Deaf
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Advocacy
Auslan Community School
DECEMBER 2014
Auslan Language Centre
Children
Community
Employment
Interpreting
Regional
Seniors
Youth
Congratulations to Drisana Levitzke-Gray, winner of the WA
Young Australian of the Year award. WA Deaf Society is
extremely proud of her and her achievements and wishes
her every success for the coming year.
Damian’s Message
At the November meeting of the Board Richard
Gray stepped down from the role of President and
was thanked for his three years of work for WADS.
Richard will stay on the Board for the remainder of
his term which we are very pleased about.
The Board subsequently elected Annette Perrin to
the role of Chairperson and Victoria (Tory) Strong
to the role of Deputy Chair. Over the past 15
years, Annette has worked with almost all public
and private organisations involved in building and
maintaining WA’s networks of roads, rail, water
and electricity. Her experience has predominantly
been working with teams and organisations
to achieve new levels of performance through
enhancing commercial frameworks and
improving the effectiveness of individual and
team relationships. At the heart of this has been
her work with boards and steering committees,
providing practical support on matters such as
governance, strategic planning and business
operations. She is a ¿rm believer that if we are
clear on what we want to achieve and have a plan
to get there, anything is possible. Annette is keen
to utilise this experience for the bene¿t of the WA
Deaf Community through her work with the Board
at WADS, and wants to learn more about the
present and future needs of members.
Annette is married to Simon and they have two
young daughters, Stella and Jade.
Victoria Strong has been a lawyer for over 18
years. In the past she has been President of the
Law Institute of Victoria and a director of the Law
School at Melbourne and Monash Universities,
Law Foundation of Victoria Inc, Law Council of
Australia and the Moreland City Council Arts
Board. Victoria is currently also a Director (and
Treasurer) of Marjorie Mann Daycare Centre Inc.
Annette Perrin
Chairperson
Victoria moved to Perth (from Melbourne) 6.5
years ago to continue working in mining. She
is currently working as the Legal & Commercial
Manager for a Spanish global engineering and
infrastructure company on the Roy Hill project in
the Pilbara. Victoria is married to Bruce and has
three daughters aged 8, 5.5 and 3.5. Her hobbies
are running and sur¿ng.
Tory Strong
Vice Chairperson
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The position of Treasurer has not been ¿lled as
currently no directors have suf¿cient experience in
¿nancial matters and as a result the Board will be
undertaking a recruitment campaign for additional
members.
At the Retreat meeting following the Board
meeting, discussion was held about the
replacement of myself as Chief Executive in June
next year. The Board considered a number of
options including recruitment of our own CEO,
partnerships with other organisations both in
Western Australia and nationally and also potential
colocation in order to save money.
Arising from those discussions the Board will
be holding further meetings with important
stakeholders including initially with the Disability
Services Commission and management staff.
Damian Lacey
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In the meantime with a view to saving costs and
increasing income we will shortly be commencing
a marketing campaign of our unutilised of¿ce
space. There are no plans to move the DCC as
its location and facilities are meeting the needs of
WADRA and its members and other groups very
well.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all
a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Contents
Damian’s Message .............................................. 2 - 3
National Week of Deaf People .............................4 - 5
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Sign Language Communications............................. 6
DEAFinite Employment Service................................ 7
Community Service ........................................... 8 - 11
Community News ............................................ 12 - 17
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We had the launching of the
NWDP 2014 at Crown Perth –
the theme being “Strengthening
Human Diversity”. It was
interesting to see the four Deaf
presenters talk about their
experiences.
Morning tea was served and
we were given a guided tour of
the casino where we saw some
other Deaf people who were
at the Crown for the Australian
Deaf Poker championships. We
¿nished up on the tenth Àoor
and saw the penthouse with
beautiful views of Perth!
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5iYeU
This was a lovely river cruise
for two hours up north of the
beautiful Swan River. The
captain gave an interesting
commentary and it was great to
the have Auslan interpreters on
board!
