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Amazon Is The First Major Tech Company To Hire Full-Time ASL Interpreters

Posted on April 28, 2019

Originally published April 28, 2019 by Forbes
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Amazon logo in American Sign Language.
Amazon logo in American Sign Language. (AMAZON)

Amazon has created an American Sign Language (ASL) program that entails hiring interpreters as full-time employees, and having each interpreter work with the same group of 2–3 people. Amazon is the only major tech company to provide this service, which starts with a pre-interview meeting between the interpreter and any prospective Deaf employee, at such a large scale.

Read the full story from Forbes here.

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