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Why job interviews feel impossible when employers fear disability

I use sign language and went to a job interview where they provided an interpreter, but I could tell the hiring manager was uncomfortable the whole time and kept looking at the interpreter instead of me.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're facing discrimination disguised as discomfort, where your qualifications become secondary to others' prejudices.

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