Our CEO Sherri Turpin has authored an opinion piece, which publicly calls out for true functional equivalence in our nation’s phone system. We’re very pleased to share with you that Sherri’s piece, Deaf consumers demand equality in telephone access as our nation celebrates the ADA’s anniversary, has been published by The Hill (and is accessible via an ASL video interpretation).

At the heart of Sherri’s piece is her call for true functional equivalence, something the ADA promised almost 31 years ago but that is far from reality today for Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals in the United States. “For me, the cause is personal.” she notes, “Most of my executive team is deaf. I am frustrated every day that VRS fails to keep pace with the advanced telephone innovations everyone else gets to use. And I am so proud to be part of this movement.”

Closing the communication gap for the deaf and hard of hearing community remains one of Sherri’s top leadership priorities and Sherri, along with many other leading advocates, continues her work on the frontlines to ensure full communications access for all.