Hello! Happy National Week of Deaf People. Today’s theme is “Recognition of National Sign Language.” Australia does not officially recognise a national sign language. But in 1987, the government said that Auslan is a community language, like languages other than English. This was reminded again in 1991 after the first Auslan dictionary came out in 1989. This showed Auslan is very important to Deaf culture. The government wants to support Auslan as part of Deaf people's identity. But there is sti