Deaf accessibility consulting for employers and public agencies.
Accessibility audits, consulting, and workshops and training, from a CODA-founded firm.
Request a ConsultationHas trained staff for the City of Gastonia and NC DHHS.
Illuminate the path to visibility, empowering businesses, schools, and organizations to create environments where every voice is recognized and valued.
Starr Clinton
Starr Clinton is the founder of Signing Starr Consulting. She is a CODA, a Child of Deaf Adults, and grew up as her Deaf mother's interpreter. Today she still teaches ASL, and she has trained staff for the City of Gastonia and NC DHHS. Starr founded the firm, and Signing Starr Consulting is building a team of Deaf, Hard of Hearing and CODA professionals.
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From hands-on workshops to full accessibility audits, our team helps your organization serve Deaf and Hard of Hearing people with confidence.
Deaf Accessibility Audits
Ideal Audience
Employers, public agencies, schools and health care providers that serve Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.
What's Included
Signing Starr Consulting finds the gaps before your Deaf employees and customers do. We review each department in scope: policy, staff readiness, interpreting, hiring, customer service and emergency communication. You get a written findings report, a gap analysis by department, a roadmap ranked by priority, and a leadership meeting to walk through it.
Deaf Friendly Certification: Available through an audit. Organizations that complete an audit can work toward certification.
Consulting
Ideal Audience
Employers, public agencies, schools and health care providers ready to act on what an audit found.
Areas of Expertise
Get a partner who knows Deaf access from the inside. We help you plan policy, communication access and interpreting so Deaf and Hard of Hearing people are included from the start.
Our consulting includes:
- Policy development: clear, practical policies for interpreting, captioning and accommodation requests.
- Communication access planning: how Deaf people reach you, from the front desk to the phone line to emergency alerts.
- Leadership guidance: helping leaders own Deaf access and keep it going.
Workshops and Training
Ideal Audience
Staff teams, managers, HR, and public-service and health care staff.
Workshop Topics
Give your staff the skills to serve Deaf and Hard of Hearing people with confidence. Practical sessions on Deaf culture, communication access and the ADA.
Topics include:
- Deaf awareness and Deaf culture: who Deaf people are and how to communicate with respect.
- Communication access and the ADA: when to book an interpreter or captions, and how.
- Leading for access: what managers can do every day.
What your team gets: Sessions shaped to your workplace, with hands-on practice.
How we work
Audit
We review how your organization communicates with Deaf employees and customers today, and give you a clear plan ranked by priority.
Consulting
We work alongside your team to put the plan in place, with training, so the changes last.
Certification and ongoing access
Work toward Deaf Friendly certification, and keep access strong with qualified ASL interpreters when you need them.
Ready to make your organization accessible to Deaf people?
Start with a short discovery call. We'll talk through your needs and the right next step.