Hearing Privilege
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ธ.ค. 2024
- This video is a talk about how hearing people can truly make changes.....
Video Description:
Split screen; on the left screen is white woman interpreting in ASL with grey shirt, slightly hanging earrings shaped as triangle with pearls inside, dark brown hair with bright neon pink hair across forehead, wearing glasses. On right screen, same woman speaking in English with red V-Neck shirt sitting down.
Thank you so much for creating this video, I hope many people see it. This is exactly why I want to become an interpreter
+thedailysign me too.
+thedailysign I am about to complete my second year of my ITP. I can't wait to say I am an interpreter!
Ahhh Libbey!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness I love you and your channel so much. This video as well as your channel has helped me decide to pursue a degree in ASL interpreting next year once I graduate! Thank you both so much!!!!!!!
thedailysign then u should try using more ASL Grammer in your videos instead of PSE.
Navya Thereja Kapoor You have to understand how hard ASL syntax and grammar is you just can't jump up and know it. It takes practice and focas to do so.
Excuse me while I share this on every social media I have... This is great. Thank you
Thank you! I'm a nursing major and I am learning ASL. I want to become a nurse and an interpreter so I can help more Deaf people receive the equality in healthcare they deserve.
This was so incredibly passionate and insightful it made me cry. This past dance season, I had a 4-year-old dear student. In fact, her entire family is deaf. I have wanted to learn ASL my whole life, but I never knew of anyone in the deaf community until now. Working with this student and family, reignited my desire to really learn. I am now studying and taking courses. I also get aid from the mother of my student, and we have a connection way beyond most of my dance families, and she helped me learn to sign "Lava You" for our Spring Showcase. It's so special. I want to be THE CHANGE! I want to continue to welcome deaf and hard of hearing into my studio, but also be able to communicate it their language and make them comfortable in my business. I want to make a difference and I want to understand deaf culture as much as possible. Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos, and helping so many people. 😊
Wow! This is a very impressive video. Thank you for doing this! Lately, more and more jobs that I have had interviewed for are becoming asking how I can handle a job as a deaf person. Even Michigan state jobs asked me how I can do the job. I explained that I would be a great asset to the Deaf community. No, not hired. I reported them to the head of the department and absolutely no response. I even contacted ADA and DHHS and they never respond to me. Sometimes we Deaf are on our own in this world.
This is wonderful! Thank you Amber. Wouldn't it be wonderful if ASL was in the school's curriculum as a standard class, like reading, writing and arithmetic? It should be started in schools from pre-school forward? As a hearing person I appreciate all forms of humanity.....please remember that some of us in the hearing community are trying hard to incorporate the deaf community into the hearing community. It's just that WE are the ones not knowing ASL very well, so it is our ignorance holding us back. My bucket list includes being able to speak ASL soon. I've a niece that I'd like to communicate with more fully! Thank you again for your insight!
you know In our school we had to pick a language to learn and it is Spanish or French. I think it'd be good to learn sign language as a choice due to not having interpreters. I work in a hospital and we have special phones we use to communicate with anyone of any language at any time. someone gets on the phone and interprets for both parties. And your right. I just thought of this myself. what about the def person?
Sunshine Surroundings Most hospitals have a video phone they can reach an interpreter but because of the visual aspect of sign language interpreting it is not nearly as good as having an interpreter actually being there in person
Sunshine Surroundings I'm lucky that my school does have ASL as an option but a lot of schools don't just because there aren't a lot of teachers who teach asl
totally agree! my middle school actually offered either ASL or Spanish! It's a language native to our nation, yet rarely taught. however I know MANY younger people learning it now!
I recently met someone who is deaf. 1st thing I did was start looking up videos and apps and websites to learn to speak to him without having to rely on other ppl. I want to "hear" his words myself.
Today he needed to go to a dentist and was denied an interpreter. I was shocked. It made no sense to me. If he spoke only Spanish, they would have one. Why is it different because he is deaf? He wont magically understand what you are saying because you dont want to deal with an interpreter.
Then I stumbled on this video. I am crying. I cant believe anyone has to go through this. It breaks my heart. People are people and deserve to be treated as such.
My best friend is has been losing her hearing ever since she was little and she is now completly deaf and she is builled because of it. I'm learning sign language so I can talk with her. If we are out in public people look at us and mutter things under their breath about us and it makes me mad. Me friend has taught me so much and its amazing. I want to thank you for making this video so Thank you!
