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Past webinars

Between 2021 and 2023, project officers and invited guests of Deafblind Information Australia (DBIA) ran live webinars on topics in deafblindness as part of their grant funded work to increase awareness and knowledge of congenital deafblindness. Following is the collection of recordings and transcripts of these webinars. The recordings of the Question and Answer sessions which followed with the live audience are also included.

Each video is Auslan interpreted.

These recordings can also be found in relevant sections of this website.

Using captions on YouTube videos

All DBIA webinars are captioned.

Some have Open Captions. The captions will display throughout the video and cannot be changed.

Others have Closed Captions. To turn these on, click the ‘CC’ button at the bottom of the video on the right hand side. You can change how you view the captions on YouTube to suit your needs.

Click and drag the caption bar to your preferred location on screen.

You can change settings such as:

  • Font
  • Text colour and size
  • Background colour and size

Click on the ‘Settings’ button, which is next to the ‘CC’ button.

Select ‘Subtitles’ from the menu bar.

Then click ‘Options’ in the top right hand corner.

Introduction: Deaf, deaf, Hard of Hearing

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Download Introduction: Deaf, deaf, Hard of Hearing webinar transcript (Word docx, 56KB)

Download Introduction: Deaf, deaf, Hard of Hearing webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 48KB)

Introduction to Vision Impairment

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Download Introduction to Vision Impairment webinar transcript (Word docx, 41KB)

Download Introduction to Vision Impairment webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 43KB)

Introduction to Congenital Deafblindness

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Download Introduction to Congenital Deafblindness webinar transcript (Word docx, 53KB)

Download Introduction to Congenital Deafblindness webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 46KB)

Congenital deafblindness: Overview of services and strategies

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Download Congenital deafblindness: Overview of services and strategies webinar transcript (Word docx, 66KB)

Download Congenital deafblindness: Overview of services and strategies webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 48KB)

Individual Communication Handbook

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Download Individual Communication Handbook webinar transcript (Word docx, 228KB)

Download Individual Communication Handbook webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 222KB)

Creative Arts Therapy and congenital deafblindness

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Download Creative Arts Therapy and congenital deafblindness webinar transcript (Word docx, 248KB)

Download Creative Arts Therapy and congenital deafblindness webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 233KB)

Orthoptics and congenital deafblindness

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Download Orthoptics and congenital deafblindness webinar transcript (Word docx, 241KB)

Download Orthoptics and congenital deafblindness webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 232KB)

Introducing signing and other communication to children with deafblindness and their families

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Download Introducing signing and other communication to children with deafblindness and their families webinar transcript (Word docx, 57KB)

Download Introducing signing and other communication to children with deafblindness and their families webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 52KB)

The basic need for less ambiguity and more opportunities for closure: Towards a better understanding of deafblindness

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Download The basic need for less ambiguity and more opportunities for closure: Towards a better understanding of deafblindness webinar transcript (Word docx, 247KB)

Download The basic need for less ambiguity and more opportunities for closure: Towards a better understanding of deafblindness webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 233KB)

From emerging gestures to tactile sign language

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Download From emerging gestures to tactile sign language webinar transcript (Word docx, 74KB)

Download Cortical/Cerebral Vision Impairment (CVI) webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 240KB)

Orientation & Mobility (O&M) and congenital deafblindness

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Download Orientation & Mobility (O&M) and congenital deafblindness webinar transcript (Word docx, 245 KB)

Download Orientation & Mobility (O&M) and congenital deafblindness webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 236 KB)

Life Space Model

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Download Life Space Model webinar transcript (Word docx, 238 KB)

The spectrum of deafblindness

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Working as a team

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Download Working as a team webinar transcript (Word docx, 237KB) 

Download Working as a team webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 228KB)

Deafblind Technology Project update

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Download Deafblind Technology Project update webinar transcript (Word docx, 248KB)

Hand under hand

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Download Hand-under-hand webinar transcript (Word docx, 236KB)

Download Hand-under-hand webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 230KB)

Decision-making in deafblind communication

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Download Decision-making in deafblind communication webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 227KB)

Deafblindness in children with complex disability

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Download Deafblindness in children with complex disability webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 231KB)

High quality interactions

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Download High quality interactions webinar transcript (Word docx, 252KB)

Interoception: The eighth sense

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Download Interoception: The eighth sense webinar transcript (Word docx, 238KB)

Download Interoception webinar Q&A transcript (Word docx, 232KB)