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One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that access is often supported right up until it becomes inconvenient. Most organizations agree that inclusion is important. Most people agree that communication access matters. Most employers, service providers, museums, community groups, and organizations genuinely want to do the right thing. Until there is a cost. Until it takes extra planning. Until
Soon, I’ll be sitting in the audience watching my daughter graduate. It should be one of the proudest moments of my life. But I won’t know when her name is called. I won’t hear the announcement. I won’t know when she’s about to walk across the stage unless someone tells me. Not because I’m not paying attention. Because there will
Every Deaf person knows the feeling. You walk into a new workplace, a new meeting, a new service, or a new organization and immediately find yourself doing something that wasn’t part of the plan. Teaching. Teaching people how to communicate with you. Teaching people what an interpreter does. Teaching people not to look at the interpreter. Teaching people that captions
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When people think about employment, they often focus on getting the job. You apply, attend an interview, get hired, and start working. For many Deaf people, the experience is much more complicated than that. The barriers often begin before the interview even starts. A Deaf applicant may already be wondering whether communication will become the focus instead of their qualifications.
One thing I often ask during training is this: What happens when your environment depends almost entirely on sound? Most people pause for a moment when they really think about it. In workplaces, museums, events, public spaces, and even everyday services, so much information is delivered through announcements, spoken instructions, alarms, names being called out, guided tours, side conversations, or
