Hallo Joan, I have not openspaced with a deaf community but I have had the same experience that you had twice. The first time I thought that maybe I could have done this another way, maybe by providing my words written down on paper for those who could not hear so well. The lady that was angry at that time choosed to leave the meeting. I told her I could go over everything with her alone but she refused and said that she couldn´t see any meaning with that. The second time the lady came afterwards and asked what I had said as she could not hear and when I told her she went to write issues and asked others to help her when she didn´t know how to post the properly. My experience is that how people handles this depends on if they want to take part in the meeting or not. My guess is that the first lady saw a chance to leave because she did not want to continue but this way she could put the blame on me. The other lady wanted to continue and found ways to do that. But of course if you do an open space with many deaf people an d you know about it you can think about things to do to make participation easier for them.
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