In this issue

• Congratulations to our City2Surf hero
• New articles on our website
• Shut Out
• Become a speech captioner
• Interesting websites for parents
• Sports Corner
• Open Day at Macquarie University
• Join our online parent forums
• Make a donation

August was a big month, culminating with Hearing Awareness Week from the 23rd to the 29th of August.

Congratulations to Deafness Forum for their organisation of the two day Technology Demonstration for politicians and staff at Parliament House and the Captioning Awards in Sydney. A special mention must go to Kate Locke for winning the Roma Wood OAM Community Award. Many of you will know Kate from her blog about getting a cochlear implant - http://katelocke.wordpress.com/ She has been a tireless campaigner for improving captions on TV and DVD. Well done Kate!

Until next month...

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A big thank you must go to Malcolm Cox who raised $1,645 for Aussie Deaf Kids in his first City2Surf run. Mal exceeded his time expectations and his fundraising efforts far exceeded our expectations.

Thank you to everyone who donated to Mal's fundraising campaign. Your support will help us to empower parents by providing them with the information they need to raise their deaf child.

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We have started to add articles on an important aspect of all of our lives - sport. Thanks to our newest content partner, Deaf Sports Australia, we now have tips for coaches and information about sport modifications which parents can print off and provide to their child's coaches.

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Shut out: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia

"People with disabilities and their families, friends and carers are clearly resourceful and innovative. They find ways to meet the challenges that they face, though the solutions are rarely ideal. Through this report, I want to share with you some of their ideas-big and small. They will surely inspire our leaders, policy makers and communities to work." Dr Rhonda Galbally AO - Chair, National People with Disabilities and Carer Council.

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An Australian company that captions television programs for the deaf has launched a new venture offering training and career opportunities in speech captioning.

People with good English skills who pass an online aptitude test would be candidates for the program.

Called Ai-Skills, the venture is an initiative of Access Innovation Media (Ai-Media) and was launched at the Hearing Awareness Week keynote address in Sydney on Monday, August 24 by Ai-Media's Chief Executive, Tony Abrahams. "We're looking for passionate people who want to help give deaf and hearing impaired people access to the hearing world that the rest of us often take for granted," Mr Abrahams said.

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These two websites are aimed at assisting parents to communicate with their children. There are tips and resources to improve children's speech and language skills.

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The 21st Summer Deaflympic Games start in Taipei, Taiwan on 5th September. Your kids can send a message of 'good luck' to the Australian Deaflympic Team...

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Open Day is the major event of the Macquarie University calendar. It combines advice on courses and careers with museum visits, demonstrations and activities to give future students and members of the community a real taste of university life!

Information about possible support services for students who are Deaf or hearing impaired is available at the Student Support Services information booth in C5C, Room 240.

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You can help Aussie Deaf Kids by donating online. We use the Our Community secure online donations facility. Your donation will go directly into the research and development of content for the website which will assist parents to make informed choices about raising their deaf child.

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