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This is something I keep seeing, even in places that genuinely want to do better. Everyone agrees access matters. That part isn’t the issue anymore. But when it comes down to making it happen, it gets unclear pretty quickly. Who is actually responsible? It gets passed around. Sometimes it’s HR. Sometimes it’s the person planning the event. Sometimes it lands
I came across a conversation recently that made me stop for a moment. It wasn’t about whether access matters, most people agree that it does. It was about what happens after that, and who is actually responsible for making it happen. That’s where things start to feel off. What I keep seeing is access being treated like something that only
I see this come up a lot. People learn signs. They attend classes, pick up vocabulary, and can recognize what’s being said. On paper, it looks like progress. But when it comes time to actually use it, something shifts. They hesitate. They second guess. They freeze. It’s easy to think that means they didn’t learn enough, but that’s usually not
Inclusion is often talked about as something we do for a specific group. It’s framed as support, or accommodation, or something that needs to be added in when someone requires it. But that’s not what I see in practice. What I see is that when we make something more accessible for one person, it ends up improving the experience for
Sign language is something to celebrate. It’s culture, connection, identity. But that’s not where my story started. I was born into a hearing family. My parents didn’t grow up with sign language and didn’t really know what it meant or what it could give me. They were doing what most hearing parents do; trusting the professionals, following the advice, trying
There’s a growing interest in learning ASL right now. Workplaces want to improve communication, service providers want to be more inclusive, and individuals are genuinely curious and motivated. On the surface, it looks like progress. But something isn’t translating. People are signing up for classes, attending a few sessions, learning some vocabulary, and then it fades. They stop using it.
