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 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 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…
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Deafblind World Workshop in Bendigo on the 25th of October!
Deafblind Victoria with Bendigo Deaf Hub and Expression Australia present a training workshop run by Deafblind people to raise awareness of living Deafblind. Topics include: Deafblind communication, technology used by Deafblind people, barriers & access, guiding demonstrations and more. When: Friday the 25th of October from 10:00 to 12:00 (arrive at 9:30 for a 10:00…
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Auslan Community Deafblind workshop, 29th June 2024 during Deafblind Awareness Week.
Deafblind Victoria delivered a Deafblind World workshop at Ross House for people who use Auslan. Three Deafblind presenters planned to deliver the workshop, but due to a problem with the lift, the venue wasn’t wheelchair accessible. The other presenter pulled out due to a family commitment, so Heather delivered the workshop solo. The day ran…
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Deafblind workshop, Newmark Primary School
School visit for Deafblind workshop, Newmark Primary on 30th May 2024. Three of us Heather, commguide Ruth and interpreter Gen travelled by train to Williamstown to deliver a workshop to the Year 1 children, aged about 6 years old. Upon arrival, we were greeted by 30 very cute, excited children. Heather presented about her life, how she was…