It was very relaxing with a lovely
morning tea cruising along!
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We were very fortunate to have an international guest – Mr
Peter Jackson from the British Deaf History Society as he
talked about “Deaf Injustices – he has written ten books on
deaf crimes and shared stories on a variety of deaf crimes
and their penalties.
It was a great evening with everyone networking and having
some ¿nger foods throughout the evening.
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This was well attended by
hearing people as well as a few
Deaf people over two sessions
on Monday morning and
Tuesday afternoon.
Feedback from hard of hearing
person: All incredibly relevant.
I have become profoundly deaf
over the last 5 years. I can talk
but not hear very well. Today I
found out about captioned relay
service. I fell like crying I’m so
excited.
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DeaI COXE
The 12 Deaf Seniors from the
WADS 50+ Club and 18 Deaf
students from the Shenton
College Deaf Education Centre
(SCDEC) enjoyed this outing at
Cavernsham Wildlife Park. We
started off with the Farm Show
where we were shown how the
sheep are sheared and even
milked the cows! We saw a
variety of animals and hand fed
the kangaroos. We ¿nished up
with a nice lunch together at the
Café.
We had the open captioned
Movie Night at Hoyts in
Booragoon as we saw “Fury”. It
was a great true story of the war
days in 1945!
What a great night this turned
out to be! It was a packed Deaf
Club!! Lovely to see members
of the Deaf Community with
their families come along to see
the fantastic two shows being
the “Robbie T” magic show –
he was a very clever magician
with amazing magic skills! Then
we ¿nished the night off with
Renzo’s Balloon twisting show
which was very popular with
all the excited children lining
up to see Renzo make up their
favourite character or item!
This night was a great ending
to the National Week of Deaf
People 2014!
Magic & Balloon Fun
Robbie - Magic
Renzo - Balloon
Many thanks to Lotterywest for the funding to make the NWDP 2014 a very successful week.
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On 31 October 2014 a commemorative service was held at the Fremantle Port to mark the centenary
of the ¿rst ships to leave Western Australia carrying soldiers to World War I in Gallipoli. Another
commemorative service was held in Albany, WA on 1 November 2014 to also mark the departure of
Australian Navy ships to Gallipoli.
The WA Deaf Society provided Auslan interpreters for these events, and both were attended by
many Deaf community members. Thank you to Michael Levett and Fiona Perry for making the trek to
Albany to provide their services.
Michael Levett
Fiona Perry
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SLC WA would like to extend a very warm farewell
to a great team member, Craig Brown. After
working for SLC WA, Craig has returned to his
wintery English home! We’d like to thank him for
all his support and wish him all the best! Craig, a
NAATI accredited Professional Interpreter, was
only here from Feb 2014, but settled in quickly
amongst the Deaf community and his peers. He
showed great support to all he worked with and he
will be missed! Thanks again Craig, hope to see
you soon.
Craig Brown
SLC WA Contact Details
Office hours 9am - 5pm weekdays
Phone 08 9441 2623
Email [email protected]
SMS 0433 155 288
TTY (08) 9441 2655 Fax (08) 9441 2600
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EMERGENCY INTERPRETER
5pm - 9am weekdays, weekends & public holidays
0410 017 540 SMS and voice calls
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%XGJet DisaEiOity 6XSSoUt 3ension ± comSXOsoUy
SaUticiSation UeTXiUements IoU UeciSients aJeG XnGeU yeaUs
DescUiStion oI the measXUe
From 1 July 2014 Disability Support Pension (DSP #1) recipients under 35 years of age with an
assessed work capacity of eight or more hours a week, will be required to participate in activities that
will help them ¿nd and keep a job.
Eligible DSP recipients will be required to have a participation plan which includes compulsory
activities with a focus on employment.
Compulsory activities may include, but are not limited to:

Work for the Dole
job search
work experience
education or training
connection with a Disability Employment Service or Job Services Australia.
