Our Favourites - Australian
ASLIA
The Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association is a professional
body representing Australian Sign Language (Auslan) Interpreters which
promotes awareness and recognition of the rights and responsibilities
of practitioners. This is achieved by providing information to members
and users and promoting best practice.
Australian
Association of the Deaf
The Australian Association of the Deaf, Inc. (AAD) is a national, voluntary
consumer organisation that represents the views of Deaf people who use
Australian Sign Language (Auslan).
Australian
Caption Centre
The Australian Caption Centre (ACC) is a national not-for-profit, Public
Benevolent organisation. They also provide a wide range of captioning
service as well as a viewing guide of captioned programs, advertisements
and films.
Australian
Communications Authority
The ACA licenses telecommunications carriers, ensures compliance with
carrier licence conditions and service provider rules, and monitors service
performance and quality. The ACA also administers legislative provisions
relating to powers and immunities of carriers in the construction of telecommunications
facilities, and protection of consumers through safeguards and service
guarantees. The Universal Service Obligation is administered by the ACA
to ensure reasonable and equitable access across Australia to standard
telecommunications services.
Australian
Department of Health & Aged Care
Homepage for the Department of Health and Aged Care
Australian
Hearing
Australian Hearing provides government funded hearing services to any
children and young adults up to the age of 21 as well as aged pensioners
and most veterans.
Australian
Speak Easy
Australian Speak Easy is a national organisation with State bodies in
New South Wales/ACT, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia,
and Tasmania. The Speak Easy Association is a self-help organisation that
provides support for people who stutter by holding weekly meetings in
their respective metropolitan and rural locations. Groups meet regularly
to work on fluency techniques, discuss individual stuttering problems
and develop self confidence through role-playing and public speaking.
Better
Hearing Australia
Better Hearing Australia is a non-profit, self-help organisation controlled
by its members and provides an Australia-wide community support service
of rehabilitation and help for Australia's hearing impaired.
Centre
of Excellence for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Centre of Excellence was established in 1993 by the Office of Training
and Tertiary Education (OTTE) to increase the successful participation
of Deaf and hard of hearing students in TAFE across the state of Victoria.
It is located at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) on the Preston
Campus.
Deaf
Communities Online
This project aims to:
- Develop the confidence and competence in the use
of the Internet in the Deaf community,
- Develop a specialist training in the use of the
Internet that is appropriate to the needs of the Deaf community
- Develop a sustainable skills base in the community
organisations by training Deaf trainers
- Raise awareness of the uses of on line technologies
in the Deaf community
- Develop a model of best practice in the delivery
of Internet training and services to the Deaf community in rural
and city locations
- Assist the Deaf community to access mainstream
Internet facilities as appropriate
Deaf
Society of New South Wales
The Deaf Society of New South Wales provides a range of services for
Deaf people who use Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
Deaf
Sports Australia
This Australian Website has heaps of links to other Deaf related Websites,
employment opportunities, news on the 2005 Deaflympic Games winning bid
and much much more!
Disability
Information and Communication Exchange (DICE)
Hearing Awareness
Week - 19-25 August 2007
Hearing Awareness Week
is an annual event held in the last week of August. It provides
an opportunity to raise community awareness
of hearing impairment and ways to protect your hearing.
Hearing Awareness Week also provides an opportunity for the
22 percent of Australians aged 15 years and over who have a
hearing
impairment to share their experience and knowledge and help to
create a greater understanding of their needs and aspirations.
Media Access Australia
MAA is a non-profit organisation that works in collaboration with consumer organisations, Government and industry
across the country to provide information to the public on captioning across all mediums and bring access to
media to disadvantaged people across Australia. Email: info@mediaaccess.org.au
Office
of Disability (Commonwealth)
The Office provides a direct link between the disability community and
government, working towards improving access and encouraging the involvement
of people with disabilities as members of the community.
Office
of Hearing Services
This website is dedicated to reducing the consequences of hearing loss
for eligible Australians and the incidence of hearing loss in the broader
community.
Open Captioned
Film - See the Australian Caption Centre
The three major Australian film distributors are now showing recently
released films in all the nation's capitals. Hoyts, Village, Greater
Union. Screenings are available in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth,
Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, and Darwin.
Senator
Helen Coonan- Minister for Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts
Telstra's
Disability Equipment Program
The following products are available by way of hire under Telstra's Disability
Equipment Program: upgrade to a tone dial telephone, volume control phone,
voice aid phone, extension ringer, visual signal alert, three models of
TTY, two models of computer modem, handsfree phone, Touchfone 200 Executive,
a double adaptor, additional socket, disability wiring repair plan, Holdaphone
and a Cochlear Implant Telephone Adaptor.
Victorian
Deaf Society
The Victorian Deaf Society (VDS) represents and supports all deaf people
in a confidential, professional and efficient manner, and actively promotes
the Deaf community and its issues to the hearing world.
Wired
This site provides up-to-date information about a wide range of practical
resources for allied health professionals and carers working with Indigenous
peoples with disabilities living in remote areas of Australia.
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Favourites - International
American
Sign Language Web Browser
"Planning to go to the USA or simply want to brush up on your American
Sign Language Skills?" Visit the American Sign language Web Browser!
Deaf.Com
Your gateway to the Deaf community
HandSpeak
HandSpeak: A Sign Language Dictionary
National
Theatre of the Deaf
Through its thirty-four year history, The National Theatre of the
Deaf stands as testimony to the artistry and capability of its
Actors. There
have been 64 national tours, performances in all 50 states, all
the continents, 31 international tours and over 8,000 performances
earning NTD its place
in theatrical history as the oldest continually-producing touring
theatre company in the United States. Discover The National Theatre
of the Deaf's
highly visual performances.
Speech
to Speech News
STSnews.com is a publication for people with speech disabilities, their
families, the academic and professional community who serves them, as
well as the general public. This site is not limited to news about Speech
to Speech (STS) Relay, although it is my intention to make STSnews.com
a focal point and clearinghouse for news and issues about STS Relay. STSnews.com
is a lifestyles publication, not limited to disability topics and themes,
but covering general as well as disability-specific topics.
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