Through in-person interviews with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people across generations, Amber Galloway, MasterWord's Associate Director of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services, paints a vivid picture of the experience of a group more often recognized for their physical condition than their unique language and culture. She highlights the movement to open greater access to communication beyond the bare minimum of emergency room visits and court hearings, and into the world of entertainment and music concerts.

What does true communication access look like? In education? In entertainment? Amber helps us find the answers to these questions and explains how to be proactive about communication access. She gives tips for helping decision-makers with questions about budgeting for access and getting the most from a commitment to provide interpreters for public events.

Pulling from her experience as one of the foremost music sign language interpreters in the world, Amber shows us how hands can bring music to life and how music interpretations can demonstrate the emotional bonds which have driven music lovers to concerts for years. We get a glimpse at what being proactive about access looks like as she shares clips from successful concerts in Romania and Ukraine and talks about the expanding role of Deaf interpreters who can perform the music they love for appreciative audiences.

This video was originally released on MasterWord.com/GLAD22/ as part of the Global Language Advocacy Day from the Coalition for Language Rights ([ Ссылка ]).

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