As a child growing up in Sydney, Emma Watkins was always enthralled by sign language and she is channelling that interest into a new passion project for children.
abc.net.au/news/emma-watkins-new-show-emma-memma-for-deaf-children/101797566Her best friend had two brothers, both of whom were deaf, and Watkins wanted to know what they said to each other and how to communicate with them."I'd seen them converse with each other … and then I'd want to know what they were talking about.
"They helped us make proper authentic translations of maybe 20 Wiggles songs … and they taught us the translations," she said. Watkins has engaged deaf consultants on the Emma Memma set and the videos are co-delivered by deaf ballet dancer Elvin Lam, who plays Elvin Melvin on the show."To be appropriate, we want to be able to have that consultation from people that are within the Deaf community and are using that language natively," she said."So because I have experience in ballet and Auslan, I generally use movements alongside Emma's dialogue," he said.
Olivia Beasley is a Deaf woman and the engagement manager at Expression Australia, a not-for-profit organisation created by the Deaf community to assist people in their everyday lives.
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