Growing up with deaf twin sisters but being of normal hearing herself, Lorraine Mitchelle Jores naturally grew into the role of sign language interpreter almost before she could speak.
Learning Malaysian Sign Language, or Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia, was necessary not only to communicate with her older sisters but to help them deal with the world of non-signers outside their home.
Aside from helping them navigate the necessities of their everyday life, she became particularly invaluable when they needed to accomplish something more complex such as dealing with bank clerks or registering at hospitals.
At the Sarawak Society for the Deaf (SSD) building in Kuching, Lorraine, now 29, said that the first thing she thought of when she heard about Covid-19 was: what will happen when deaf people catch it?
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