TV Interview - because guess who has a new model implant?

Sorry, no captions as yet - working on it :)

Media Statements

Sorry, I'm going to put up my recent media statements because this will probably never happen again in my lifetime so I'm going to soak up the glory and recognition for five minutes and if my children ever decide to take an interest in their mum's achievements they are recorded here ha! :)

https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-west-australian/20170923/281861528688048

http://www.northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/latestnews/north-metropolitan-tafe-lecturer-best-west

http://www.communitynews.com.au/wanneroo-times/news/passion-drives-north-metropolitan-tafe-lecturer-to-wa-trainer-of-the-year-award/

https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2017/09/Celebrating-excellence-in-the-training-sector.aspx

http://geteducation.com.au/training-awards-2017-individual-finalists-announced/

A little teaching award .....

Last Friday I won the Western Australian Trainer (lecturer) of the Year Award 2017. I'm rather happy about this :)

Link to official page announcing the winners (I'm down the bottom)

Happy Deaf Birthday to Me!

This time of each year I celebrate (or attempt to, my two teenage sons don't do 'celebrations') the day I went totally deaf. I call it my Deaf Birthday. I think it's important to acknowledge the positive things that came from losing my hearing instead of dwelling on the negative aspects. So what are those good things you ask? Well top of my list would be the new friends I made - other deaf people with and without cochlear implants. I've met so many wonderful inspiring people that I now couldn't imagine my life without them.

It also provided me an alternate view of the world which I find interesting -  a deaf person's perspective is so different from that of a hearing person (even a partially hearing person). I also have a better understanding of what people go through when living with a disability in a society designed for those without disabilities.

I've also had opportunities at work - developing an Auslan (sign language) course that's now been running for four years.

Of course the advantages of being able to sleep through a storm at night go without saying!

So happy Deaf Birthday to me - and to celebrate Australian Hearing have published a little article I wrote which you can find  here :)

Jane x

Small mention .....

I got a very small (you have to look very closely) mention in the local newspaper :)

http://www.communitynews.com.au/wanneroo-times/news/northern-suburbs-residents-up-for-wa-training-awards/