.org.au/world-hearing-day/)