Malaysia
Hai. Ini cerita kita.
BIM has been the law since 2008. Sixty people carry it.
Access on this page: Signed: Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia — pending How this page is tested
Since 2008 the Persons with Disabilities Act has said that the government and the private sector must accept and facilitate Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia in official transactions — section 30. In 2014 one of us, Stevens Chan, brought Malaysia its first guide dog, LaShawn; 85,000 people signed to let her through the doors, and the Act has still not been amended. In April 2022 the ministry counted about sixty BIM interpreters for the whole country, and promised one in every district. The law is ours. The delivery is sixty people.
BIM video — this story, in our language
A named Malaysian Deaf creator tells this page's story in BIM. The video is the page, and the text is its transcript's cousin. This video existing is the reason this page is allowed to exist.
Malaysia's heart was open. The doors were not.
So we are building the way in — ourselves.
What do you want to do?
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I want access
Watch.Understand.Belong.
Movies, news, and services — in BIM, captions, or described audio.
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I create access
Create.Get paid.Be seen.
Deaf signers, interpreters, captioners, audio describers — your work, your name, your income.
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I provide access
One API.Every screen.
Platforms, governments, cinemas, companies — deliver real access with one integration.
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I back access
Host.Sponsor.Invest.
The builders who will turn Malaysia's goodwill into infrastructure — be part of the firsts.
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More than one of these can be yours. The access is for you, and you can be paid to help make it.
Access in Malaysia today
We have been opening our own doors for years.
Our language is BIM — ours, alive in every state. The law is on our side: section 30 of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008 says the government and the private sector must accept and facilitate it. In April 2022 the ministry promised at least one BIM interpreter in every district.
And we know the hard math: about sixty interpreters for all of us — every hospital, court, bank and classroom. You cannot schedule your emergency for when the interpreter is free.
Sixty people cannot carry our language. A platform can — made by us, paid to us. That is what ally is: Deaf and blind creators, paid to make the access — BIM, captions, described audio — delivered to any screen, from Johor to Sabah.
In plain words
The law is on your side. What is missing is the service — and that is what gets built here, with the community.
Why captions alone are not enough → Why sign language
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