Is This Mother Of A Deaf Child Going Beyond The Bounds Of Common Sense In Her Demands?

[dave50]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42776454
Is she just pushing an agenda? I think she is being unreasonable and trying to make a point.

[kvalidir]

I've just finished working on a film where one of the actresses is deaf ( she's also a dancer), my one brother also suffers significant hearing loss and much to most people's surprise a lot of deaf people do not 'hear nothing'- it's not silence, they often can hear quite a bit of significant sound or noise. They can also always feel vibration hence my friend's ability to dance professionally and some can hear some music. I do think the mother in this case was being contentious for the sake of it, and on that basis I do hope common sense prevails as I think the promoters tried their best, however as a matter of course it would be nice if all major gigs did supply an interpreter and that his interpretation was beamed onto at least monitors in one area where deaf people could choose to buy tickets. that would make the whole gig accessible to people with sensory impairment and improve a lot of people's experiences.

[hc4361]

Excellent article about concert interpreters and deaf people's enjoyment of music in America:
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/3bd35y/inside-the-world-of-concert-sign-language-interpreters

[naomi24]

hc4361, in that case perhaps if she’d taken the trouble to liaise with the theatre they may have found a place for her interpreter to stand. They seem to have been quite obliging.

[dannyk13]

A sensible post Kvalidir

[mallyh]

she is on tv shortly .

[dannyk13]

Who is Mally?

[ToraToraTora]

attention seeking idiot.

[mallyh]

the mother

[dannyk13]

What channel and what time?

[mallyh]

oh just came and told me she is on victoria derbyshire on bbc2 shortly.

[dannyk13]

Ta,

[Sqad]

It would have been nice for the producers to have the WHOLE show covered.

[Sqad]

Good answer by Kvalider.
However.....hearing something is not necessarily the same as understanding what you hear and if you can't understand it, what is the point in hearing?
People with nerve deafness, CAN hear, but can't understand what is being said.
The mother does have a point.

[hc4361]

She DID liaise with the theatre and had to take legal action to get the interpretor.

[dannyk13]

Just seen this woman on television.Don't understand her at all. She said how good the concert and the interpreter was, and how much she enjoyed it,When asked why she was suing, other than to claim compensation, her reply was that she wanted something in law giving deaf people the right to interpreters etc.As Andy has said this law already exists.

[Sqad]

danny

"However, the concert had started with two supporting acts and the interpreter had not been booked to cover them."

The yous lady missed the start of the concert.

[ToraToraTora]

what next? Blind people suing Odeon because they cannot see the film? Sadly there are disabled people, who, due to their condition cannot join in the activities of those without that disability. Does that mean law suits should fly because the purveyors of experiences cannot cater for all?

[dannyk13]

Sqad, she did not mention anything about missing the other acts in the interview.

[Sqad]

TTT

"Sadly there are disabled people, who, due to their condition cannot join in the activities of those without that disability. Does that mean law suits should fly because the purveyors of experiences cannot cater for all?"

Yes.

[gness]

Hc......that is an excellent article...thank you......
Being offered a free carer seat was useless, especially so close to the concert date.
A good and prepared interpreter should have been chosen by the promoter long before and for the whole show.

We see sign language in our peripheral vision when watching a performance.....the signer needs to be well prepared and well positioned to compliment what each different deaf person can hear...
The interpreter and the performance becomes a whole for the deaf person.

Do read Hc's article before deciding whether or not she's wrong...x