Talking of the bias and discrimination deaf individuals face, he added: “There are plenty of boundaries for deaf individuals as a result of this world is constructed for listening to individuals. I used to be usually turned away by taxi drivers after I tried to hail a taxi.”
Though Goh famous that fashionable know-how equivalent to ride-sharing apps and reside streaming know-how have helped break down some boundaries, she feels that as a society we nonetheless have a protracted solution to go in direction of inclusion.
“I additionally hope that someday Singapore will acknowledge SgSL as an official language and folks shall be extra conscious and respectful of our language in order that communication boundaries are lowered,” he stated.
“Deafness is extra than simply listening to loss. For me, it’s not a incapacity. It means many issues: identification, tradition, satisfaction and neighborhood.
“For instance, many individuals use the time period ‘listening to impaired’ to check with us. That is thought-about extremely offensive to the deaf or arduous of listening to as it may be interpreted because the arduous of listening to being impaired indirectly. We’re not right here for listening to individuals to repair us,” she defined.
Talking of her livestream work, she added: “I hope that with extra media illustration, extra deaf and disabled individuals shall be included and seen, each in entrance of the digicam and behind the digicam, engaged on the crew as scriptwriters and producers. Having genuine illustration will go a protracted solution to cut back misconceptions and myths.”
