Deaf worker soon calms the nerves

Deaf worker soon calms the nerves

Wellington has a new worker among the deaf. Pat Dugdale, profoundly deaf, has been made field officer by the New Zealand Association of the Deaf. Her job is to provide personal social service help and to liaise with organisations, welfare agencies, commercial institutions and lawyers on behalf of the deaf.

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Taonga source:
The Dominion
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1981-016
Bibliographic source:
The Dominion, 22 July 1981
Author:
Mary Macpherson
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