I just found this now and I got tears in my eyes. It means so much to me that you have addressed a problem that I struggle with on a daily basis. You really hit home with this video. Thank you so much for this video Amber! :)
Thank you so much. Really, thank you so much for this video! Words aren't enough to express how true the reality of Hearing privilege is, and how heartbreaking it is that it's not talked about.
I'm a Hearing person who was familiar with Sign Language since grade school (just the Sign Language alphabet). That time, we were not taught about the Deaf community until college. After college, I took up Sign Language as a requirement for work because two of our colleagues are Deaf. BUT here's what I changed: what was first seen as a requirement, it became a necessity -- a necessity to be able to communicate with them beyond the workplace. Thanks to my Deaf best friend of 5 years (still besties today) and professors who helped me how to communicate and understand the culture better, my horizons broadened thousand times over and inspired me to introduce my Hearing friends to the Deaf culture by teaching at least the basic signs.
Again, thank you so much for the profound video! Would it be alright to share?
As an amputee (TOTALLY different disability, I know) you are one of my heroes...
Handicap people in general face these obstacles every day. I'm not saying it's as bad as what these guys go through because it's not. I'd never trade my hearing for my leg back...
great talk! thanks...
I think my one criticism is that "deaf people are the most discriminated group." I think putting groups against eachother and making it a competition is dangerous in losing allies ;) it triggers an unwanted response for many...
that being said, I absolutely agree with every other word/prase/point you made
+NOCHNENE actually most of the Deaf community do not view themselves as disabled. They consider their deafness a linguistic difference and they identify as a cultural minority
+Felicia Follum I will agree to disagree here. This is not about competition, this is about facts. 72% of the Deaf population are unemployed. This has to do with hearing people not wanting to hire them simply because they feel there is a language barrier. Deaf people sue companies all the time because of these facts. So I am not putting anyone against anyone. They are over looked, oppressed, not thought about, not talked about, and often alone in daily fights.
Amber Galloway Gallego sure in some ways its worse and in other ways its not...
I'm not saying there arent ways that it is worse...deaf people also don't experience some of the things that other people groups do...
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has an 85% unemployment rate. It's essentially a third world country in the middle of the US. If you haven't looked at stats from there you should. It's heart breaking...
like I said I don't disagree that there is a problem...more just encouraging slightly different language so that more peope can/will share your message.
+Amber Galloway Gallego I agree..it happens to me almost everyday lately especially when it comes to jobs and many hospitals visits for me over the past few years.
+Amber Galloway Gallego If you want to talk about facts, 80% of people with mental disorders are unemployed
I had meningitis as an infant. My hearing loss was temporary. I never understood how profoundly different my life could have been until I was an adult. I am now completing my fourth year of ASL in college for that very reason. I work in the health field and hope to one day be good enough at communicating that I can be a go to.
What a great idea! Spilt screen of one speaking and another one signing.
Hey Amber, as I'm watching this video I had to pause to write this comment. I started a an asl club at my school for students and teachers who wanted to learn. I have talked about making a video about communication and this had inspired me even more because I too wear two hearing aids all my life I been screamed at got annoyed faces when I couldn't hear people well. Although I'm not loosing my hearing I still feel bad when they treat me like that. So I can only imagine how worse the deaf people feel when they are denied office and it's not fair!!! I guess the point of this comment is to say thank you for informing me and I hope you can watch the video I will post of my club and be happy that you have 25 students 2 teachers in Florida willing to change and spread awareness of this hearing privilege!
this was very well put together. i spent time as
an emt and my "moment" that i decided i needed to learn to sign was when i arrived on the scene of a roll over accident. one vehicle on its top music blaring from the still functioning speakers. i assumed, naturally, the injured individual was hearing. he was not. he frantically signed to me...long story short he was not injured badly... i walked away wondering what if he had been... i couldnt communicate i couldnt obtain any information. i started learning on my own that very next day. i now have 2 children and my oldest is almost 3. i teach him. he signs so well. we frequent a local store with a deaf employee for him to sign with. its good practice and the day i told her i taught him to sign so he could communicate with individuals who could not hear or were hard of hearing..she cried. i never thought how truly difficult people have it who cant hear. thank you for these videos. thank you. my son enjoys signing along to your video of play it again by luke bryan. and i enjoy so much watching you because my signing is still very beginner and watching you sign gives me confidence and shows me how to sign more "naturally".
Yes! Could't agree more. Thanks for all that you are doing in the community.
