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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.
Cogswell is known as a remarkable figure in the history of deaf culture, illustrating a breakthrough in deaf education. She showed that the deaf are capable of being taught and of high intelligence. Alice stands as an example of Frederick C. Schreiber's famous quote, "Deaf people can do anything hearing people can do, except hear."
She was passionate about deaf issues, culture and sign language and longed to bridge the gap between deaf and hearing people. [9] She features as one of a series of portraits of notable deaf artists painted by Nancy Rourke. [10] The Dorothy Miles Cultural Centre was established by a group of both Deaf and hearing friends in her memory.
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.
Monologue of a Deaf Man (1958) Adam at Evening, Hodder & Stoughton (1965) Nerve Ends, Hodder & Stoughton (1969) To the Gods the Shades: New and Collected Poems, Carcanet New Press (1976) A view of the north, Carcanet Press (1976) A South African album, Cape Town: David Philip (1976) Metrical Observations, Carcanet (1980) Selected poems ...
Bernard Bragg (September 27, 1928 – October 29, 2018) was a deaf actor, producer, director, playwright, artist, and author who is notable for being a co-founder of the National Theatre of the Deaf and for his contributions to Deaf performing culture.
Alice Cogswell Award for service to deaf people 2009 Betty Gloria Miller [ 1 ] (July 27, 1934 – December 3, 2012), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] also known as Bettigee (which was her signature on her artworks) [ 4 ] was an American artist who became known as the "Mother of De'VIA " (Deaf View/Image Art).
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc (French: [lɔʁɑ̃ klɛʁ]; 26 December 1785 – 18 July 1869) was a French teacher called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and was regarded as the most renowned deaf person in American Deaf History. He was taught by Abbé Sicard and deaf educator Jean Massieu, at the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets in Paris