#if any Deaf/HOH folks wanna chime in please do :)

[officialhouseguest]

the way that this show has absolutely refused to accommodate matt is infuriating.

I am not Deaf/HOH but know a lot of folks who are and in knowing them have come to learn a lot, which I’m really grateful for! I realize that not everyone has had that opportunity, but at the very least on the production side, it is unacceptable not to have preemptively done the work to avoid certain unnecessary situations. By refusing to provide things like live closed captioning BB is directly contributing to the misguided idea that an accommodation=an advantage (not true) when in fact they are creating a MORE unfair situation by doing so.

And these houseguests are not entirely blameless either. It is understandable that when you’re getting used to a new way of communicating that you might slip up and forget sometimes which, imo, can be forgiven. I also think a lot of folks are under the impression that a hearing aid provides 100% hearing or even some kind of “superhuman” hearing, and that’s just not accurate. Like I said though, it’s a learning experience for most people and I get that, and I would hope that most people are open to that. And while a lack of prior knowledge is understandable, at this point to just not even TRY to remember to look at a person when you’re speaking to them when you have been told they CANNOT HEAR YOU unless you do so it just so ????

#bb25 #it’s just not acceptable for production at this point to not be providing the necessary things for him to have a CHANCE at success #I have been a little unclear whether he is using a hearing aid or not but either way #there are things that can be done #and it is so disheartening to see what feels like a complete lack of consideration #big brother you are not ADA compliant <3 #if any Deaf/HOH folks wanna chime in please do :)