I love American Sign Language and I'm planning on becoming a nurse in the near future, and I'm hoping I will be able to help the Deaf in any way possible in the medical world.
I recently came to the realization that I want to be an interpreter and help deaf people with this struggle
Can I just say, you are an extremely inspiring person! Not just in your signing and interpretations, but also in that love you have for the Deaf Community, as well as be a positive example to the hearing community. I myself am currently a Deaf Studies major at CSUN, pursuing a career of ASL/English Interpreting. And ever since finding the passion for ASL, it's truly made me upset to hear the many stories about Deaf people facing constant discrimination, from home and even places like school and work or even social rejection. All of it is unacceptable. As a future interpreter, I promised myself to always be part of the change and support in equality so that the Deaf community gets the treatment and respect it truly deserves. No one must ever be overlooked. Thank you for putting out this message!
I have single sided deafness and many people believe that I’m ignoring them or become annoyed when I ask them to repeat themselves. That being said, this video has allowed me to notice how thankful I should be that I still have hearing in one ear. I hope this receives the attention it deserves
This is why you're an inspiration in so many ways. It's why I'm learning sign teaching it to my son, why I'm hoping to get a chance to get my degree as an interpreter. Your life, your story, is what gives me hope that I can even though I'm hard of hearing. Watching you with music makes it even more alive for me, it let's me catch the things the hearing world don't know what it's like to miss. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you for your powerful message .. I felt you and thank you for your tremendous support . I appreciated you very much . it needs to be heard ! God bless you !
Amber thank you for this! I love this, everything about it. I can't put into words how much I love your videos. I like that you spent time talking about the issues in health care and lack of providing GOOD interpreters. I only officially started learning 6 months ago (somewhat self taught before classes) and my bosses know I'm "fluent" in ASL so I'll take a page to the ER not knowing what I'm actually going there for. Over half the times it's to act as an interpreter WHEN I'M NOT ONE! I work in housekeeping and it angers me that the hospital neglects to set up a TTY or call an interpreter. I do not substitute as one. I'm still a student so it annoys me they think it's okay to do that to the patient. ugh. Anyways thank you.
Thank you for your passion about something that REALLY needs to be addressed. THANK YOU for your advocacy!! God Bless!!!
This is so important. As a physician who works with mainly disabled children (many of which are deaf and use varying levels of sign language as their main form of communication) it's incredible to me how overlooked this subject is. Society has been working on creating equality for races and sizes and sexes and yet these people are often not given access to the simplest of human rights that those other groups have- the ability to communicate and connect to others. Not because they themselves can't, but because of a lack of effort or even understanding from the hearing. This is why I became an interpreter as well, to know that I myself can make that connection and treat them for what they are, a human. Hopefully this video will inspire others to also open their minds and gain some understanding to this very real issue!
I really loved this video. I'm not american, I'm Brazilian and I'm part of the brazilian deaf community and I feel so sad about their suffering, the same bad things against the deaf people that happen there in USA happen here in Brazil. I hope more people start to make the difference. I'm studying brazilian sign language so much to become an interpreter, I hope to be able to help the deaf community. Thank you for this great video!
Thank you Amber for support us Deaf community really need more voices like you. Deaf are humans and natural Deaf language by sign language from visual communication. We the Deaf people really wants to see more sign language interpreter or CODA to speak up and help Deaf have their "sign of freedom". Do not forget about Deaf babies and kids are starving for ASL as their human and education rights.
I couldn't agree more, Language barriers are holding people from getting access to many basic needs, it has to change. unfortunately we don't take the time to stop and realize the struggle that deaf community has to go through. You are doing a great job, and thank you very much for sharing your thoughts.
I'm in tears. As someone born hearing and has experienced hearing loss later in my life, having family and friends not understanding my needs, or the amount of times I have been told "well you dont seem deaf so you dont need an interpreter." Or the one that hurts the most "Well you are to pretty to be deaf" (WTF?!?!) THANK YOU for explaining the troubles so strongly. I never could come up with this these words and plan on sharing this with people in my life.
Thank you for being the voice that we need. I admit I am a fan of your music videos. However, this one is by far my favorite. The reason is explanation in and of itself. You're truly an inspiration and I, like many others whom have already commented, hope this spreads like wildfire! I realize I've already said thank you, but in reality, there are no words to describe the gratefulness from r this video. I also commend you on taking the time to caption for those who do not know ASL, but are Deaf/HH, and for also providing transcripts for the deafblind.
