Graphic: Haben Girma was born deaf-blind, meaning she has limited hearing and vision But that hasn't stopped her from surfing, dancing, skiing, and even scaling a building ...

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In her new book, “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law," Girma details growing up as a child of Eritrean refugees who had to learn how to navigate in a world designed for people ...

Meet Haben Girma, the first deaf-blind student to graduate from Harvard Law School. She's also a disability rights advocate who wants everyone to join the fight for more accessibility.

Meet Haben Girma. The 30-year-old was born in Oakland, California to Ethiopian parents who escaped Eritrea in 1983 during the country’s independence war. Haben was born deaf and blind.

Why the First Deafblind Person to Graduate from Harvard Law Doesn't Want to Be Called 'Inspiring' "My years of isolation taught me to create the future that I want," says Haben Girma, 31 ...

Haben Girma would prefer not to be called “inspiring.” But as a deafblind woman who lives in defiance of the low expectations many people have for the disabled, it is a word she hears often ...

Haben Girma is an Author with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2015 Speech as a Graduate for the Harvard Law School. Most appearances with Peter Slen ( 2 ).

When disability rights lawyer Haben Girma, who is blind and deaf, booked an apartment in London via Airbnb last month, she says the host cancelled her reservation after she disclosed that her ...

Girma, 29, is deaf and blind; she was born that way. But none of that prevented her from speaking at two packed panels during South by Southwest last week and taking a few minutes to chat with me.

News 'Separate Is Never Equal': Harvard Law Graduate Haben Girma on Fighting Ableism "Sometimes when I talk about accessibility people imagine a separate program for disabled people," said human ...

Book review of Haben Girma’s autobiography “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law” by Virginia Beach Public Library’s Disability Services Librarian Kaitlyn Hodges, with ...