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Teaching the deaf since 1973

Teaching for almost 50 years has proved a rewarding career for Terry O’Brien, who has witnessed the development of deaf education. He has seen the transition of deaf education from an emphasis on teaching verbally and through text, to an emphasis on Signed English then NZSL in the 90s.

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Terry O’Brien
Terry O’Brien
Taonga source:
Manawatū Standard
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A2016-001
Bibliographic source:
Manawatu Standard, 6 December 2016, p.3
Author:
Karoline Tuckey
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