We are a training organisation providing a consultation service, interpreting
and translation services and training in ISL, Deaf
culture and adaptation of information to suit a Deaf audience.
We promote the integration of hearing and Deaf people through mutual accommodation.
Our focus is on the culture of the community, its language, folklore, customs,
etc. ISL is a rich and complex language, a classifier predicate language.
Story-telling is a great tradition through which the culture, values and humour
are passed down through generations.
We are
particularly interested in assisting families, providing an adult deaf role-model
for the deaf child and generally being a liaison contact for the family with
the Deaf Community and other families who also have deaf or hard of hearing children. We teach sign language under the Department of Education ‘Home Tuition Scheme’. This is
a grant given to the family of a deaf child to enable them to have a Deaf
Adult visit them in their home and teach the family sign language.