At This Café Run Entirely By Deaf Baristas, You Must Order In Sign Language. (Don't Worry; They'll Teach You)

At This Café Run Entirely By Deaf Baristas, You Must Order In Sign Language. (Don't Worry; They'll Teach You)

At This Café Run Entirely By Deaf Baristas, You Must Order In Sign Language. (Don't Worry; They'll Teach You) At the Dialogue Express Café in East London, lattes come with a side of British Sign Language classes. Run entirely by deaf and hard-of-hearing staff, the café is operated by an organization called Dialogue Hub, which has a mission to increase visibility and inclusion for the deaf community. Three baristas stand with Elbir (second from the right) in the Dialogue Cafe. Photo courtesy of Dialogue Hub Turning the tables for hearing individuals at the takeaway counter is just one way this is achieved. “We train them and then we invite Londoners to get in touch and communicate with them in their language,” Dialogue Hub founder Hakan Elbir told the BBC.  When customers arrive, they are invited to interact with a touchscreen to learn how to order their drink or pastry of choice. The screen shows various videos with BSL tutorials, which the customer then copies to the barista at the…