Art of surviving in silence
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Art of surviving in silence

An interview with Abbie Twiss on World Deaf Awareness Day, and the start of New Zealand’s National Deaf Awareness Week. Here, Abbie looks out from her Elam studio. “My thoughts go much faster than I can write.”

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Abbie Twiss
Abbie Twiss
Dee Twiss
Dee Twiss
Esther Tavui
Esther Tavui
Greer Twiss
Greer Twiss
Sue Freewin
Sue Freewin
Taonga source:
NZ Herald
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1997-001
Bibliographic source:
NZ Herald, 29 September 1997, p.A11
Author:
Penelope Carroll
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This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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