Deaf educator, certified sign language interpreter, actor, and consultant — bridging communication across communities.

Professional services in disability sensitivity training, sign language interpreting, and theatre consulting.

Blog

Strategies for Sign Language Interpreting in a News Broadcast

A news broadcast carries information that may affect safety, health, travel, employment, and civic participation. For Deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, a sign…

How to make a podcast accessible with a sign language interpreter

Podcasting is often treated as an audio-only medium, yet many Deaf and hard-of-hearing people engage with podcast content through video, transcripts, captions…

The Challenges of Using TikTok for Sign Language Education

TikTok has become a lively space for learning languages, sharing cultural knowledge and building communities across borders. For sign language education, its…

Making YouTube More Accessible With Sign Language

Adding sign language content to a YouTube channel can make information easier to understand, more welcoming and more useful for Deaf and hard-of-hearing…

Creating an Auslan-Interpreted Museum Tour That Works

Creating a Sign Language Interpreted Tour for a Museum or Gallery involves much more than booking an interpreter and adding a date to the events calendar. A…

Writing a Play That Brings American Sign Language to the Stage

A play featuring American Sign Language (ASL) dialogue asks the writer to think beyond spoken lines. Meaning may be carried through handshape, movement, facial…

What To Look For In An Accessible Live Theatre Performance

A live theatre performance becomes genuinely accessible when Deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, low-vision, disabled, and neurodivergent audience members can…

How to Make a Short Film Accessible With Integrated Sign Language

Filmmakers across Australia are increasingly recognising that short films can do more than entertain when sign language is woven into the storytelling itself…

Casting Deaf actors for television: a practical walkthrough

Television studios in Sydney and Melbourne are slowly shifting their approach to casting Deaf performers, but the process still varies dramatically between…

directing a play where deaf and hearing actors share the stage

A mixed Deaf and hearing cast forces a director to rethink almost every assumption baked into the rehearsal room. What was once a routine question — where to…