Sherrie

We have been shocked this week by the latest news from NABS. Changes made to NABS are: Interpreters will now be paid for a minimum of one hour, instead of 90 minutes. The pay rate for interpreters are now based on the NDIS rates. A number of medical and health services have been cut from… Continue Reading I need new glasses…and an interpreter.

The world is hearing-centric, which means the majority relies on sounds and speech.  Now, there are approximately 70 million deaf and hard of hearing people around the world. Approximately 90% of deaf and hard of hearing people are born to hearing parents. The majority of these parents have never met a deaf or hard of hearing… Continue Reading Audism & Resilience

As a bushy-tailed first year Arts student at the University of Western Sydney (now Western Sydney University), I was excited to begin this journey. I initially thought this would be an easy ride. Alas, I was in for a rude wake-up call. To cut a long story short, the DLO failed to book interpreters for… Continue Reading UNI2016: Access Denied

Community development has changed significantly in the last decade, and many community and activist organisations have changed to reflect this. However, it becomes a vague matter for marginalised groups where there are community organisations focused on the community development of these marginalised groups.