As advocates for diversity and sign language rights, we recognise the power of your personal choice to support this cause. Your decision to sign up for sign language rights is not just a choice, but a crucial step in strengthening our diverse D/deaf communities. You are an integral part of this movement, and together, let’s fortify our communities today!
Despite the diversity in our D/deaf communities, we share common experiences that unite us. Whether it’s navigating a new country, embracing a different culture, or communicating through sign language, our shared experiences foster a sense of unity and understanding.
Through my daily work life, I met, greeted, and learned from many different D/deaf people, D/deaf with disabilities, and hard-of-hearing people from other countries, for example, Pakistan, Somalia, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Spain in Hamilton, New Zealand. One night, I had an unexpected video chat request via Turkey, and it was the family in Pakistan who were on holiday. The family of Pakistan wished to contact me and stay in touch by remembering me and my work for them. They told me about their holiday in Turkey and their experience meeting new people and cultures. The parents of the Deaf adult long for their Deaf son to find a wife rather than be alone. His brother and sister, both hearing, were married and had children.
Life in Eureka 