The first national curriculum for Auslan, the language of the deaf community in Australia, will soon be rolled out in schools across Australia, in a move being described as a "huge step for equality".

NSW students from Kindergarten to Year 10 will soon be able to learn Auslan as an elective, with Australia reporting a large shortage of interpreters. On Tuesday, the NSW Education and Early Learning ...

The ABC reported last month that Auslan90, produced by Deaf Connect, was set to go off air next month, as its federal government funding was due to end.

Despite growing up with hearing loss, it was a housemate who inspired Kate Disher-Quill to start Auslan lessons. "I was kind of shocked that I hadn't thought about [learning Auslan] before," says ...

Eddie was born deaf and grew up missing out on a lot of information due to communication barriers. Yet now a whole new world has been opened up to him after learning the national sign language Auslan.

Auslan sign language is emerging as one of the most popular new language options in primary schools – but we’re running out of teachers despite TAFE enrolments soaring. Auslan is emerging as the ...

A Melbourne Auslan training program says they have seen around an 80 per cent spike in people looking to enroll in their lessons since the beginning of the year. Auslan interpreter Emma Roeschlein ...

Since joining the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Heath Worton has been able to better interact with doctors, lawyers and tradies because of funding for interpreters. Born profoundly Deaf ...

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 ...

As government COVID updates have become a daily part of our lives over the past 12 months, so too has the sight of sign language interpreters on our screens. This has understandably had a huge impact ...