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When I'm Excluded at Family Gatherings Because I'm Deaf

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Recently, our cousin arranged for the family to get together on Zoom for my grandmother’s 99th birthday. Although I was hesitant, knowing I would not be able to understand anyone speaking because I am Deaf, I was hopeful for a sense of belonging in the family.

It had been almost three years since I saw most of the cousins and aunts and uncles and cousins, so I hoped maybe, just maybe I would be more included and one or two people would have learned some signs by now.

But, no. At the Zoom get-together, I understood nothing except the few words my father managed to sign for me the best he could.

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