Free, easy to use communication app.
NALscribe is a free, easy-to-use live speech captioning tool to help people understand speech and conversations. Created by Australia’s National Acoustic Laboratories, it is especially beneficial when the person speaking is wearing a mask or face-shield, when...
Parents appalled: cuts to specialist visiting teachers?
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...
Most types of hearing loss are permanent.
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...
Governments Falling Short on Closing The Gap Commitments.
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...
NDIS creates First Nations Advisory Council.
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...
Job opportunity: Be our Policy and Advocacy Lead.
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,...