Sea World to celebrate Deaf community with free entry, Auslan interpreting weekend
A Gold Coast theme park is set to offer sign language interpretation and special ticket prices for members of the Deaf and hard of hearing community this weekend.
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SEA World is set to celebrate the Gold Coast’s Deaf community this weekend by partnering with Deaf Services.
The theme park will offer members of the Deaf and hard of hearing community free entry to the park today and tomorrow, as well as offering shows with sign language interpreters.
Friends and family will receive 50 per cent off their ticket.
Deaf Services’ Communications and Engagement Officer Christopher Currie said they were excited by the opportunity for the community.
“We’ve already had a wonderful response when we put out an announcement video over Facebook,” he said.
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“It definitely speaks to an appetite in the Deaf community for opportunities to come together. We see it as a weekend of celebration.”
The weekend event, open to everyone, runs from 9.30am-5pm today and tomorrow.
Members of the Deaf community and their families need to check in with the Deaf Services information booth just outside the entrance to be given a wristband.
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