What does the deaf do during diversity training?
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A couple of years ago, our department manager combined this training as an afternoon extension to a departmental all-hands meeting. One of my close friends is a very articulate, knowledgeable lady who is deaf. Or perhaps I should say, was deaf. She has cochlear implants that now allow her to hear.
So, we were into the second hour of the training when I noticed that she had turn her implants off and was playing solitaire on her Palm Pilot.
The instructor liked to use her as an example of someone with a “special condition”. Whenever he spoke her name, I’d give her a nudge and she’d look up, smile at the instructor and then go back to playing solitaire.
I had to suffer through the training—I’d left my Palm Pilot in my cube.
