deafblind world
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Connecting in the Deafblind Community, March 28th 2026
Deafblind Victoria presents the deafblind awareness workshop for 2026, run by people who are deafblind to raise awareness among the Auslan signing community. The workshop welcomes Deaf, hard of hearing, hearing, CODA, Auslan learners, Auslan teachers, Auslan friends and more. Topics include: integrating live activities, deafblind communication, technology, barriers & access, guiding demonstrations and more.…
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Deafblind World workshop at Melbourne Polytechnic
After a workshop for Auslan students at Melbourne Polytechnic, lead teacher Fiona Marke recently shared this lovely message with Deafblind Victoria: We were really excited to see so many students at our Deafblind World workshop! Four deafblind people – Jasper, Joe, Rodney and Heather – presented about: Students enjoyed the guiding activity and asked lots…
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Deafblind awareness in country Victoria
Wonthaggi is a friendly coastal town with beautiful beaches, fresh sea air, and a strong sense of community. It’s part of the Bass Coast Shire, where the local council is working to make sure people of all abilities can participate in community life. On Tuesday 25th March 2025, the Deafblind Victoria team travelled to Wonthaggi to deliver…
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Deafblind World Workshop: Connecting in the Deafblind Community 2025
Deafblind Victoria presents the deafblind awarenes workshop for 2025, run by people who are deafblind to raise awareness among the Auslan signing community. The workshop welcomes Deaf, hard of hearing, hearing, CODA, Auslan learners, Auslan teachers, Auslan friends and more. Topics include: integrating live activities, deafblind communication, technology, barriers & access, guiding demonstrations and more.…
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Deafblind World workshop for Greater Western Water, 11th February 2025
Greater Western Water is a large business that provides important services to our community and employs many staff. We are delighted to be booked by GWW to help their staff learn about deafblindness. On Tuesday 11th February 2025, we delivered our third on-site Deafblind World workshop for 17 GWW staff members. Three deafblind presenters – Alison Rawson,…
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School visits for Newmark Primary school
Deafblind Victoria ran a series of four workshops at Newmark Primary School in 2024, for younger students, teachers, parents, and older students. The last one was held on 11 November 2024 in perfect weather with 55 students in the beautiful courtyard. Heather presented with two Auslan interpreters, sharing her story of growing up deaf, and…
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Deafblind awareness workshop for Occupational Therapists, 28th October 2024
Occupational therapists (OT’s) often work with deafblind people to help us adapt our environment, improve daily living skills, use technology, develop communication strategies and build independence. We were really pleased that a group of OT’s approached DBV to find out more about Deafblind people, what we need and how we communicate. We delivered a special…
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Deafblind workshop at Heritage College Knox, 17th October 2024
The collaboration between Deafblind Victoria (DBV) and Heritage Knox College began in May 2022, when DBV ran a Deafblind workshop for the students. The following year, on the 2nd November 2023, some of the students who had learned Auslan visited the DBV office to meet Deafblind members. Recently, on 17th October 2024, DBV delivered another…
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Deafblind World for parents and family at Newmark Primary school
A third workshop for Newmark Primary school was delivered to the parents and families of students on the 19th of September 2024. The aim was to build empathy, share knowledge, and increase understanding on the value of learning Auslan. Rachel Stock (Deaf) and Heather Lawson (Deafblind) presented about their lives. Rachel uses Auslan and spoken…
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Deafblind World workshop at Newmark Primary school for teachers
Hillary Nguyen is a primary school teacher at Newmark Primary in Williamstown, a school on the waterfront in Melbourne’s inner west. Like more and more schools, Newmark chose Auslan as a second language to teach to their students. Hillary explained why she approached Deafblind Victoria to train their staff: “We have just started building an…
