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Encore: How Sean Sweeney found his deaf heart
Manage episode 484270791 series 38148
Sean Sweeney grew up as a a hearing child in a deaf family, surrounded by a tight-knit community with a lot of pride in their uniquely Australian version of sign language, names Auslan in the 1980s.
In his twenties, Sean rebelled against the deaf world, and began to look for a new life in the hearing one.
But after eighteen years, he returned. He found work as an interpreter at TAFE, and he met his future wife.
In 2019, Sean became well known for interpreting from English to Auslan for Australia's Rural Fire Service during Australia's Bushfire Emergency.
The episode of Conversations explores family, Auslan, interpreting, bushfire emergency, family, CODA
3101 episodes
Manage episode 484270791 series 38148
Sean Sweeney grew up as a a hearing child in a deaf family, surrounded by a tight-knit community with a lot of pride in their uniquely Australian version of sign language, names Auslan in the 1980s.
In his twenties, Sean rebelled against the deaf world, and began to look for a new life in the hearing one.
But after eighteen years, he returned. He found work as an interpreter at TAFE, and he met his future wife.
In 2019, Sean became well known for interpreting from English to Auslan for Australia's Rural Fire Service during Australia's Bushfire Emergency.
The episode of Conversations explores family, Auslan, interpreting, bushfire emergency, family, CODA
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