Yes yes yes. Thank you so much for posting this video. As a CODA and interpreting student, this is a topic I am passionate about. The Deaf community deserves equal access to everything, and many people don't realize the things this community has to miss out on because there is simply no/limited access. Thank you for putting your message out there and being an advocate!
Thank you so much for making this video! I totally understand that this is a very big problem today, and that is why I am trying to learn sign language. It is definitely one of the hardest things I have ever tried to accomplish, but I want to at least be fluent enough to be able to communicate in future careers. I think this video can be an eye opener to so many people that overlook the deaf community. Thank you so much for making this video, I will be sharing this, because this is something that is VERY important!
very eye opening and i have been learning ASL for almost 2 years and i want to be a doctor but learning ASL has made me open my eyes more a made me realize we need more people in the world who know their language. anyways love the video truely inspiring much respect i hope people watch this and take something from this.
So proud to call you a friend. This is so worth sharing...am sharing it with people I think need to hear this. They also need to listen to people who want captions on their videos as well. They claim it cost money and time, but the communication access is still just as important.
Great video! I went to a school that was founded by Ann J. Kellogg , that was originally for children that were special needs. Through the years they opened it up to the general public. So I went to school with ALL types of children. So I was exposed at a young age to Deaf Culture, because they were in my classes, we ate lunch together and played together. So they required us to learn basic ASL. Fast Fwd years later. I am currently furthering my education to become an interpreter and I am proud to say I work at a Physicians office who teams with a Community Health Organization that offers ASL interpretation as a service to come to Drs appointments with the patients. We are all on this planet 🌎 together. We HAVE to take care of each other.
Thank you for your amazing video on youtube. Your words are strong enough to aim the community and hope they will heard your words. I hope to met you one day and give you hug and say you did great job!
Thank you Amber! I am the youngest of 5 . I am also hard of hearing due to recurring skin tumors in one ear. Two of my brothers are Deaf ( among other relatives.) Your sincere heart felt statements to the world are much, much, much appreciated! I understand exactly how you feel in your attempt to wake up the hearing world to the Deaf community. I pray this video will fly viral and make the news! I have witnessed and advocated to the best of my ability my entire life. When I was a kid and later a teenager... my "confrontations" were not pleasant, or I guess at 46 years of age now...I'll say "not mature approaches..." haha...
BUT; I do not regret any of my actions or bluntness. Both of my Deaf brothers battled this...One still does, however, my brother Robert (Bobby,) passed away.Bobby wasnt just my brother he was my best friend. He had many health issues UNADDRESSED that began in his early 20's. It took 20 years of finally getting proper guidance and medication. In the end, a different illness; cancer, took him from this earth. Bobby struggled and begged me to go back to school to try and help the Deaf community with old and new signs that develope through generations ( just like hearing slang.) Because he was ill so long, he was out of the Deaf community and having trouble with new signs with young new interpreters. And as you expressed; if he was lucky to get an interpreter. He was only 45. As much as I hated high school , I did go back. In fact , that's where I first saw you! Us ASL students had to watch a night talk show, an "ASL song competition" and choose which one we felt would be best for us as an Interpreter and why. Yep, I chose you immediately ! I admit I was shocked to find out who you were. But, that's only because of being in the books and out of the news for so long at that time in my life.
School was hard for me mostly because I cant stand sitting still. But Every speech, every term paper where I could possibly spread Deaf awareness, I did my best. I still do as the little pin dot I am in this world, because I know that a lot of pin dots can make a huge smudge on the minds of others.
I feel very strongly, no...I KNOW that Bobby's cancer would have been detected much earlier if hearing doctor's would not have brushed off his complaints. Unfortunately , Bobby died a year before I graduated. But I felt him with me the whole way! I still do. Peace to you "bro!"
So before I end, I want to send you a BIG HUG AND GRATITUDE OF THANK YOU! Your message from the position you are in has touched many many people! God Bless you Lady!
Amber, thank you for making this video. I'm a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) this made me cry. I don't know why this subject is so foreign to the hearing world. It's like hello do you live under a rock??? It's still a uphill battle and its 2019.😥Again Thank You!!🤟🤟🤟🤟
Thank you so much for making this video, Amber. I had no idea that those who are hard of hearing or deaf aren't accepted by primary care physicians or other doctors as new patients. This video has made me realize that it's totally unfair to you and others like you to be looked down upon just because of just one difference. I'm so sorry that the stuff that you talked about in this video keeps on happening and that in order for this stuff to change, those of us who have full hearing need to help people like you to get the services that you need so that there is the equality at doctors' offices, sports arenas, concerts, etc. I promise to do what I can to help people like you out by talking with my health care providers about providing ASL interpreters for courageous people like you, Nile DiMarco, and others who are deaf or hard of hearing. Thank you so much for opening my eyes and educating me about the struggles that deaf and hard of hearing people have on a daily basis for quite a few things. I really appreciate your courageousness and tenacity!!!!
