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Welcome to Deaf Australia
Auslan Endorsement System
Many materials are being published that claim to use and/or teach Auslan, many by people who are not native users of the language, and some of these materials use Auslan incorrectly.
This is cause for concern to Deaf Australia. Deaf Australia has now developed the Auslan Endorsement System, which tests materials and if they meet the criteria, they will be endorsed by Deaf Australia.
The Auslan Shop
The Auslan Shop sells materials in Auslan and about Auslan, Deaf culture, Deaf history, interpreting, education, etc.
All Auslan materials for sale are approved first by Deaf Australia's Auslan Endorsement System. If you buy it in Auslan from The Auslan Shop you can be sure it is Auslan!
Latest News
- Deaf Australia to provide Auslan classes for Queensland schools
- Deaf Australia is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed with the Department of Education, Training and the Arts (DETA) appointing Deaf Australia Inc. to provide Auslan classes for Queensland school communities.
- Posted on 6 November 2008
- Deaf Australia welcomes Australia’s ratification of UN Disabilities Convention
- Deaf Australia is delighted with today's announcement that the Australian Government has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
- Posted on 18 July 2008
- Captioned films in local cinemas welcome news
- Deaf Australia is delighted with today’s announcement by the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, that funding will be made available to assist 12 cinemas across the nation to screen films that are captioned and have audio description.
- Posted on 25 June 2008
- Complaints about lack of television captioning
- Deaf people are fed up with the lack of captioning on television programs and they are doing something about it. They are sending complaints to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).
- Posted on 10 June 2008
- Donation to the Deaf community
- Australian Communication Exchange has donated a large range of ex-DRA products to Deaf Australia's Auslan Shop.
- Posted on 2 June 2008
- Emergency Services and Deaf People position paper
- Deaf Australia is pleased to release a new position paper, 'Emergency Services and Deaf People'. The position paper explains Deaf Australia's views in relation to Emergency Services access for Deaf people in Australia, with particular focus on the use of 000 and 106 emergency service numbers.
- Posted on 9 May 2008
- SignPost wins again at the Antenna Awards 2008
- SignPost has won the 'Best Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Program' award at this year's Antenna Awards in Melbourne. This is the second award for SignPost, after winning the coveted 'Program of the Year' at the Antennas in 2007.
- Posted on 7 May 2008
- Government reviews captioning provision
- Deaf Australia is delighted with the release of a discussion paper about the accessibility of electronic media for people with a hearing or vision impairment.
- Posted on 1 May 2008
- Deaf Australia - a new era
- Australian Association of the Deaf (AAD) has changed its name. It will now be known as Deaf Australia Incorporated.
- Posted on 16 January 2008
What is Auslan?
Auslan IS the language used by the Deaf community of Australia.
Auslan is abbreviated as Australian Sign Language. It is the uniquely visual language widely used in the Australian Deaf community.
Auslan conveys meaning through the use of handshapes, movement and location in space in conjunction with facial expressions and the use of fingerspelling.
It has its own vocabulary and grammar and does not correspond to English - spoken or signed. [ More ]
World Federation of the Deaf
WFD was established in 1951 in Rome, Italy.
 WFD is an international, non-governmental central organisation of national associations of Deaf people, with a current membership of associations in 127 countries worldwide.
Associate members, international members and individual members also make up WFD’s membership base.
Australian Association of the Deaf is the Australian member of the WFD.
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