@emileesegura: let this be your sign to KEEP FIGHTING! this week I was absolutely emotionally drained working for 4 days to get an in person ASL interpreter for the prenatal class I registered for. Eventually all my hard work paid off! The office kept insisting that VRI (video remote interpreter) was going to be effective but I felt it wasn’t going to be. I was stressed about the connectivity, watching an interpreter through a screen for 5.5 hours, the interpreters not being able to hear the other parents asking questions, the interpreters not being able to see the props, visual demonstrations, PowerPoint, etc. I expressed my concerns but felt that they weren’t listening. They told me that if I didn’t want the VRI they could give me a full refund. But I didn’t want a refund. I wanted to be able to equally access this community resource! After 4 days of fighting, I eventually agreed to try the VRI the next day and if it wasn’t effective I would ask for a full refund. Later that evening, I got a call from the director of operations. Apparently my persistence paid off as it was brought to the CEOs awareness and they finally realized what they needed to do. They found an interpreter the night before. The system needs to change. It needs to be easier to get ASL interpreters so that deaf people can access resources in their community! Please share this to spread awareness! #deaf #deafawarenessmonth #deafawareness #deafmom #deafcommunity #deafawareness #deafculture #deafworld #deafbaby #hardofhearing #asl #americansignlanguage #cochlearimplant #nucleus7 #n7 #audiology #earlyintervention

Emilee Segura

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Sunday 29 September 2024 01:41:22 GMT