Auslan

References

1 {{note|Bellis}} Bellis, M. (2004). Innovations for the hearing impaired. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltty.htm

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2,3 {{note|Johnston}} Johnston, T. (2004). W(h)ither the Deaf Community? Population, Genetics, and the Future of Australian Sign Language, American Annals of the Deaf - Volume 148, Number 5, Spring 2004, pp. 358-375. Gallaudet University Press

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4 {{note|LoBianco}} Lo Bianco, J. (1987). National Policy on Languages. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

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5 {{note|Dawkins}} Dawkins, J (1991). Australia's Language: The Australian Language and Literacy Policy. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Serice

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:It is now increasingly recognised that signing deaf people constitute a group like any other non-English speaking language group in Australia, with a distinct sub-culture recognised by shared history, social life and sense of identity, united and symbolised by fluency in Auslan, the principal means of communication within the Australian Deaf Community. (Page 20)

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6 {{note|Flynn}} Flynn, J. (2001) A brief history of sign language interpreting in Australia. http://www.aslia.com.au/vic/history.htm

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7 {{note|Mitchell}} Mitchell, R.E. & Karchmer, M.A. (2004). Chasing the mythical ten percent: Parental hearing status of deaf and hard of hearing students in the United States. Sign Language Studies 4 (2)

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8 {{note|Branson}} Branson J, Miller D (1995). The story of Betty Steel : deaf convict and pioneer, in: Australian's deaf heritage; Deafness Resources Australia, Petersham NSW. ISBN 0-6462-1735-6

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9 {{note|Carty}} Carty, B. (2000). John Carmichael: Australian Deaf pioneer. In A. Schembri, J. Napier, R. Beattie & G. R. Leigh (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australasian Deaf Studies Research Symposium, Renwick College, Sydney, August 22-23, 1998. (pp. 9-20). Sydney: North Rocks Press.

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10 {{note|Oreilly}} O'Reilly, S. (2005). Indigenous Sign Language and Culture; the interpreting and access needs of Deaf poeple who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Far North Queensland. Sponsored by ASLIA, the Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association.

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11 {{note|Walker}} Walker, L, Munro, J & Rickards, F.W. (1999). Literal and inferential reading comprehension of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, Volta Review, 100, 2, 87-103.

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:This study suggested that the average reading age for Victorian Deaf school-leavers was at Grade 6 level, equivalent to 11 or 12-year old hearing children.

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