I absolutely love your message and love what you are doing. I am very new to learning ASL but I love every moment and every struggle and my goal is to be fluent in the language. I am so excited that people like you can help continue to bridge the gap between the hearing and deaf community
Is right about people especially deaf people who are denied every day because they don't want I mean they do want to go to the doctor but the nurse doesn't want the you know the deaf people to come cuz they don't understand deaf people and my grandma is interpreter for the deaf so she understands a lot
I love this video! I am an Education, pre-law, politics major and take ASL because of this reason. I also have a genetic disorder and there is a chance that one day I too will be deaf or hard of hearing. I see the struggle and now I know that I am the change! Thank you.
Watching and sharing again! Thank you so much! My daughter is Deaf and we need all the advocates we can get! I just love your dedication so much, you continue to inspire me so for that I thank you as well.
as a hearing person this is not something that's talked about and I love that you brought it up and I was able to learn so much from this. I don't wanna be "that hearing person" and now I can learn more and change the way I play into this oppression. the hearing people who are willing to look at this subject and learn and change need this kind of information so that we are aware. Our culture doesn't teach us that this is wrong which is unfair. We have the right to change this and need people like you willing to teach on the subject
please pass it around and promote change... Thank you for taking time out of your life to watch it... it means a lot.
+Amber Galloway Gallego im already spreading it, I love what you had to say so much, its so important. you've very quickly become one of my favorite youtubers and someone I look up to
I am so inspired by you. This is so true, and this is another reason I'm learning sign. I also want to learn because I love the language and I like learning about the deaf/hard of hearing community. I want to, not only communicate, but if I can interpret. I completely respect these people and I always will. Thanks for making this :)
spot on. I have deaf friend that is in custody battle for her children and it always pushed bc no interpreter available.
I am going to school in the fall to become an interpreter. One day I was in a fast food place the lady ahead of me was deaf and was trying very hard to communicate with the cashier that she wanted a chicken sandwich. I only have basic asl knowledge, but I jumped in to interpret. They both went from tears to smiles and all I did was finger spell a few words.
You are blessing ! Thanks for this mentioned to the hearing people . You made very good point!
thank you so much for this video!, im a hearing person but i have a dad thats deaf on 1 ear and half deaf on the other one, he never learned sign language cause he was ashamed of it, i learned a little as a kid and tried to get him to join me but he didn't want to, so i lost the sign language i've learned, so now im grown up, going in a school for us grown ups that didnt finished school as kids, and we have a building for deaf/hard hearing people that goes there to get an education.. i heard some of my classmates laugh alot cause a deaf person laughed and they thought it was funny.. i got mad as hell and now i fixed so we have lessons with them once a week.. only our class tho.. but now im working on making it to be a class on everyones schedual once a week in our school and i hope i can make it happen... im angry that the school has not atleast put up an sign language lesson for those who want to learn, like music, frensch and so on... especially when we have around 80 deaf persons in the school , and i think it is very important that all teachers on the school to be educated in sign language so atleast they can communicate with them, but they havn't done that either.. im sitting at home learning swedish sign language now, and also songs, and im gonna learn how to interpritate (uhm spelling?) songs with feelings., i want to be an interpreter in the future :)
i want sign language to be included in every education, especially those that involves alot of human contact.. .. wow i wrote so muuch, im so sorry, i could write alot more than this haha.
(excuse my bad english)
I love this video. I couldn't agree with you more. Im studying to become a sign language interpreter and my goal is to become nationally certified one day. When i took my deaf culture class last semester it really shocked me with a lot of the things we discussed. As hearing people a lot of us dont this about it. It does need to stop. The only thing that is different about deaf people is their ability to hear. Thats it. Yet people dont think about that. I completely agree with you and there are a lot of changes that need to happen for deaf people and deaf education and deaf children. We can change that and i hope to change something or help people realize this. I shared this on my facebook page btw. Love this video.
You've motivated me to become an interpreter. I hope I can give myself the opportunity to start learning this year. I had some delicate matters going on.
Thanks you for being part of the change and opening people's eyes too.
