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Encore: How Sean Sweeney found his deaf heart

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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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Manage episode 484270791 series 38148
Content provided by Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ABC listen. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ABC listen or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

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

  continue reading

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