We recently read a fascinating and insightful interview conducted by @trayce_stoenescu during Deaf Awareness Month 2019 for her IG page with @adventuresindeafed. The inspirational Deaf role model behind @adventuresindeafed is Sara Miller, a Deaf teacher of the deaf in the United States. She also runs her apparel company @languagepriority. This…
Each month we invite an inspirational or outstanding deaf role model to share their story. From what they’ve learnt, to what they wish they’d have known and their best deaf tips. This month, meet Charlie Swinbourne, a partially deaf director, writer and journalist with a passion for telling deaf stories,…
Each month we invite an inspirational or outstanding deaf role model to share their story. From what they’ve learnt, to what they wish they’d have known and their best deaf tips. This month, meet profoundly deaf psychotherapist and philosopher Dr. Jacob Choi. Originally from South Korea, he moved to the…
Each month we invite an inspirational or outstanding deaf role model to share their story. From what they’ve learnt, to what they wish they’d have known and their best deaf tips. This month, meet Leah Michaelides. A deaf chef with a knack for making cooking videos in BSL. Her food…
…more and more interested in audiology and deafness. I started looking for roles which could combine all of those elements, and this led me to the National Deaf Children’s Society where I now work. What sparked your interest in deafness and technology? I was trying to understand my own hearing…
…any other inspirational deaf women who should be featured as a Role Model, please let us know! Deaf Role Model of the Month: Pamela Molina Deaf Role Model of the Month: Nadia Nadarajah Deaf Role Model of the Month – Sahera Khan Deaf Role Model of the Month: Rachel Kolb…
…deaf individuals, both children and adults. Many deaf charities run Role Model programmes for children, find out more about the Deaf Unity Role Model programme here Every month, Deaf Unity celebrates an outstanding Deaf Role Model from the deaf community to inspire others, read our latest interviews here. School Life…
…of Deaf Unity, met with Robert Adam – an inspirational deaf leader with an international portfolio of work and life. They discuss the need for deaf role models, how they were impacted – positively and negatively – in their own youths from access to role models and education, and how…
…the same as me: technology and social media have come such a long way in helping our community. Finding D/deaf role models using social media Growing up, I didn’t know any prominent D/deaf people or role models beside my friends at school. It was difficult to identify a D/deaf role…
…the Coloured Deaf and Blind, inspiring her students to see black deaf people as role-models, capable of achieving leadership. Blanche was the first black deaf woman to serve as a member of the executive committee for the National Association for the Deaf’s 6th Convention in 1899. Black deaf people couldn’t…
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