#Hearingprivilege

#hearingprivilege is when ASL interpreters fees are higher than the Deaf dancer fees in a performance
-Zahna Simon #zahnasimon

#hearingprivilege is when you expect the Deaf client to voice for themselves
-Zahna Simon #zahnasimon

#hearingprivilege is when you don't cringe or get disappointed when restaurants and bars dim the lights as it becomes evening/nighttime
-Zahna Simon #zahnasimon

#Hearingprivilege is when you are not mistaken for being hearing or hard of hearing when you naturally understand hearing people better than most and feel compelled and happy to provide access to other Deaf individuals by interpreting including making sure their voices are being interpreted in the way they want by other ASL interpreters or taking over for regular ASL interpreters because they are overbooked by hearing organizations who don't understand and being completely exhausted and wiped out during the process and at the end of it needing lots of recovery time and/or caffeine
-Zahna Simon #zahnasimon #deafinterpreter

#Hearingprivilege is when you can hear the difference between "Z" and "D" so you know when someone is verbally pronouncing your unusual unique name correctly and them misunderstanding your name because it's hard to pronounce "Z" sound as a Deaf person even after several years of speech therapy
-Zahna Simon #zahnasimon

#Hearingprivilege When you don't have a vicious vibrator alarm right under your head or one that "earthquakes" the entire bed just to wake up
-Zahna Simon #zahnasimon

#hearingprivilege When it's no problem or disrespect when they say follow the music, move here or do that move when you hear this sound or they say this word during the dance rehearsal/performance
-Zahna Simon #zahnasimon

#hearingprivilege is when you are in the bathroom and don't have to worry about someone coming in the bathroom after they knocked or waiting forever to use the bathroom thinking someone is in it because the door is closed and/or the light is on and then turns out no one is in there
-Zahna Simon #zahnasimon