Learning a whole new language is hard at the best of times but its especially hard when you’ve got wee ones. For Shanane Hunt, it’s a necessity after finding out her little girl Ivy was born deaf.
Tohora nui (The big whale) Tohora roa (The long whale) Tohora tino momona (The very fat whale) Tohora whiwhiua (Whale flick your tail) Tohora piupiua (Whale spout your water) Tohora kau roto te moana e (Whale swim under the...
Tohora nui (The big whale) Tohora roa (The long whale) Tohora tino momona (The very fat whale) Tohora whiwhiua (Whale flick your tail) Tohora piupiua (Whale spout your water) Tohora kau roto te moana e (Whale swim under the...
Transcript: When my daughter Natalia was born, that was seven seven years ago now, most people would have thought that me having Deaf parents a Deaf husband that of course naturally I would have thought that I’d have Deaf children. But it hadn’t occurred...
“The best thing about signing for me, is that I have the option of talking to my children verbally, or if they are far away, I can sign to them—as long as I have their attention! That’s such a positive. I love that if I’m frustrated with one of them in public, I can...
“I knew my husband for a number of years before we got together nine years ago. Not long after we got engaged, married, and had our first child who is now seven. Then we had Brynn (6) Theo (4) and Hadley (3). So we had four under four! “From day one, with our second...
I cried today. I went to a Deaf community meeting. No interpreter available for signing impaired people like me. I went anyway, keen to know about the new voting options for the local Deaf Society and new club room plans. I took my kids. 1 hearing. 1 deaf. Today. The....
This evaluation identified the outcomes of Deaf Aotearoa’s First Signs service, through document analysis, a literature review, and views of families who are currently or ever part of First Signs service, Advisors on Deaf Children (AODCs), two leaders of the First...
