Most street corners lack pedestrian signals we can feel or hear. Imagine the liberation offered by an app using AI to read visual signals! OKO is free, too!
I’m excited for portable, accessible pedestrian signals, but I also have questions: How reliable is it?
Over eighty percent of physicians suffer from disability bias, yet California’s End of Life Option Act lacks protections against ableism and racism. We have filed a lawsuit to stop this discriminatory law.
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Tactile paths for blind people are popping up all over the world! I loved feeling them under my feet. Strangely, some paths abruptly end for no reason. Tactile paths can’t replace canes and guide dogs, but many communities don’t have blind travel instructors.
Lara Guide Dog School provides orientation & mobility training to blind people in […]
Because of limited support for this great organization, because of systemic ableism, the disabled researchers will not be paid. Society needs to invest in STEM accessibility and treat disabled researchers as equals.
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Thank you to all of you who advocate when you notice an accessibility barrier!
Visual description: Haben is sitting outside speaking, and her guide dog is chilling on the ground
After eleven years of tapping words into my fingertips and helping me have conversations with people around the world, my braille computer has died. They no longer make this machine, so this is truly farewell. RIP, BrailleNote Apex. I’m planning to send it to the Obama Foundation’s museum. As for me, I’m dealing with the […]
These sexist and ableist terms keep coming up in speaker and artist contracts. Contract writers need to remove them.
Today my book, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, published in Japan! I hope Japanese readers will enjoy the humor in my stories as I navigate a world not designed for people like me. Cheers to more people learning about ableism & disability justice!
My immense gratitude to the translators and cheerleaders who championed […]
I laughed so much recording this, and it’s one of the most delightful conversations! Tech accessibility, the ADA, my book, & ableism are covered in Guy Kawasaki’s podcast. Transcript included.
Haben Girma: Lawyer, Activist, and Advocate for Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Stephen Curry sent me a card! And a hoodie! I’m thrilled my book, Haben The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, is in your book club! Thank you, Stephen! Can we also talk about sending a blind author a card without braille?
In the photo I’m holding a card that says, “Haben – We are honored to […]