27 Things We Learned On Zoom With Angel Theory – BuzzFeed

The director and writers were so easy to work with when it came to giving them those ideas so the story can be realistic, and so that Olivia is not seen as a fictional character. She has a lot of dimensions to her that you can still watch and be like, "Well, I would probably do that too," or "Yeah, that's something that I've done as well."

From my experiences, everybody's been very open-minded and open-hearted. They've been understanding and they've taken the time to educate themselves instead of only relying on me to educate them. That's been very heartwarming for the simple fact that I don't ask for it. And I don't feel like it should be asked for, it's just nice when people do it.

Also, making sure that work events are accessible all the time, or making sure that everybody understands there's specific ways to communicate with someone that's hard of hearing and/or deaf. From what I've had to experience, everybody's been amazing at that. I haven't really had to experience anything negative so far.

There's a lot of assumptions when it comes to the hard of hearing and deaf community. I think that's natural. Even when it comes to the LGBTQ community, people assume what their experiences are because they've probably heard one story.

My needs and someone else who is hard of hearing or deaf might be different, depending on the person. Instead of assuming what a hard of hearing or deaf person's life is like, just ask, "How do you function throughout the day?" or "What makes it harder for you throughout your everyday life?" and "How can I get your attention?"

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