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My name is haben girma, im a disability rights advocate, lawyer, speaker and author. My book is called haben the deafblind woman who conquered harvard law. I am deafblind. Ive limited vision and hearing and i grew up in a cited and hearing world. I was born and raised in california, and i am still living in california. I am talking to you from my living room. I dont actually work here. I work at my desk and thats where i sat down to write my book. My deafblind this is not the thing that made life difficult. It was able listen that made life difficult. Ableism is the belief that disabled people...

And thats how i sat down to read my book. Thats not what makes life difficult it is the belief that people are inferior its not true we are not inferior but keep moving through society to say that disabled people dont matter therefore dont make the service accessible and dont provide medical care. When i was younger i wasnt sure what to do. But over time i learned to advocate i started to demand inclusion and learned about the american with disabilities act which celebrated the 30th anniversary this year. The ada prohibits discrimination against people with disabilitie disabilities. Learned ab...

And the brooks still worth reading. Thank you for your time and good nights been a good afternoon. I want to welcome you on the half of humanity tennessee to the southern festival of books. I want to particularly thank our key sponsors, Metro National art commission, and chrome content, tennessee art commission, vanderbilt university. This session is entitled dreaming america. We have a panel of three authors and three books and our first we will read some, but im going to reduce the authors first. I will begin with amra sabicelrayess. She grew up in bosnia. After surviving ethnic cleansing an...

App. Host my name is haben girma disability rights advocate, lawyer, speaker and author. My book is called haben the deafblind woman who conquered harvard law. I am deafblind. Ive limited vision and hearing and i grew up in in a cited in hearing world. I was born and raised in california, and i am still living in california. I dont actually work here. I work at my desk and thats what i i sat down to wri my book. My deafblindss is not it was ablsm that made life difficult. Navalism is the belief tha disabled people are inferior compared to nondisabled people. Its not true. We are not inferior, ...

Host speaker and author, this book called the deaf blind woman at harvard law. It have limited vision and hearing. I was born and raised in california. I am still living in california in the area. Im talking to you for my living room. And actually for care. I am jeff, and i sat down to write my book here. My death and blindness is not the thing that makes life difficult. Its other things of the life difficult. Disabled people are inferior compared to nondisabled people, that is not true. Its not a barrier. This keeps moving throughout our society and sing that disabled people do not matter. Th...