I’m hard of hearing and I so appreciate this topic! Thank you for making this video! It means so much!
I was working at a convention and a deaf person needed help. She wanted to attend a panel so I went with her to the ADA department because I thought maybe they will have one. I was told they had interpreters (I think it may have been a lie). And they refused her an interpreter. She asked for next year if she got her interpreter if she would have to pay for a ticket for them too. They told her she would have to!!!!!! We were going at it and the girl I was helping was ready to give up. I knew I wasn't going to get anywhere with them. I told her we would figure it out. I would of interpret for her but I was on the clock for a different department but I was still allowed to help find her an interpreter at least. The good news is at the min we found one but man it took a lot just to find one. That is sad because deaf should be able to enjoy the event just as much as anyone else.
*would've (contraction of "would have")
amber i finally got to watch this and i am learning Deaf studies in college and i am hard of hearing as well i was born that way my hearing is very severe where i have my hearing aids off i am almost completely Deaf but with my hearing aids i can hear like a normal hearing person well almost and i can talk very well also and i have to say that i agree with you completely cause i can tell you what i had to experience and what i had to deal with in every day life and that is exactly how i feel most of the time. i am happy to be subscribed to you amber may the great spirits bless your soul. plus another thing i also do ASL and i have been doing that since i was 2 years old it was my first language i learned when i was a boy then when i was 5 years old that was when i was taught how to talk. i love your videos and you as a human being. if i could right now i could hug you tightly. you touch me deeply cause you understand what it is like to be Deaf and or hard of hearing. Stay strong amber us Deaf and hard of hearing will continue to fight for our rights even if it kills us. and i will be there to support it all. Deaf Pride!!!!
Thank you for this.
I won movie tickets to premier when Return to Oz was a new movie. I asked while still outside for a caption reader. They had NOTHING for D/HH! THEY TOLD ME COME BACK TMW AND PAY TO SEE IF NEED CAPTIONS and so I missed out on the movie. I seen it, but understand nothing!
After the movie, I went to the manager and explain what happened. Manager was hearing. I told him, I won ticket like everyone else. Why cant I enjoy and have fun see the movie like everyone else?!?
Manager do something unexpected. He chewed out the screener so bad!!! I felt bad the guy got yelled at, but really not because event is not fair for only hearing can enjoy it. Manager told the guy ANY and ALL future screenings MUST have both captions and audio descriptions for Deaf AND for blind so ALL can enjoy movie together.
Manager that day was the change.
Deaf never forget Hearing who do that... not ever.
FWIW… my own sense is that this is more likely to come about through ADA class action litigation than through asking for cultural change. If providers understand that it's not a choice - it's a legal requirement that costs way, way more to violate than to obey - it'll change. Cynical, I know, but … bottom line gets a lot more immediate attention.
Another thing I've been learning in my interpreting classes is that even if an interpreter is provided for the deaf person, the interpreter may not be qualified for that assignment because the office that needed to legally provide the interpreter did not care for the quality of communication. There have been many cases where an interpreter has been provided but the communication broke down regardless, and the deaf person was not properly informed of things to do with them, like in a doctor's office. They weren't informed of what a surgery entailed, or that they had cancer, or that they were dying.
There are also those interpreters that use their position to hold power over the deaf person. When voicing for the deaf person, they can add or change or completely disregard the words of the deaf person and speak for themselves as the deaf person.
There are ethics in proper interpreting training, and those ethics should be provided in other fields as well. The code of 'do no harm' should apply everywhere, and the /good/ interpreters are the ones that help the deaf consumer achieve equal power with the hearing consumer.
Wow Amber Galloway, What a beautifully motivating video. Thank you for making it. I am currently collaborating with the deaf community in my city to recreate the expressional dance in classical genre so that they can access the music as well as the lyrics. Your videos and talk have provide immense information. much love and more power to your cause.
Thank you thank you thank you a million times Amber!!
Sign language for the purpose of educating deaf children was brought here in 1817. i began working at a school for the deaf in 1980 and this was a topic back then. It was emphasized again when i took interpreter training in 1997. Even though great strides have been made since then, there are still many areas of life that are not accessible. This is not a new fight, it's one that should have been resolved decades ago.
