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This cafe in Melbourne is run entirely in Australian sign language

Tradeblock Cafe aims to break down barriers by encouraging hearing customers to communicate with Deaf employees in Auslan.

Rafael Billamer's world was largely silent until he was eight years old.

Spending his early childhood in the Philippines as the only Deaf member of his family, he had no-one to teach him how to communicate in Filipino sign language.

Read the full article in English here.


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By Jennifer Scherer

Presented by Justin Sungil Park



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