Interpreter service for deaf urged
One of the New Zealand Association for the Deaf’s priorities is to get interpreters for the profoundly deaf. This was the message in a speech from Mrs Pat Dugdale.
- Deaf Organisations
- Interpreting
- TV/Media
Taonga source:
The Dominion
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1982-016
Bibliographic source:
The Dominion, 8 June 1982
Copyright status:
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