RIGHT TO BE HEARD
Right to be heard focuses on deaf individuals, and how they have coped with mask-wearing and lockdown, just everyday life in general. With the pandemic, people have overlooked individuals with deafness when it comes to face masks and mental health. They rely on lip-reading to be able to understand others. It is a topic very close to my heart personally, and it should create conversations more often. Showcased through a series of portraits and their stories. Have a flick through the different sections to find out more about their experiences through lockdown as a deaf individual, and some quotes that may inspire people!
Right to be heard focuses on deaf individuals, and how they have coped with mask-wearing and lockdown, just everyday life in general. With the pandemic, people have overlooked individuals with deafness when it comes to face masks and mental health. They rely on lip-reading to be able to understand others. It is a topic very close to my heart personally, and it should create conversations more often. Showcased through a series of portraits and their stories. Have a flick through the different sections to find out more about their experiences through lockdown as a deaf individual, and some quotes that may inspire people!
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“My experience with face masks has been very stressful.
I try to avoid going out due to the anxiety of not knowing
what people are saying. I am still in secondary school and
have to wear them. It gets very lonely as everyone else can
communicate and I can’t, luckily my teachers wear clear
panel face masks but it still creates anxiety as everyone in
the room knows it’s because of me.
I think that my mental health has got worse due
to this 100%. I have only really coped because of having
my family with me in shops etc but it is annoying and
upsetting to know that I have lost quite a bit of
independence due to this.
I think a huge part of the problem is the lack of deaf
awareness, I had one incident where I told someone
I was deaf, and they told me that I should be learning
how to hear.”
Katie - Age 14
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