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ADA compliance, Deaf culture, workplace accessibility, and the craft of ASL interpretation — written for San Diego employers, healthcare providers, educators, and event teams. A new piece every month.

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Graduation Season: Don’t Let Commencement Be the Moment Access Fails

Ceremonies are booked a year out, yet the interpreter is too often an afterthought. Here is how San Diego schools get it right.

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AI Sign Language Interpreters Are Going Viral. Here’s What Deaf People Actually Think.

The demos look revolutionary to hearing audiences. In Deaf forums, the reaction is very different — and that gap is the whole story.

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Women’s History Month: The Deaf Women Who Shaped ASL and the Field

From Alice Cogswell to the educators and advocates who built the modern profession, the history of ASL is inseparable from the women who carried it.

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Black Deaf History Month and the Overlooked Leaders Who Built Modern ASL

Black ASL is a living archive of the language’s history. Understanding it is a year-round professional standard, not a February obligation.

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Make Interpreter Access a 2026 Resolution: Build the Plan Before You Need It

The organizations that never get caught flat-footed all do the same unglamorous thing in January. Here is the checklist.

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Interpreted Performances and the Quiet Magic of Accessible Holiday Events

A signed performance is not a logistics line item — done well, it changes the room. What goes into one, and why prep is everything.

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Your Deaf Patient Just Walked In. Does Your San Diego Hospital Have a Plan?

You have about sixty seconds before a communication failure becomes a liability. Most facilities know the law; fewer have an actual process.

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DEI Is Not Dead. For Deaf and Disabled Employees, It Just Got More Urgent.

The headlines suggest DEI is over. The Americans with Disabilities Act has not changed by a single word — and California’s bar is higher.

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September Is Deaf Awareness Month: What It Means and Why It Still Matters

It began with a 1958 congress in Rome. Decades later, the point is the same: Deaf people define access on their own terms.

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Back to School: What San Diego Schools Owe Deaf Students

IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA all converge in one classroom. The start of the year is when the gaps quietly open.

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ADA at 35: Is Your San Diego Business Actually Compliant — or Just Hoping Nobody Notices?

Thirty-five years on, the gap between what the law requires and what businesses provide is still enormous. “Never been sued” is not compliance.

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Summer Event Season: Planning ASL Access for Festivals, Weddings, and Pride

From Pride to backyard weddings to Comic-Con, summer is San Diego’s busiest stretch. Book access early — or scramble for it later.

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