NABS

NABS is the National Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment Service. It is funded by the Department of Families Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. NABS is based at the corporate office of Wesley Mission Brisbane, in Brisbane and provides services Australia-wide.

NABS provides interpreters to any person who uses sign language to communicate and would like an interpreter for private medical appointments. It is free of charge to Sign Language users and medical and health care practitioners. All interpreting services to Aboriginal and Islander Sign Language users are provided free of charge for both public and private health appointments.

Bookings for interpreting services can be made for both deaf adults and deaf children. This includes situations where there is a deaf adult and a hearing child or a hearing adult and a deaf child attending a private medical consultation. NABS also provides interpreters for deaf/blind people.

This application allows you to make a booking through your Android phone.