Damian Barry, the Director of Deaf Answers, comes with a long pedigree of D/deaf experience and management.

He was Chief Executive of Hearing Concern (a national charity for people with hearing loss), until he decided to change his career trajectory and start Deaf Answers. Damian has worked with the British Deaf Association, as Director for London and South East, the British Red Cross as Fundraising Manager, Friends for Young Deaf People as the Director of Operations and Development, as Disability Services Advisor with the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, and the Deaf Association of New Zealand as FYD Director.

Damian’s mission is to train and mentor Deaf People so that they can become masters of their own destiny”.

Damian is also an Associate with Deaf Works in the UK.

Workshop details can be found at our webzine Gone Fishing. Please email us here, for an enrollment and registration details.

For more information about Damian Barry and his work, visit his website http://deafanswers.co.uk/

Damian Barry, the Director of Deaf Answers, comes with a long pedigree of D/deaf experience and management.

He was Chief Executive of Hearing Concern (a national charity for people with hearing loss), until he decided to change his career trajectory and start Deaf Answers. Damian has worked with the British Deaf Association, as Director for London and South East, the British Red Cross as Fundraising Manager, Friends for Young Deaf People as the Director of Operations and Development, as Disability Services Advisor with the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, and the Deaf Association of New Zealand as FYD Director.

Damian’s mission is to train and mentor Deaf People so that they can become masters of their own destiny”.

Damian is also an Associate with Deaf Works in the UK.

Workshop details can be found at our webzine Gone Fishing. Please email us here, for an enrollment and registration details.

Also, see the sidebar for details about MINDFULNESS, MEANING & THE MIND workshop on 15 May, 2010 being run by Deaf Australian NSW and Deaf Society of NSW. You can contact the coordinator,  Kate Matairavula at the Deaf Society of NSW at kmatairavula@deafsociety.com for more information.

For more information about Damian Barry and his work, visit his website http://deafanswers.co.uk/

Unfortunately no photos were taken, but two interviews were filmed. One with Phillip Debs of Phillip Debs Provisual, and the other with upcoming graphic designer and animator, Gemma Jones.

When they have been edited they will be published here.

An interview with Liam Blakers, software engineer, has been edited. It is awaiting the final proofing has been done.

Meanwhile, our next social is on Sunday, March 28th, at The Lord Dudley.

Held at Kelly’s On King Street [a venue in Newtown, Sydney, that is becoming quite popular with Deaf people], the meet and greet was a social event intended as the first step in bringing Professional Deaf Australians together, and to allow them to network with each other.

Professional Deaf Australians is focussing its energies on people who are running their own businesses, in the process of setting up or planning to run their own businesses. There are plans to expand to include Deaf professionals who work for other businesses and organisations.

Photos and a write up of the Meet & Greetevent will be posted to Gone Fishing, over the next couple of days.

First cab off the rank, is a Facebook page, Professional Deaf Australians, with our first social event to be held on 30 Jnauary 2010.

Second cab off the rank, is a series of interviews with a variety of Professional Deaf Australians, to be published in Gone Fishing, which promise to make for some exciting reading.

There will be a follow up interview with our friendly Irishman  Damian Barry, and a slew of  interviews with bona fide Aussies Phillip Debs of  Phillip Debs Provisual, two promising young Deaf Australians, Liam Blakers and Gemma Jones, and hopefully, an interview with actor and comedian Rob Roy.

Looking forward to 2010, and its promise of talented Deaf Australians making their mark!