For aspiring artists and creatives, we bring you the story of Kate Disher-Quill, a photographer and visual communicator whose passion is to create change through art and storytelling.
Being Earshot
For aspiring artists and creatives, we bring you the story of Kate Disher-Quill, a photographer and visual communicator whose passion is to create change through art and storytelling.
Category: Identity
CODA, Creative & Proud
It is said, there are many ways to be deaf and all are okay. Jodee Mundy OAM is a hearing, native signer born to Deaf parents. She identifies as CODA (Child of Deaf Adult) with Auslan as her first language and English as her second.
HEARO was created to empower kids who are deaf or hard of hearing to thrive through every stage of life. When the HEARO team thought about a young person that embodied the HEARO values, Indy came to mind.
Paying it forward
For aspiring teachers and educators, we bring you the story of Will Taffe. Working for KFC may have been his first job before majoring in IT Security, but it was in teaching that Will found true purpose. He now teaches Auslan to a variety of learners from the young to the elderly, from hearing people to those who are deaf or hard of hearing, from parents to kids and teens.
Chrisso is a qualified social worker and child carer. She is currently working as a Community Worker for deaf and hard-of-hearing people at the Ephpheta Centre. She also works with families tutoring them in Auslan and supporting their deaf journey.
For Deaf kids that have questions like, Can I go to uni? Can I be an academic? Can I be a writer? Can I influence positive change in my community? We bring you the story of Breda Carty.
For Deaf kids that have aspirations to teach and author, we bring you the story of Jessica White. Jessica is a writer and senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of South Australia in Adelaide.