Deaf interpreter David Cowan on reaching people & providing accessibility
Witness David Cowan's passion for providing accessibility through his incredible work as a sign language interpreter.
Transcript
I was born deaf. I'm really passionate about providing accessibility
to others in the deaf community. So when I'm signing, it's a completely different language.
[MUSIC PLAYING] It's a two-step process.
Aaron will hear what the governor says and sign the words to me, and then I process it based on what a deaf person will understand
and how they will understand it through interpreting. And I'm reaching out to people in a much more powerful way
so that deaf people can very easily understand what's going on. Deaf interpreters are embedded here in the State Operations
Center, and Georgia is the first state to do that. So we're kind of the model, if you will, for the rest of the nation.
That's really what I'm responsible for, is to make sure the message is correct. So interpreting isn't a hobby.
It's not just something you can play around with and say, oh, hey, isn't this fun? No, it's a serious profession.
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