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Auslan interpreter Mikey Webb raises awareness of deaf community amid disasters, pandemics

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Auslan interpreter Mikey Webb raises awareness of deaf community amid disasters, pandemics

At a time of deep uncertainty, when seemingly endless news alerts warn of more COVID cases, lockdowns and hardship, Mikey Webb has become a familiar face across Australia.

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The Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 can be the catalyst for change in how we view life with disability

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The Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 can be the catalyst for change in how we view life with disability

As the Paralympic flame is extinguished this evening, and we bid farewell to Japan, we all are left to think about what comes next for disability inclusion around the world.

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Vlogger with MS shares NDIS tips, insights into life with disability on social media

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Vlogger with MS shares NDIS tips, insights into life with disability on social media

With fiery red hair, a big voice and a mobility scooter, she says it is not unusual for strangers to approach her in the street and tell her something about a video she made more than a year ago.

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Bionic ear surgeon who helped deaf children hear gets own cochlear implant

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Bionic ear surgeon who helped deaf children hear gets own cochlear implant

John Rice pioneered cochlear implant surgery in South Australia as an ear, nose and throat surgeon in the 1990s.

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Musician on a mission: Deaf guitarist on three-year busking tour for Lifeline makes last SA stop

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Musician on a mission: Deaf guitarist on three-year busking tour for Lifeline makes last SA stop

Murray Mandel is profoundly deaf, but that has never kept him away from music.

Classical guitar is how the 64 year-old Sydney man has chosen to spread his message on a three-year busking tour that is taking him around Australia to raise funds for crisis support charity Lifeline.

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