From the article: “Growing up, Haben Girma knew that international exchange was bound to be in her future. She had visited Eritrea and Ethiopia, places her parents called home before immigrating to the United States. So when Haben learned about BuildOn as a teenager, she was determined to go. She was excited about BuildOn’s mission … Read more
Today’s Tech: How A Deaf-Blind Lawyer Uses Technology To Represent Her Disabled Clients
Mainstreaming Accessibility: Deafblindness, Assistive Technology And Advocacy
Transcript (synthetic voice): Hello and welcome to Eyes on Success, a weekly program of information on the ever changing world of accessibility. Now here are the hosts of this program, Nancy Goodman Torpey and Peter Torpey. N: Hello, I’m Nancy. P: And I’m Pete. This week we will be talking with a deaf-blind attorney who … Read more
Deborah Kendrick commentary: This Champion of Change is just getting warmed up | The Columbus Dispatch
Haben talks about her life, legal work and TEDx accessibility in an interview published in The Daily Beast: TEDx Talks Have a Disability Problem—but This Incredible Young Woman Is Working to Change That
From the article: “A deaf-blind attorney who made Business Insider’s 2013 list of the 20 most impressive Harvard Law students is now fighting for the rights of blind readers in a lawsuit against digital subscription reading service Scribd, seeking equal access for the blind. Haben Girma made Business Insider’s 2013 list for her work advocating on … Read more
Disability Rights Advocates: All Grown Up And Not Backing Down
The Journey from Self-Advocate to Legal Advocate to Educator
July 2014 #NADHandwave | National Association of the Deaf