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Gabriella, a deaf mermaid and one of Ariel's friends in The Little Mermaid. Hawkeye (Clint Barton), a deaf archer from marvel comics. Maxine "Max" Coleman, a deaf girl and Esther's adoptive younger sister in 2009 horror film Orphan. Hearthstone, a deaf elf and one of Magnus's friends from Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.
List of deaf firsts; C. List of children's books featuring deaf characters; F. List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing; O. Deaf people in the Olympics; W.
Javed Abidi – director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in India [1]; Abia Akram – disability rights activist from Pakistan; founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan; prominent figure in the disability rights movement in the country, as well as in Asia and the Pacific; named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021
The Americans with Disabilities Act, also known as the ADA, has made a huge impact on the deaf community. In 1990 it was a landmark for people with disabilities. The ADA has been a great benefit for hard of hearing and deaf people to help them gain every aspect of life that a hearing person has.
Helen Keller, American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer, first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree (1904) [2] Pierre Gorman, Australian librarian, academic and educator of children with disabilities, first deaf person to receive a PhD at Cambridge University (1960). [3]
Growing up in the United States, Girma benefited from civil rights laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act. [2] She also had accessible technology, such as a digital Braille device —something her elder brother Mussie Gebre, who is also deafblind, did not have access to in Eritrea. [ 2 ]
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , [ 1 ] which made discrimination based on race , religion , sex , national origin ...
Deafness rights organizations (16 P) S. ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Action Deaf Youth;