One young 10-year-old Disney fan named Norah Luna is deaf and fluent in ASL and caught the attention of Disney. Disney had put out a casting call looking for young actors who were fluent in ASL, and Norah quickly put together her submission. The young aspiring actress received a call back from Disney, hiring her for the role!
Wesh spoke with Norah and her ASL interpreter, who said:
“I was so excited! I wanted to be involved in lots of different projects like this. So when Disney called me back, I was really excited to work with them. If there is deaf children out there or other children that are interested, I think they should learn ASL. I think it’s really important to have representation of ASL on screen not just having access to closed captioning.”
Norah would love to be a Hollywood actress and noted that ASL should become a part of mainstream media as it makes it much easier for those who are deaf to understand.
“(Closed) captioning is different because it’s English. When I watch an interpreter signing, it’s my native language and I’m able to understand it a lot easier. With captions sometimes I miss some of the information”
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It is great to see that Disney has started to have a similar mindset to Norah and that she has been able to work with them to create a product that allows others who are deaf to instantly see the words others are speaking on television. It also is a great way to help teach others watching about ASL and potentially help teach others certain words or phrases.
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