Jody Barney

Atlantic Fellow, University of Melbourne; Deaf Indigenous Community Consultant and Advocate

Education

Speaking my language: Indigenous deaf sign

Indigenous deaf sign languages are some of the oldest in the world, but they are vastly different to Auslan or Signed English - it’s a gap that can leave Deaf Aboriginal Australians isolated

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