Speaking

Seven Steps to Leading with Accessibility

Turn Deaf accessibility from a compliance task into an everyday leadership practice. Starr walks leaders through seven practical steps they can start on Monday.

Audience: Corporate leadership teams, HR and DEI conferences, leadership summits.

The CODA Advantage: Seeing Communication Barriers Clearly

Starr grew up as her Deaf mother's interpreter. She shows how that view exposes the communication barriers most organizations miss, and how removing them improves service and teamwork.

Audience: Business and customer experience conferences, employee resource groups, marketing and service teams.

Deaf Culture 101 for the Workplace

What Deaf culture is, why ASL is a full language, and the small habits that make Deaf coworkers and customers feel expected. Practical, warm and easy to apply.

Audience: All-staff meetings, Deaf Awareness Month events (September), lunch-and-learns.

Effective Communication Under the ADA, in Plain Words

What the ADA asks of employers and public agencies when a Deaf person needs access, from interpreters to captions. Leaders leave knowing what to ask their teams. (Consulting, not legal advice.)

Audience: City, county and state agency staff, HR and compliance teams, public-service conferences.

Welcoming Deaf People in Your Church or Nonprofit

How staff and volunteers can greet, serve and include Deaf visitors, with Deaf culture basics and simple group ASL. Built for people who serve.

Audience: Church staff and ministry leaders, nonprofit staff and volunteer teams, faith conferences.