In a way, you were the dream: someone who delivered high-quality work - or even perfection - without staying at the company long enough to get paid.

I have never met another person who is deaf at a hearing tech conference. I regularly see uncaptioned video tutorials for open source libraries and transcript-less tech podcasts. I stopped going to tech meetups. Without any representation in tech, I grew up a token.

I condemn the culture that has no problem acknowledging and using my labor, but would not support my fight for my humanity.

When we talk about diversity in the tech industry, Native Americans receive no attention.