Hello, I am one of your fans. I honestly did not have a clue
about the deaf community before I started dating this girl that I am with right
now. She is very hard of hearing and on the verge of being completely deaf. As
of right now, she cannot hear anything without her hearing aid. What you are
doing with this is very inspirational. This even hits more to home with me since
I run a pediatric clinic in the military. I am a medic not a doctor. Since we
are with the military we do provide interpreter services; however, I never knew
that outside the military pt are being denied access to care. Have you ever
thought of writing your congressman about this? I really feel that this needs
to be handled at the congressional level. It is complete discrimination. Thank
you for posting this. Learned something new today.
I've recently stumbled across your channel. I love all of your videos! I just started ASL 1 at my local city college, to become an interpreter. My ultimate dream is to be able to interpret concerts, or comedy shows. Thank you for this video!
Amber, you are a treasure. I'm a hearing person, and I thank you for pointing this out.
I had no idea doctors were allowed to deny deaf patients.That's so against the hippocratic oath every physician takes. I'm a nurse at a large public ER. I studied ASL in college before I went to nursing school hoping that I would be able to use it in my career. While I'm nowhere near as proficient as an interpreter, and I always try to get one for my patients, I love seeing how happy these patients are when a healthcare worker can communicate in their language
I concur! You eloquently gave voice to a very serious issue.
I recall, when I was studying to become a Speech-Language Pathologist, a senator would Not pass a bill concerning insurance for Speech Therapy services bc he ( like most people) could see the point of PT- they get you walking and OT- they help you put your clothes on. People think SLPs only work with children who have articulation problems.
The senator had a Stroke. He learned SLPs work with the brain.
* My point, it MUST impact a person directly😱😲😢😠😕😒😞😣SAD
We must continue to fight. Speak/Sign of Deaf Power. Humanize. Demand. Give voice. Show up. Sit down.
This is great. My ethics for interpreters teacher shared this video in my class and I also heard another teacher had shared it in one of his classes at the college I go to.
This was incredible. I've been thinking about learning sign language for a while but this truly inspired me to take on the effort and learn the language.
Thank you Amber! I am deaf and was born deaf. Was forced to speak instead of ASL by the doctor as my parents didn't know what to do as they were afraid to lose me if they send me to state school for the deaf. Starting learning ASL about a year and half ago and consider myself as a deaf person after finding my identity last May.
Danielle Hopping doctora really do this? that's so not okay... my family all work in the health industry and they've had interpreters at the hospitals and nursing homes
GraceBarnes,Yes that what my family told me. It happen in 1980s as they first found out that I was deaf when I was only 2 or 2.5 years old. According to my gram that the doctors didn't know what the heck they are saying about raising kids.
I love your videos and you are an amazing person. I am really wanting to learn sign language and these videos have only made me want to more. Thank you.
this is truly beautiful! thank you!
I love that there is only 1 dislike 😍😘I love you amber and when I graduate I wanna be an ASL interpreter!!! I fell in love with ASL from you. You are my inspiration!!!!!!love ya❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💙💙💙💙💙💙
Por fin. Una excelente motivación y reflexión sobre la inclusión hacia las personas sordas. Gracias por su gran apoyo incondicional.
Shalom
I've ran into so many people who want to learn to sign but for some reason; many people take advantage of and use ASL learning for profit. Some of us really want to learn so that we can help. It should be offered freesi that everyone can communicate with each other. Not to mention...ASL should be offered as a Language in school. We really need to get this fixed in society.
Amber Galloway-- I think this is a very lovely video. You need to add captions ASAP. There are tons of deaf and hard of hearing people (who are profoundly to severely deaf) who are highly reliant on captions and do not have ASL in their vocabulary, so if you can add CC, that would be extremely helpful, and I can easily share this wonderful privilege video to many.
+Jules Dameron I was having problems with it and I finally got it.... it is done... smiles Sorry......
+Amber Galloway Gallego It's deeply appreciated, thank you.
+Amber Galloway Gallego thank you.. amber hoh here to as well you are a great inspiration!
As an African American and hard of hearing person myself, I'm shocked that doctors can deny Deaf people are patients. This is wrong. I really liked this video and something that hearing people take for granted every day.
I'm learning ASL now, and we're learning about Deaf culture in the class too. I hope that, in the future, soon, interpreters will be more readily available at events and hospitals so that Deaf people can just. y'know. have an easier time existing.
This is amazing!!!!! This is one of the main reasons I want to go to Gallaudet and become and interpreter. I will share this!!!
Phenomenal explanatory video....no matter what country you live in. Thank you.
It breaks my heart! Need to share this with everyone because as hearing person I didn't even know
Very important message...! ... It sure is hard for deaf people in America, and it must be even harder for deaf people in other countries, like mine (Germany)... I hope that many many people will receive your message!
