NFD Communicate: Summer 1998

Some of the items featured in the Summer 1998 (Vol. 8, No. 2) Issue of ‘NFD Communicate’:

A day in the life of an Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf
Tertiary education – the challenges and opportunities. The Disability Liaison Office at AIT expanded its services. The goal is to establish a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for Deaf and hearing impaired students.
Van Asch Deaf Education Centre is currently writing a Deaf Studies Curriculum to be made available to all deaf children.
‘Deaf Network New Zealand’ was born on 29 August 1998, where a group met for a weekend workshop to discuss the need for a network for Deaf professionals.
60 people attended the NZSLTA ‘Silent Weekend’ camp and deemed it a roaring success!

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Allan Richardson

Allan Richardson

Angela Sew Hoy

Brent Macpherson

Brent Macpherson

Lee Bullivant

Maureen Seth

Penny Went (Clements)

Penny Went (Clements)

Ruth Strawbridge

Ruth Strawbridge

Tony Kuklinski

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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, NFDC1998-8-2-MJN

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