Sign Language Should Be a Required Subject In All Australian Primary Schools and a elective option in all secondary schools. Our children are learning multiple verbal languages that will often not be used outside of school. Learning Auslan instead will help them to communicate with Deaf, Non Verbal and hearing impaired people of all ages. Bilingualism of any languages (whether signed or spoken) is a great booster for brains. It enriches and enhances your cognitive processes: higher abstract and creative thinking, better problem-solving, greater cognitive flexibility, better listening skills, greater academic achievement, and more! It also promotes cultural awareness, literacy, and other intellectual benefits. Communicating in Auslan expands your visual-perceptual skills: spatial awareness, mental rotation skill, visual sensitivity, and more! Other trivial yet useful benefits of learning Auslan include conveniently conversing in sign language with your mouth full or talk through windows of a building from a distance. Basic knowledge of a signed language can be a useful form of communication for firefigthers, police officers and other professional civic servants, as well as scuba divers, stock traders, and more. Naturally, cultural awareness and language competency is a must when working with Deaf, Non Verbal and Hard of Hearing people in any settings. This is close to my heart because my 6 year old non-verbal Autistic son uses sign language and most people have no clue what he is saying or doing. He tries to communicate and gets looked upon with confusion. If he were to need help and neither his family or aid was with him he would have a terrible time trying to get his need across as there is a limited amount of people who can sign.