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Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

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Woman doing hand signals caption "This waitress came to me table. I decided to tell her I'm deaf.." (l) Woman doing hand signals caption "She turned to my son instantly and talked to me. She ignored me" (c) Woman doing hand signals caption "So I spoke loud and louder and she realized I'm taking the order. Not my kids!!" (r)

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A deaf woman expressed frustration about a waitress ignoring her due to her disability. TikTok told her to get over it.

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, BuzzFeed, the Daily Dot, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

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‘He didn’t believe I’m deaf’: TikToker says Dunkin’ workers refused her service because she’s deaf

Libby Cohen is a third-year University of Texas student originally from New Jersey. She has written for ORANGE Magazine, the Daily Texan, and most recently interned for 1010 WINS in NYC. She&#8217;s now back in Austin writing for the Texas Standard and the Daily Dot.

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Clubhouse’s desire for exclusivity is harming the Deaf community

Trinady Joslin is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a journalism degree. She was previously the Life and Arts Editor at the Daily Texan and an intern at Austin Woman Magazine.

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These volunteers are making Black Lives Matter videos accessible to deaf activists

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A deaf woman expressed frustration about a waitress ignoring her due to her disability. TikTok told her to get over it.

‘He didn’t believe I’m deaf’: TikToker says Dunkin’ workers refused her service because she’s deaf

Clubhouse’s desire for exclusivity is harming the Deaf community

These volunteers are making Black Lives Matter videos accessible to deaf activists

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