Brett Casey

Brett Casey General Manager - Deaf Services

Brett has been General Manger of Deaf Services Queensland since 2004.
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Prior to this, Brett spent a considerable part of his working life in the deaf field, in both advocacy and service organisations. He has served as Manager and Board Member of the Australian Association of the Deaf and is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf Human Rights Expert Group.

Brett Casey
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Brett Casey

Brett Casey General Manager - Deaf Services

Brett has been General Manger of Deaf Services Queensland since 2004.
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Prior to this, Brett spent a considerable part of his working life in the deaf field, in both advocacy and service organisations. He has served as Manager and Board Member of the Australian Association of the Deaf and is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf Human Rights Expert Group.

Brett's academic achievements include a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Arts. Brett's interests lies in International, Human Rights and Discrimination law. He has published a number of papers and articles on Deaf topics in academic journals.

Brett Casey
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As General Manager of Deaf Services Queensland since 2004, Brett Casey has dedicated a considerable part of his working life within the Deaf field, in both service and advocacy organisations.Prior to his current role, Brett worked as the Manager of Interpreting Services and Client Services of the same organisation..

Brett has served on the Board of the Australian Association of the Deaf, the peak body for Deaf consumers in Australia.His vision is to see Australian Deaf community and individuals to gain full access and equity rights, the same as any citizen.

Brett holds a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Arts.His key area of interest includes international human rights and discrimination law.Brett has published a number of papers and articles on various Deaf topics in academic journals.

As a keen triathlete, Brett enjoys balancing his full professional life by spending most mornings on a training ride, run or swim.

Brett Casey

Brett CaseyService Manager

Brett Casey, on behalf of the AAD Board

Brett Casey - National Manager, Community Development

Brett has been with Deaf Services Queensland since 2004. Prior to this, Brett spent a considerable part of his working life in the deaf field, in both advocacy and service organisations.

He has served as Manager and Board Member of the Australian Association of the Deaf and is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf Human Rights Expert Group. Read more >

The national advocacy service manager at the Australian Association of the Deaf, Brett Casey, says the benefits of SMS for deaf people has exceeded expectations.

"One way to think of this issue is that deaf people cannot use a pay phone unless there is a TTY installed with the pay phone," he says.
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In one illustration of the rate at which mobile phones have been taken up by the deaf, Casey says that although only around 3per cent of people attending the association's 1999 annual general meeting had mobile phones, more than 90 per cent had the phones at this year's meeting.

Phillips points out that as many as one in 10 people have hearing problems and may also find using SMS messages easier than trying to communicate verbally over the phone.

"Those people may use SMS more than they would the verbal phone because their message is going to get through much clearer," he says.
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Nokia's 9110 phone already allows deaf people to call a TTY and communicate in real time, and Casey says a Swedish company known as Telesta has been offering the service in Europe.

"This is a text-based service and provides deaf people with a more equitable level of service as their hearing peers," says Casey, who points out this will allow calls to be made direct from mobile phones to such organisations as the NRMA, which already operates a TTY line for road service.

"At present, from my understanding, this service is not available in Australia.However, a trial will be taking place later this year in which AAD will be involved," Casey says.

Brett Casey
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Brett Casey