Under existing rules, DSP recipients under the age of 35 are required to have a participation plan and
to attend regular interviews with the department. This measure will strengthen these requirements
by making activities compulsory and focusing on improving a customer’s ability to ¿nd and maintain
work.
The new requirements will commence for eligible customers at their next DSP participation interview.
DSP recipients who were granted on manifest grounds, or who are assessed as having a work
capacity of less than eight hours per week, are excluded.
If these changes are impacting on you or you would like to know more info please contact one of the
DEAFinite staff members or email [email protected] for more info.
#1 Disability Support Pension (DSP)
http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/disability-support-pension
DEAFinite is funded by the Federal
Government to provide a specialist
employment service to Western
Australia jobseekers who are Deaf
or hard of hearing.
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DEAFinite Employment Service
Contact Details
Tel 08 9441 2677
Fax 08 9441 2616
TTY 08 9441 2655
E-mail [email protected]
www.wadeaf.org.au
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This was a lovely outing with the warm weather as we
had a one hour interpreted walking tour. We saw the new
part of the Zoo which looks fantastic in a jungle setting
with boardwalks.
We saw the Orangutans and learned how they live and
saw them climbing away quite high up!
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3aUk with Deaf <oXth
This was an outing with the Deaf students from Shenton
College Deaf Education Centre as part of the National
Week of Deaf People celebrations. Here we saw the
Farm Show which we saw how the sheep gets sheared
and saw a variety of animals as well as the kangaroos
as we hand fed them. The 12 Deaf seniors enjoyed
this outing with the 18 Deaf students from SCDEC and
¿nished up having a lovely chicken and salad sandwich
and a huge muf¿n! Many thanks to Lotterywest for
providing the funding for the three interpreters.
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We were invited to come for Morning Tea by the History
Project committee as we saw photos of the early days
of school at the MPSDC via power point. It was lovely
to see all the ex Teachers of the Deaf joining in for the
morning with the 35 members of the 50+ Club as well as
the other members of the Deaf Community!
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SOease contact -enny 3XSich
SMS: 0414 853 521 / TTY: 9441 2655
Voice: 08 9441 2677 / FAX 9441 2616
WA Deaf Society Contact Details
TTY 08 9441 2655
Tel 08 9441 2677
Fax 08 9441 2616
E-mail [email protected]
www.wadeaf.org.au
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It’s hard to believe in just a few short weeks mine and Nobuo’s second year in LEAP will be coming
to end. As the year comes to an end, I ¿nd myself in a reÀective mood looking back over the year
and thinking “where has the year gone?” and “what have we done this past year?”. This year saw a
jump in attendance numbers by 20%. We gained some new families and also had some previously
registered families return. For the ¿rst time in a few years we have Deaf children in the group which is
great to see that our program is reaching those who really need it.
This year we have explored 4 different themes, focusing on one theme a term and then structuring
the activities for the term around the theme. Term 1 theme was “the 5 senses”. This was a fantastic
theme which helped us explore the 5 different senses in a fun play environment. The highlight from
this term was when we explored the sense of touch by playing with Gloop. This was a wonderful
sensory activity for the children where they got to play with a material that constantly changed from a
liquid to a solid state. In term 2 our theme saw us learning about the “ocean”. We did many wonderful
activities which helped the children learn new words and signs, but the activity that was enjoyed the
most by all was when we made oceans in bottles. Term 3 saw us exploring Africa with our Theme
“African Safari”. The stand out activity from this term was making elephants out of boxes. We are
now in term 4 and working our way through our ¿nal theme for the year which is “the 7 colours of the
rainbow”. We opened the term by decorating a large painting of a rainbow with various craft items.
This activity was highly enjoyed by both the parents and the children.
I’ve said it before and I am sure I will say it again, I LOVE MY JOB! I love coming to work every
Friday and seeing the joy in the children as they explore new activities whilst learning new signs and
new words. LEAP is such a unique program there is nothing else like it in Western Australia. Seeing
Deaf and hearing children and parents mixing together in a space where they don’t feel judged or
struggle to keep up in the conversation is such a privilege.
