Source: ITV Signed Stories

ITV Signed Stories is celebrating Australia Day (January 26 2010) with a special story Dingo Dog and the Billabong Storm.

The beautifully illustrated story of how the bush animals come together to teach the bullying Dingo a lesson, will be available in sign language, animation, text and sound for free on www.signedstories.com.    Read more »

An Auslan only weekend designed for parents of deaf children. You can expect fun, lots of learning and plenty of laughs in this practical weekend. The planned activities are designed to suit all levels of Auslan skills.  From absolute beginners to more proficient signers, this weekend is for you!    Read more »

From Perth Voice 03/10/2009

THE WA Deaf Society has launched a new tool to help the deaf learn Auslan, the Australian Sign Language.

The "grammar disc" DVD was developed by Geoff Pearson, an ESL teacher who recognised the difficulty in teaching grammar to those who use Auslan, a language based on context rather than sentence structure. The disc will be officially launch on October 12, during National Deaf Week... Download the full story below.

Source: Signbaby www.signbaby.com.au

Sofya Gollan from Playschool presents SignBaby, an easy to use and fun DVD jam-packed with over 200 Australian signs to cover all kinds of situations, at home or out and about with your baby or child. With an introduction that gives you the lowdown on how to start and a few tips, we go straight into the tutorials in bite-sized chapters of approximately 15 – 18 signs per tutorial, giving you the flexibility to stop and start wherever you choose. There are also signed versions of popular nursery rhymes, as most children love to combine signing with music.    Read more »

Auslan Club is for beginners to advanced users of Auslan to practice with Deaf community in a casual and relaxed atmosphere.

The Auslan Club meets every two months at Deaf Services Queensland. It is a great opportunity to meet people for a chat and have a cup of tea/coffee.    Read more »

Source: Vicdeaf

Human Swine Flu is a respiratory disease caused by a new influenza virus. Human Swine Flu virus is infectious and is capable of spreading from human to human.

Department of Human Services Victoria and Vicdeaf have developed Auslan version of Human Swine Flu information to ensure that information on Swine flu is accessible to Auslan users.     Read more »

Source: Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children

The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children "Auslan Tutor" is a portable video-based Australian Sign Language (Auslan) teaching resource developed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch.  It is available from the iTunes website for AU$49.99.  You should access the iTunes store from your iTunes application on your computer.      Read more »

A 32-year-old deaf woman from Sydney spoke of her “gift of deafness” during the Evening Vigil with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Saturday 19 July 2008.

Danni Wright, profoundly deaf, from Seven Hills, NSW was selected from all Catholic Australians to be one of the seven young pilgrims from seven different countries chosen to give testimonies to the Pope which focused on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Each pilgrim expressed in their native language how the gift was reflected in his or her own journey of faith.

Addressing an estimated physical audience of 223,000 people and international audience of 500 million, Danni Wright from Sydney presented in Auslan on the gift of knowledge which was interpreted into English.    Read more »