Rikki Poynter

08/07/2025

In July, Props No More sent Rikki Poynter to Washington, DC for WAWABILITY. Rikki shared some of her reflections on the 35th anniversary of the ADA, the mood of the event, and recording artist Lachi's speech on disability pride.

Visual description: Rikki, with her hair pulled up, wearing a gray shirt and black shorts, speaks to the camera.

Transcript to follow in the comments.

08/04/2025

It me.

08/04/2025

Black background with white text listing deaf-friendly events in Omaha for tomorrow:

- Beto's Town Hall will have ASL interpreters Beto O'Rourke
- budgeting workshop will have ASL interpreters Strongly Worded Letters
- ASL social at Pageturners Lounge

08/03/2025

I officially started my time as a member of the community advisory council at Reproductive Health Collaborative Nebraska. All 3 of us newbies got introduced, we talked about how to communicate reproductive needs, and made some content that’ll soon be on In Control Nebraska: https://www.instagram.com/incontrolnebraska

I am honored to be able to be a part of this community and help bring a deaf and disabled prospective and more insight on accessibility in the field. Thank you.

Image Description:
Rikki listening to another woman speaking, ASL interpreter beside her.

Rikki and another person in the middle of conversation, ASL interpreter standing beside of them.

Rikki speaking to another person who is listening.

Rikki having a conversation with someone. The other person is speaking to her, ASL interpreter is interpreting.

08/01/2025

Wrote a thing!

Have you ever wondered how a (mostly) oral deaf person edits and captions their own speaking videos? After all, it sounds strange for one to do so if they can’t hear and understand themselves very …

07/31/2025

Thirty-five years ago today, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. By prohibiting discrimination on the basis of ability, this law granted people with disabilities the legal right to full and equal access to public life, including healthcare settings.

As we honor the anniversary of the ADA, we remain committed to providing the highest quality of care and access to patients in our network. Learn more about our work by visiting rhcnebraska.org.

07/31/2025

Sharing. This has been widely shared and we want to bring one of our community members back home. Read on for more information. I’ll share a video on my story as well.
Repost from Bay Area Asian Deaf Association and

She is a CODA. Any information please contact Fremont Police Department 510-790-6800. In an emergency please call 911! Please share this post widely and immediately to help bring her home. 🙏🏼

MISSING PERSON AT RISK; Katie Hong, 16 years old Asian female juvenile, approximately 5’ tall and 100 lbs, brown eyes, has braces, and medium length dark brown hair. Last seen wearing a navy blue mid zip up jacket, grey sweats, and a red Patagonia backpack.

Katie Hong was last seen at her residence on Queens Park Ct at approximately 6:20pm on 07/25/2025.

Any information please contact Fremont Police Department 510-790-6800. In an emergency please call 911.

[ID: A missing person poster with a red background urgently seeks information on Katie Hong, last seen on July 25, 2025, in Fremont, CA. The poster features a portrait of Katie, a 16-year-old with long black hair, sunglasses, and braces, alongside a map of California with a bear. She is described as 5’ tall and weighing 100 pounds. The poster implores anyone with information to contact (510) 366-3992, emphasizing that any help will be greatly appreciated.]

07/31/2025

Earlier in July, we sent Rikki Poynter to the first-ever WAWABILITY in Washington, DC! This two-day event celebrated 35 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act, featuring talented disabled musicians, comedians, and even circus performers.

Rikki stopped by to chat with Warren Snipe (aka Wawa), creator of Wawability, to learn more about what the event offered and his plans for the future of Wawability.

Transcript to follow in the comments.

Visual description: Warren Snipe, a Black man with short gray hair and a beard wearing glasses, a blue shirt, and white shorts, stands backstage at Wawability.

WAWA's World

07/31/2025

I made videos of other people for once.

07/29/2025

5,000+ new people are here and subscribed to my YouTube channel which... thank you so much. Growing this channel has been a struggle and I'm like, wow, maybe I'll hit the 100k dream after 10+ years on YouTube after all! Now that I'm in a new space, bigger and brighter, my goal is to become consistent in long form videos again so let me know what you'd like to see! Can we hit 100k by the end of 2025? I wonder... that would be amazing. Anyhoo, also, 1) apologies for the weird static-y audio at parts. I'm not sure what's happening there. And 2) I gotta get back into the groove of movie reviews, haha. Bear with me, please!

I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) and the Disappointing Plot Twist (Spoilers)

I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) is a fun new installment of the well loved slasher franchise, but it comes with a disappointing plot twist that's simp...

07/27/2025

Me when I put in my hearing aids so I watch hear it all via Bluetooth.

Turning up the volume dilemma

07/27/2025

A client asked me this question:

If someone had to learn 5 signs/phrases, what would they be? What are the best ones to know?

No wrong answers.