LEAP will return in February 2015 with new themes ready for another year of fun and learning. To all
my little ones who are moving on to Kindy I wish you all the best in your educational journey I hope
you enjoy school as much as you have enjoyed LEAP. To those of you who will be returning I look
forward to seeing you again next year. From Nobuo and I have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year.
Sarah Morton
LEAP Coordinator
WA Deaf Society Contact Details
TTY 08 9441 2655
Tel 08 9441 2677
Fax 08 9441 2616
E-mail [email protected]
www.wadeaf.org.au
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This year Deaf Seniors were joined by a group of 1st Year Auslan students from Central Institute of
Technology (Tafe) to help make a video of Deaf seniors talking about changes that have happened
in the Deaf community. The event was hosted by WADRA and WADS and this year received grant
funding from the Government of WA, COTA and Lotterywest to support intergenerational activities
that link seniors to the community. The theme for this year’s event was “Celebrating Deaf Seniors:
Sharing the past - shaping the future”. Auslan students, some of who will be the interpreters of
tomorrow, were invited to join the seniors for this intergenerational event.
13 Deaf seniors participated in the interviews with 8 Tafe students and lecturer Jen Hyde, sharing
their past memories, educating the students about the Deaf community and in the process, helping to
shape, inÀuence and improve the future of WA Deaf people.
A total of 50 seniors, WADS and WADRA staff and Tafe visitors attended this event. Everyone had
a great time and hope activities promoting the links between Tafe and the Deaf community can be
continued. We look forward to next year’s Seniors Week event.
If you are interested in registering, please contact Jenny Pupich
SMS: 0414 853 521 / TTY: 9441 2655
Voice: 08 9441 2677 / FAX 9441 2616
WA Deaf Society Contact Details
TTY 08 9441 2655
Tel 08 9441 2677
Fax 08 9441 2616
E-mail [email protected]
www.wadeaf.org.au
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WA Deaf Society were pleased to provide Tax Help again this year, running from 5th August to 21st
October 2014.
WADS would like to thank Edwin Tan, our Tax Help volunteer, who was been working with Deaf and
hard of hearing clients.
We are hoping to have Tax Help again next year from July to October so look out for the information
in future Deaf magazines.
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This after-school program originally planned for Term 4 2014 has been postponed and will now be
held in Term 1 2015.
Hearing and Deaf WADS staff will coordinate the program and Deaf WADRA members will act as
voluntary mentors and Deaf role models, providing instruction to the students about the recreation
activities in the program, and importantly, providing a pivotal link with the WA Deaf community and
WA Deaf Society.
The program aims to increase the physical participation of the Deaf students and develop the skills of
the Deaf mentors.
The program will be run between 4.00 – 6.00pm every Wednesday during term 1 from 11th February
to 1st April
An invitation to Deaf and hard of hearing high school students, including the new Year 7 students is
being circulated via the schools and WAIDE.
Please contact Kerry Revell, Case Management Of¿cer, at [email protected] or 9441 2638 if
you would like more information about the program.
WA Deaf Society Contact Details
TTY 08 9441 2655
Tel 08 9441 2677
Fax 08 9441 2616
E-mail [email protected]
www.wadeaf.org.au
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1ationaO :eek of Deaf 3eoSOe This year, to celebrate National Week of Deaf People (NWDP), we all embarked on a wildlife
adventure. 18 students and 10 staff from Shenton College Deaf Education Centre came together
with Deaf seniors from the community on Wednesday 22nd October to go to Caversham Wildlife Park.
It was a very busy day with farm animal shows, visiting a 30kg wombat and having the opportunity
to touch snakes, koalas and kangaroos. The students really enjoyed their time at the Park, and the
opportunity to integrate and mix with others in the wider Deaf community. Our sincere gratitude to
Jenny Pupich, Patricia Levitzke-Gray and the members of the NWDP working party and the WA Deaf
Society staff associated with organising this wonderful event. We appreciated all your hard work
and dedication towards making the day a great success and for involving our students. The SCDEC
students are already planning and thinking about where next years NWDP excursion could take
place!
