Collected Item: “2020 is the year of covered faces”
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2020 is the year of covered faces
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Instagram
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2020 is the year of covered faces. My deafness is invisible until I start signing, and I rely on facial cues, so mask wearing has been challenging. But according to @google this year, the world searched twice as much for "invisible disability" than last year. More knowledge, more visibility. Keep wearing masks and keep asking why. Check out this and other trends at google.com/yearinsearch #YearInSearch
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deaf, Deaf, HoH, Hard of hearing, communication, deafness, ASL, American Sign Language, facial cues, challenge, invisible disability, knowledge, visibility, mask, 2020, ASU, HST580
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeUupTFxKq/
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Lauren Ridloff
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2020-12-31