Jeez what a great bloke you are. I am impressed. Write yourself a suitable congratulatory letter of appreciation.
I was hired to work with deaf actors. I had no knowledge of Auslan. Only the script.
Fucking amazing experience. One rehearsal then on stage to a mixed audience of hearing, audibly challenged , profoundly deaf and a Government functionary I shall call “Cog”.
I had little problem with the actors. Expressiveness to the max. Authenticity of emotion. I was just caught up in the performance despite the silent responses to my dialogue, as were 99.95% of the audience who understood the story and the emotions without any more dialogue than I provided.
The worst cunt in the room was the government representative who cornered me after speaking VERY loudly at the other actors. “great job” he said in a loud “confidential” type voice" " Of course I didn’t understand a fucking word apart from you, what was it about? You must be very brave to face that kind of ridicule"
That is why I say “fuck you” to discriminatory morons however they try and dress up their lack of empathy.