I have enjoyed watching your videos. I have known people who are HOH and met several who are Deaf. I have seen the struggle they have every day. I have been accepted to Keuka College for their ASL interpreter program and hope I can be a part of that change.
Thank you so much for creating this. As I lose my hearing, I say this a lot. Thank you thank you thank you.
I can tell you, not every hearing person means to discriminate against deaf people. We get so used to being able to communicate with everyone by sound that we sometimes forget that there are people who don't hear. Some times we just need to be reminded that there are people who can't communicate the way we do. We don't bother to learn ASL because we don't think we will ever need it. But it doesn't mean some of us aren't trying. We want everybody to be able to communicate to someone when they need help, when they feel like they have nowhere left to turn. Deafness isn't something as distinguishable like skin color, so we forget. I'm sorry that this happens and it will keep happening, but that doesn't mean that we can't keep trying.
I love this so much! I love all of your videos! I'm hoh and I'm currently working on my certifications to become an Interpreter! Your story and videos really inspire me! thank you so much for all you do!
Great. I like the message that this video has, it's compelling just because I never thought of having a "hearing privilege". I just don't think that that Oscar comment was necessary though, we all have our different struggles in our communities but there is no need to compare or trivialise what others are fighting for. Awards in the entertainment industry mean something different for minority groups, including the deaf community. It means more representation, diversity, accessibility, recognition awareness and all the ingredients that promote union and equality in the world despite the differences (that are beyond our control).
I'm going to share this. Deaf people are part of our families and our communities.
Some of my best friends who are deaf get discriminated and it makes me really mad.
Wow! This video brings light to the issues that hearing people don't know or don't understand. I never knew deaf people were treated this way. Especially doctor visits! This breaks my heart that they are turned away. Thank you for making this video for everyone to learn from.
Also, I'm wondering if you could make a video or talk about how deaf people take on tasks such as waking up on time, or going to a drive thru restaurant. I've always wondered about these things.
There is a book called "For Hearing People Only" that you should check out. It is a book that is comprised of column/article that is presented in a publication called DeafLife. This was a section for hearing people to write in their questions about deaf life/culture and for the answers to their questions to be published. It addresses all aspects of being deaf, from cochlear implants to abc stories to deaf education. I can't remember the authors names right off the top of my head, but this was written by deaf people.
This hit so close to home I'm tearing up..thank you
Thanks for all that you are doing in the Deaf community Amber, my niece is deaf and I can't wait to learn Libras (Brazilian sign language) to communicate with her and deaf people at all. Hugs from Brazil!
After the surgery that repaired my hearing (I was HOH the majority of my life) it shocked me how much easier life was. Up until then I never realized how little the needs of the D(d)eat/HOH community was met
So amazing! Thank you for sharing this video. 💖💖💖
Yep! And even a simple phone call using the video phone. I work with deaf/hoh clients and they get hung up on probably 1/3 of the time because the person on the other end either doesn't understand how the VP works or they just don't want to take the extra time with the call. The worst is waiting 2 hours for Social Security and then they hang up on you. Sigh.
Growing up with deaf parents, I totally agree with this.
"they dont ask for Oscars,.. they dont ask for awards"
lolol you've never met my mother
That is true. Thank you for sharing. I hope they will wake up and understand deafness needs we a.l want to be free like hearing sometime they don't want to write and forsake
I really liked how you created this video. This is what I want to help within the future because I am deaf and in school I never got the accommodations I need/wanted until now and I'm in college and I want to be a deaf advocate for my community and help set up systems for deaf and HOH in getting accommodations and also want to travel and talk about my experiences with accommodations that I never got and discrimination. I also want to help parents understand that their child doesn't need to be fixed because my mother was never taught that we went to the doctors and they recommended and CI and I said no and my mom said you getting it and I again said no. My family doesn't know sign language and I've asked them to learn multiple times. I also want to maybe set up a class that most professions need to take before starting a job, as in a class for getting deaf and HOH certified as in like know how to treat/interact them and accommodate them in the best way.
Awesome vlog! I hope it hits 2 million viewers.
I am so inspired. I love to try an interpret! I desire to be the best interpreter and advocate for the deaf and hard-of-hearing!
Amen Amber iim only mildly hoh but im already experiencing how cruel hearing can be. idk if my hearing will go eventually or not but im learning to sign from you ty so much God Bless You your amazing n i pray to meet you one day xxx