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Burke's primary research focus has been Deaf philosophy; the intersection of philosophy and Deaf studies.Within this realm, she has worked on topics such as the ethics of sign-language interpreting, deaf gain through the lens of intrinsic and instrumental value, moral justification regarding the use of technology to intentionally bear deaf children, and deaf liberty. [2]
Moral Stories (1954) 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)
Now, they're hoping to inspire deaf students. In May, Shayna Unger and Scott Lehmann became the first known deaf Americans to summit Mount Everest. Now, they're hoping to inspire deaf students.
Whitestone in 1997. Since her Miss America win, Whitestone has completed her studies at Jacksonville State University and continued to promote awareness of deaf issues. She has also spoken out in detail about her close relationship with God, one that she has had ever since she rediscovered church as a teenager.
Stories about Successful Deaf People, Book 1. Darlene Toole Biographies of six Deaf people, Evelyn Glennie, Howie Seago, Dr. Shirley Allen, John Woo, Karen Meyer and Paul Ogden. Biographies 1996 A Maiden's Grave: Jeffery Deaver The main event in this book is that a bus of eight deaf students (aged 8–17 years) are taken hostage with their ...
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. In 1915, she and George A. Kessler founded the Helen Keller International (HKI) organization. This organization is devoted ...
Aslaug Haviland was born in Bergen, Norway, on January 19, 1913. [1] At age 12 she contracted scarlet fever, and as a result lost both her hearing and vision. [2] Little is known about her early life except that after the loss of her hearing she first attended Norway's school for the deaf, where she learned sign language, and later went on to attend the Royal School for the Blind.
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.