DANIELA TRIMBOLI – TEACHER – SCDEC
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SCDEC students have made some award winning short ¿lms in recent years. Unfortunately whilst
their latest effort, “Penny Potter” did not win any awards at a recent international Deaf short ¿lm
festival, it was still lots of fun to make, and our students have learned a great deal about developing
ideas for ¿lm, storyboarding, character allocation, costuming, acting etc over the course of making 3
¿lms! The link to “Penny Potter” - an interesting tale where the Deaf world and the hearing (muggle)
world is seen to have parallels to Harry Potter themes is here: https://vimeo.com/110971556 .
The other ¿lm work of the students is showcased online here: Deaf Ninjas - https://vimeo.
com/32119561 and Fast Forward - https://vimeo.com/47426040 . We are sure you will agree, our
students – past and present – are extremely creative! Happy viewing!
Dr Karen Bontempo & Ms Josie Hodgetts, SCDEC.
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Deaf Australia board and Chief Executive come
to Perth on the weekend from Friday 21st – 23rd
November.
On Friday 21st November 2014, President Todd
Wright and Chief Executive Kyle Miers gave a
presentation to Deaf community on “What is Deaf
Australia’. At the Deaf club at the Deaf Community
Centre.
WAAD Board Members were busy from 21 to
23 November because our 6 Board members
attended the meeting on Saturday 22nd
November. Deaf Australia and state branch board
members met at the Deaf Community Centre. The
state organisations representatives (Deaf Australia
NSW and Deaf Victoria) were in attendance.
We had the opportunity to discuss constitution
reviews and a new initiative that Deaf Australia is
launching.
Prior to the Deaf Australia’s Annual General
Meeting, there was a Special General Meeting
with one purpose: to approve the constitution.
The members supported the Amendments of the
Constitution. To pass the constitution, it required
75% of eligible votes at the meeting or by proxy.
A total of 31 voters were present which means
24 votes were required to pass the Amendments.
30 votes were in favour of the Amendment and 1
was abstained. It means that the Amendments are
approved.
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At Deaf Australia’s 28th Annual General Meeting,
we had over 50 members of the community who
attended the Annual General Meeting and there
were 42 eligible members. President Todd Wright
and Treasurer John Wade presented their reports.
President Todd Wright invited President Katrina
Lancaster to inform the members the outcomes of
Deaf Youth Australia’s Board election.
After the Annual General Meeting, they had a
special announcement, President Todd Wright
announced at the meeting the appointment of Andy
Dexterity as our Ambassador of Deaf Australia
and Chief Executive Kyle Miers launched the Deaf
Friendly Scheme; a new initiative that will be rolled
out by Deaf Australia over the next 12 months.
On Sunday 23 November, the board and state
organisations met to discuss the membership
structure and strategic plan 2015-20.
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The Auslan Professionals Network is open to
Àuent Auslan users Deaf, hard of hearing and
hearing people with an interest in sharing life
experiences through volunteer presentations. The
objective of the group is to provide Deaf, hard
of hearing and hearing people with information,
support and networking opportunities. The event is
held on every ¿rst Sunday of the month.
On 5th October Jason Turner and Dominic
D’Agostino voluntarily presented at the Auslan
Professional Network on Their hobby with
cars and Jason talked about his business. On
2nd November Roberto Trimboli delivered a
presentation on How to reduce your power bill and
about the solar system.
There will be no presenter on 7th December, this
is an opportunity to socialising before the festive
season begins.
Anyone who is interested in presenting or to ask
any questions, please contact Drisana, Dawn or
Nobuo. Email address: [email protected]
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WAAD
The Western Australian Association of the Deaf
(WAAD) is the state branch of Deaf Australia,
and is a voluntary association representing the
needs and interests of the Deaf community of
Western Australia. All members of the WAAD
Board are Deaf and volunteer their time and
efforts.
