Very interesting. Pretty much every agency that works with #Lipspeakers goes with the cheapest quote and often hammers you down (usually saying it’s not in the client’s budget when in fact they just want a bigger cut).

Our take away from #NationalInclusionWeek has been the pithy summary "Inclusion starts when assumptions stop."
As #lipspeakers we often see the negative outcomes of people assuming that #deaf must mean sign language.
Ask is always better than assume.

It’s #Lipreading Awareness Week. Not all words are visible on the lips. #Lipreaders need clues - context, facial gesture, possibly #Fingerspelling to identify what is being said. #Lipspeakers are trained to be more #Lipreadable & enable access. lipreadingawareness.org.uk