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At a Starbucks located near a college for the deaf, all the baristas know ASL

by Mikaela Lefrak

Nov 29, 2018

Starbucks designed a store specifically for deaf and hard of hearing people.

Sign language interpretation major student Nikolas Carapellatti (L) signs with deaf Gallaudet University student Rebecca Witzofsky outside the first Starbucks café staffed by employees who are partially or fully deaf and capable of communicating in American Sign Language in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2018.

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