New colours - light blue and black mugs. Great
for gift! $10.00 each.
Avaliable for sale via:
WAAD Board Members or at the WA Deaf Society,
46/5 Aberdeen Street, East Perth WA.
E-mail: [email protected]
WAAD is on Facebook, have you checked it out
yet? Don’t forget to click ‘LIKE’!
www.facebook.com/DeafWA
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ASLIA (WA) is back!
An extraordinary general meeting of the Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association (WA)
was held on 29th October and a brand new committee was unanimously voted in! We look forward to
working with the Deaf community and interpreters to lead and promote sign language interpreting in
WA.
Introducing the new committee:
President – Cara Smith
Vice-President – Cat Edmunds
Treasurer – Adrian Chia
Secretary – Christy Filipich
Committee Members – Ashley Jahn, Brooke Buise, Karen Boocock, Kieta Philp, Suzie Smith,
The committee would like to thank Craig Brown for the hard work he has put in to revamping our
constitution. Members will hear more about the changes taking place soon. We are hard at work on
a number of projects including planning for our Silver Anniversary. We are delighted to be celebrating
25 years of an interpreting association in WA in 2015, more details to come…
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Where: St Francis Xavier Church, Windsor Street,
Perth, Next to Emmanuel Centre.
When: Thursday 25th December 2014
Time: 9:30am
Interpreter - PowerPoint - Audio Loop
Please contact Emmanuel Centre:
Email: [email protected]
Tel 9328 81113 / 25 Windsor St, Perth WA 6000.
SMS Fr Paul 0401 016.
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WA Deaf Society is now hosting Auslan (Australian Sign Language) Classes.
Term 1 2015
Auslan
Class
Classes advertised are held at WA Deaf Society office
46/5 Aberdeen Street East Perth WA.
If you have a group of 15 people or more, who are interested in attending a class at a
different location, please let us know.
Basic (8 weeks) $210
Tuesday morning class (10am - 12.30pm) From 3rd February 2015
Intermediate (8 weeks) $210
Tuesday night class (5.30pm - 8pm) From 3rd February 2015
Thursday morning class (10am - 12.30pm) From 5th February 2015
For more information please contact WA Deaf Society at:
46/5 Aberdeen Street East Perth WA 6004
TTY 08 9441 2655 / Tel 08 9441 2677 / Fax 08 9441 2616
E-mail [email protected] / www wadeaf.org.au
Facebook www.facebook.com/wadeaf
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WADS of¿ce will be closed for Christmas
Wednesday 24th Dec 2014 Open until 12.00pm
Thursday 25th December Christmas Day
Friday 26th December Boxing Day
Saturday 27nd December Closed
Sunday 28rd December Closed
Monday 29th December Closed
Tuesday 30th December Closed
Wednesday 31 December Closed
Thurday 1st January 2014 New Years Day
Friday 2nd January Closed
Saturday 3rd January Closed
Sunday 4th January Closed
Monday 5th January Open 9.00am
When WADS is closed, if you need an Auslan interpreter for emergency situation e.g. Hospital or
Police, please contact the After Hours Emergency Interpreter on 0410 017 540 (voice or sms)
On Behalf of all at the WA Deaf Society
we wish you a very merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.
POLICE & RAC ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE
SMS Number (Only WA)
For Deaf or Hard of hearing peope only
Sometimes you need an interpreter but have dif¿culty
explaining this to hearing people. Here’s a handy
cut-out you can keep in your wallet.
Cut Out and Keep
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WůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ^ŝŐŶ>ĂŶŐƵĂŐĞŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐ
ƚŽďŽŽŬĂŶƵƐůĂŶŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĞƌŽŶ͗
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dŚĂŶŬǇŽƵ
POLICE SMS number is 0403 277 478
RAC SMS number is 0434 182 877
Put the numbers on your mobile NOW!
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