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NAD Open Letter to Charlie Kirk
Background:
In one of his podcasts, internet personality Charlie Kirk stated:
(You can see the original video clip here:)
https://www.mediamatters.org/media/4026530/embed/embed
Transcript:
CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): I’m gonna say this just off the cuff before I introduce our guest. Can we please just go away with half the screen during these emergency briefings to the sign language interpreters? I have nothing against, obviously, people that cannot hear, but there’s closed captioning. I mean, this is just over the top. We can’t do this. We gotta get back to how it used to be. It’s just, oh, it’s just too much. It’s a distraction is what it is. The reason is they do these emergency briefings for fires or terrorist attacks, and you’re looking at this and you’re not listening. I don’t like it. So we got — we just gotta — closed captioning’s perfectly fine. I think we have to — we gotta get back to basics here.
See NAD’s response at https://www.nad.org/2025/01/10/nad-open-letter-to-charlie-kirk/
DAD Note: DAD supports equal access to critical emergency information at all times including the presence of a sign language interpreter. Time is of importance and good communication is essential.
‘I really appreciate them’: GRR implementing sign language boards in airport
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For many of us, a trip to the airport can be a stressful experience, but for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, travel comes with it’s own set of challenges.
The Gerald R. Ford Airport has recently implemented new technology to provide more access to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing so that they are given the tools to travel with the same convenience as the rest of us.