NWDP 2023 | Daily Theme | Putting Deaf People On The Agenda

Happy National Week of Deaf People 2023!

Today’s theme is “Putting Deaf People On The Agenda”   

Last week, Deaf Connect and Deaf Australia hosted a Parliamentary Breakfast. 

It provided an opportunity for the Deaf sector to meet and network with Ministers and ‘put Deaf people on the agenda’. The event also acknowledged the Australian Deaf community, culture and language, Auslan, while focusing attention on critical issues related to Deaf Australians. 

See below for more information.

Breakfast at Parliament House

Deaf Australia and Deaf Connect partnered to host a breakfast at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 13 September 2023.

This event was to celebrate National Week of Deaf People (18 – 24 September), and aimed to acknowledge the Australian Deaf community, culture and language – Auslan – while focusing attention on critical issues related to Deaf Australians.

We invited many Deaf leaders to attend to network with the ministers and policymakers. Deaf Connect proudly sponsored 11 future Deaf leaders to attend from all over Australia, and they were able to ask Mr Shorten some very engaging questions about the NDIS.

Check out the full Media release here.

See a gallery of images on Facebook here.

In case you missed it, see this edition of The Tap for a recap by Brett Casey (Deaf Connect, CEO), Catherine Miller (Deaf Australia) and the young leaders that were in attendance.