Visualize a world where accessibility surpasses the baseline ADA-approved checklist. We’ve all sat through the same old outdated office sensitivity and awareness training video. (No Janet, we don’t still use or prefer the word hearing impaired). Instead, imagine expecting world-class experience everywhere you stride into—always leaving feeling seen, understood, and celebrated. Forgetting to call ahead about [fill-in-the-blank] accommodations because you know that your accessibility needs weren’t an afterthought. This is the kind of Accessible, Inclusive, and Cultural shifts we mean when we say changing the narrative.

At For The Deaf Girl and The Deaf Social, we set out to create these safe, accessible, and inclusive spaces in our community for the dDeaf, Hard of Hearing, Disabled, and Chronically Ill Communities. To us, accessibility transcends the necessities.