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5 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Anonymous A4: Not really. The second the interpreter leaves, my labmate acts like I don't exist. I try to initiate communication with them as much as I can without the interpreter. They don't really show any interest or effort. My PI has been wonderful and wants

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me to be comfortable with or without an interpreter. I agree, but, they don't have the same life experience as I do, so it is naturally their blind spot. It is really frustrating because networking is critical in this field. What would help us to feel welcome is

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1. PLEASE include us and interact with us. Learning ASL would be ideal (I'd be surprised if that ever happens)
2. Caption everything, not CRAPtion please.
3. For any university events/lab events such as presentations, please make sure we have advanced notice and/or make

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sure captioning (at least) is available for the event. Too often, My PI announces an event that's happening tomorrow or two days later and I cant attend because the event is inaccessible and interpreter services require advanced notice.

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5 Oct
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