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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. Regan Abbott, a deaf daughter of Evelyn & Lee Abbott in 2018 horror film A Quiet Place. Jia Andrews, a deaf girl in 2021 film Godzilla vs ...
Keller became a world-famous speaker and author. She was an advocate for people with disabilities, amid numerous other causes. She traveled to twenty-five different countries giving motivational speeches about deaf people's conditions. [43] She was a suffragist, pacifist, Christian socialist, birth control supporter, and opponent of Woodrow Wilson.
Glennie has been profoundly deaf since childhood, having started to lose her hearing at the age of 8. [11] This does not inhibit her ability to perform. She regularly plays barefoot during live performances and studio recordings to feel the music. [11] Glennie contends that deafness is largely misunderstood by the public.
Henry Winter Syle, American cleric, first deaf person to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States (1883). [12] [13] Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, South African politician, first deaf female Member of Parliament in the world [14] Heather Whitestone, first deaf woman to win the title of Miss America [citation needed]
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Girma attended Lewis & Clark College, where she successfully advocated for her legal rights to accommodations in the school cafeteria. [10] She graduated from Lewis & Clark magna cum laude in 2010. [11] She then became the first deafblind student to attend and graduate from Harvard Law School, earning her J.D. in 2013.
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Amanda Lynn Harvey (born January 2, 1988) is an American jazz and pop singer and songwriter. Profoundly deaf following an illness at the age of eighteen, she was a contestant on the 12th season of America's Got Talent, where she performed original songs during the competition.