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We have a deaf team member. He asks for very little in the way of accommodations and performs very well at his role. At most he'll ask for CC to be turned on
by cptskippy 4y ago
We have a deaf team member. He asks for very little in the way of accommodations and performs very well at his role. At most he'll ask for CC to be turned on during a Teams Meeting when it's a 3rd party facilitator and that stuff is disabled by default.
What I picked up on early on was that he struggled during face-to-face meetings with reading lips. And I made a conscious effort to turn toward him, speak a little slower and more purposefully, and to reiterate what others said when responding to comments, which helped him tremendously.
That being said, our Org when 100% remote during the pandemic and if anything has made him a stronger member of the team because it forces more non-verbal communication.