This is wonderful, well done #MtRogers Primary. What a wonderfully inclusive and kind thing for a school to begin. Learning it early like this it will stay with all those children through other schools and later in life.
In the past #deaf or #hearingimpaired children have suffered from isolation, lack of confidence and often bullying. This will make a great difference to their happiness at school.
Beware parents, you may have to learn #Auslan as well, otherwise your kids will have a secret language they can use right before your eyes.😉

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/auslan-proves-popular-at-canberra-school/106479324?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwqFwgwKg4IACoGCAow3vI9MPeaCDDw3IQFMMqvtQU&utm_content=bullets

Swapping Mandarin for Auslan has profound impact at Canberra school

Mount Rogers Primary School in Canberra is the only public school in the ACT to teach Australian Sign Language as its second language.

Trump makes it perfectly clear that he places his self mage above providing a way for people who are hard of hearing to understand what he's saying . . .

OK, not really "understand," but still . . .

#signlanguage #deaf #hearingimpaired

https://apnews.com/article/american-sign-language-trump-white-house-7ac33c635cdefd22154d6eb7e47d3d55

White House says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's public image

The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image. This stance is part of a lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Deaf, which claims the lack of ASL interpretation denies deaf Americans access to important communications. The Justice Department suggests alternatives like online transcripts and closed captioning provide what's needed. A federal judge recently ordered the White House to provide the interpreting, but the administration has appealed.

AP News

So Trump's imagine is more important than communicating his messages to hearing impaired and deaf Americans.

#Trump #Disabled #HearingImpaired #Deaf

https://apnews.com/article/american-sign-language-trump-white-house-7ac33c635cdefd22154d6eb7e47d3d55

White House says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's public image

The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image. This stance is part of a lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Deaf, which claims the lack of ASL interpretation denies deaf Americans access to important communications. The Justice Department suggests alternatives like online transcripts and closed captioning provide what's needed. A federal judge recently ordered the White House to provide the interpreting, but the administration has appealed.

AP News

School for the deaf

#AimeeWalker

Season 2 Episode 14 "Big Monday"

#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #Baywatch #BigMonday #HearingImpaired #deaf

⚠️ Heads Up for Hearing Aid🦻 Users:

2 people
+ two sets Hearing Aids with BT
+2 cell phone apps (unsynced)
+2 laptops (unsynced) with BT capability
+one wifi
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100% Hearing Mayham

Do not buy the same brand (Signa) and model hearing aids
Our hearing aids were connecting to each others computers and the company cell phone app and interfering, cross connecting and adjusting our devices!
Apparently the company is unaware and "helpless" !!

The $8,000.00 tech failure

#HearingImpaired #HearingAids #Aging #Tech

This is so cool!

A cafe where you find the coffee you want to order, learn the sign language for it and order from the deaf barista.

#hearingimpaired #deaf #signlanguage #Disability #Accessibility

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO80EVHiJEH/?igsh=MWc2dWFjZzA0aGVidw==

Sam | Sustainable Living on Instagram: "At this cafe in London, you don’t order coffee by speaking, you do it using sign language! And that’s because it’s run by Deaf and hard-of-hearing baristas. At the checkout there’s a screen that teaches you how to use British Sign Language to place your order. It’s called the Dialogue Express Cafe in Stratford, and the concept was started by Hakan 12 years ago, after he noticed how his disabled relatives were excluded from society. So Hakan created a platform to help break down barriers between hearing and deaf people, and give the deaf community a bigger sense of belonging. The cafe is run in partnership with Dialogue Hub, a social enterprise who offer training and employment opportunities to the deaf community, and encourage visitors to learn and use sign language too. There’s screens to teach you, posters to help, and they even run BSL courses there too! They’ve only just started and are looking for more visitors, so if you’re visiting East London, save this video as a reminder to go and order the most memorable coffee of your life. Tap like if you’d love to see more places like this and share to spread the world! #goodnews #coffee #signlanguage #deaf #bsl"

55K likes, 694 comments - sambentley on September 23, 2025: "At this cafe in London, you don’t order coffee by speaking, you do it using sign language! And that’s because it’s run by Deaf and hard-of-hearing baristas. At the checkout there’s a screen that teaches you how to use British Sign Language to place your order. It’s called the Dialogue Express Cafe in Stratford, and the concept was started by Hakan 12 years ago, after he noticed how his disabled relatives were excluded from society. So Hakan created a platform to help break down barriers between hearing and deaf people, and give the deaf community a bigger sense of belonging. The cafe is run in partnership with Dialogue Hub, a social enterprise who offer training and employment opportunities to the deaf community, and encourage visitors to learn and use sign language too. There’s screens to teach you, posters to help, and they even run BSL courses there too! They’ve only just started and are looking for more visitors, so if you’re visiting East London, save this video as a reminder to go and order the most memorable coffee of your life. Tap like if you’d love to see more places like this and share to spread the world! #goodnews #coffee #signlanguage #deaf #bsl".

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At first glance it seems obscure, even esoteric, but given some thought it becomes obvious that an easy accessibility win is routinely being ignored.

Hey, @videolan I love you, but you rate 'Could Do Better' in this class. Maybe have a look pls?

https://youtu.be/OSCOQ6vnLwU?si=lRvmAvULZN3Kb7y_

#Accessibility #subtitles #ClosedCaptions #HearingImpaired

Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind

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Fury as Labour MP forced to leave assisted dying committee because her hearing aids needed recharging | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... #Disabled #HearingAids #HearingImpaired #AssistedDying

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Fury as Labour MP forced to leave assisted dying committee because her hearing aids needed recharging

Bradford West MP Naz Shah had warned fellow MPs that she would have to leave the bill committee session because if it extended to 10pm because her hearing aids’ batteries would need recharging

The Independent