Submitted by cgally t3_y82gy1 in UpliftingNews
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toomuchredditmaj t1_isxm3hh wrote
yeah I was about to say... Helen Keller.
Mtnskydancer t1_isxyayp wrote
Radcliffe? Weren’t the colleges segregated by gender?
moonchylde t1_isy5hcn wrote
Correct, she wanted to go to Harvard but wasn't allowed.
toomuchredditmaj t1_isy8gm7 wrote
Wyvernator1 t1_isygw1g wrote
Becoming deaf and blind at the same time is my biggest nightmare. How would one communicate at all? You can't see anything and if you were suddenly deaf and blind nobody would be able to tell or show you what's going on and you would be so confused and scared
cgally OP t1_isyi1vm wrote
I agree it's an awful thought. In the video, they detail how she has developed a braille system that interfaces with a keyboard connected to other keyboards. She also works with someone who transcribes the conversation which is then converted to braille text for Haben to read. She is an amazing woman. She travels the world, salsa dances, and even has been surfing in Hawaii!!!!!!
Darryl_Lict t1_isynjuw wrote
It doesn't really go into when she became deaf and blind. I thought that most deaf from birth people had a real difficult time speaking clearly, Marlee Matlin being an example. She speaks really clearly. Amazing woman.
pmmbok t1_isyq2cc wrote
Harvard Law has been letting women in since the 50s. The undergraduate Harvard college was slower to come around.
frealfr t1_isyuz4z wrote
You could talk.
notschneider t1_isyv1tm wrote
>>>Helen Keller
cgally OP t1_isywyov wrote
The title was actually meant to be Harvard Law. I added an edit note when I was unable to edit the title.
cgally OP t1_isyx80w wrote
As harsh as it sounds, apparently so. In fact, Ms. Girma used that term herself in one of the videos I watched about her this morning.
smokeNtoke1 t1_isyzkll wrote
How do you learn to do that?
slayaboy87 t1_isz6v65 wrote
Don’t tell Lillias White!
Romeo9594 t1_isz71ls wrote
The same way Helen Keller did like 100 years ago. Hands on the face to feel vibrations and movements of someone's speech, then lots and lots and lots of practice with someone who has the patience to help you learn to replicate those vibrations yourself
ian2121 t1_isz7xzz wrote
I knew a deaf, dumb and blind kid once… he sure played a mean pinball.
plilq t1_isz8iv0 wrote
It's printed on the cover of her book in the interview you just posted.
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mechapoitier t1_iszacpd wrote
Closest I’ve found is she went deaf and blind “in early childhood” which is a very vague term.
LilacYak t1_iszeey4 wrote
How in the heck do you surf without sight!? Assisted?
TriGurl t1_iszetig wrote
How blind is she? Can she see colors or is it all black for her? I used to assume that blind meant all darkness without the ability to see light or shapes but then realized some legally blind folks can see some varying degree of things. Was curious what her blindness was…
cgally OP t1_iszf7m8 wrote
I initially did not get your joke bc I have no idea who Lillias White is. I searched her name and read about her major F-up last week.. That was pretty bad. Here's the Instagram post from the woman who was ridiculed. In fairness, she actually is sticking up for Lillias White, which is very commendable.
cgally OP t1_iszg14d wrote
Here's a video of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JObq1nNBr5k
Here's a better one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-JYFHyOssI
Mtnskydancer t1_iszh3nq wrote
Helen Keller graduated in 1904.
like_a_bistro t1_iszhmub wrote
Her autobiography is a good read
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
>Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law is a memoir by Haben Girma, disability rights advocate and first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School.
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jacanced t1_iszrnt8 wrote
Not sure if people don't recognise Pinball Wizard, or just don't have a sense of humour
davidgrayPhotography t1_it01ee1 wrote
Wikipedia says she has about 1% of her eyesight. Even 1% of eyesight can vary between people, so I wouldn't want to guess on what she can and can't see in terms of colour, brightness and such, but yeah 1% is well and truly legally blind.
pmmbok t1_it03trr wrote
Radcliffe
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Qwearman t1_it0jtmi wrote
Pete Gustin does vids on his life as a blind voice actor (as well as the Blind Surfer). It’s crazy the kind of tech and memorization that goes into it.
He has macular degeneration so one of his vids was explaining how he can look people in the eyes and point cameras.
fatchamy t1_it0r6c0 wrote
I saw her speak at a conference fireside chat event and she was HILARIOUS! Really incredible person, her book and story is very compelling.
She was using this typewriter looking gadget that I suppose is the relay with her translator/interpreter.
LuLuDeStruggle t1_it0sdkl wrote
She wasn’t born deafblind. She talks about it in her memoir {{Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law}}
LuLuDeStruggle t1_it0sjnt wrote
{{Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law}} is an excellent memoir for anyone interested in learning about her life experiences.
CGY-SS t1_it11wqu wrote
This lady actually did it though and didn't have a fraud for a handler making stuff up out of thin air.
CGY-SS t1_it11xhs wrote
This lady actually did it though and didn't have a fraud for a handler making stuff up out of thin air.
Wyvernator1 t1_it170n7 wrote
God dayum, apparently people's jawbones(?) can feel vibrations/ "hear sound" quite well but I didn't know something similiar could be actually used
Darryl_Lict t1_it1h83k wrote
Man, what a fiasco. It's pretty amaing that people can use real time captioning devices but I can see why Lillias White made that mistake. I remember 40 years ago when a visiting professor from Bell Labs teaching a voice recognition class was telling us all the difficulties in performing that task and single speaker single word recognition was still 5 years in the future and speaker independent full flow sentences would be 20 years in the future. Now our phones do it easily and we don't even think about it.
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tazzietiger66 t1_it1lwgj wrote
>so any time between 0 to 8 years old
zahliailhaz t1_it1p5is wrote
She graduated in 2013. Haben is amazing, I’ve met her twice, but this isn’t news.
cgally OP t1_it1srz4 wrote
It's uplifting news though.
cgally OP t1_it1zsfl wrote
From what I read it is a progressive condition. She had a bit of site when she was younger.
Mtnskydancer t1_it29wro wrote
Exactly.
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zahliailhaz t1_it4k2qu wrote
Considering Haben Girma herself has said she does not want to be seen as inspirational or uplifting just because she graduated college (something that isn't a news article for non-disabled people) I think we should respect that.
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The fact that it took until 2013 for a deafblind person to graduate Harvard speaks to the ableism the university had previously, not the triumph or inspiration of Haben.
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As I said, I've worked with Haben on a couple different occasions, as I work in disability. Looking at disabled people and considering them inspiring for doing things that wouldn't be inspiring if non-disabled people did them is generally seen as unwanted by disabled people. I'd encourage you to look into this TED talk by Stella Young which speaks on this concept.
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