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HAHelen Keller’s birthday and Deafblind Awareness Week mark the perfect time to follow more Deafblind influencers. Here are some I follow, and if you know more tag them in the comments.
Catarina Rivera @BlindishLatina
Dr. Jasmine Simmons @DrJasmineSimmons
Loni Friedman @Loni.Friedmann
Rebecca Alexander @_RebeccaAlexander_
Molly Watt @MollyWattTalks
Morrison @Morrison_sarj
Ashlea Brittney Hayes @AshleaBrittney Descriptive Transcript:
Wearing a soft, stylized floral necklace over a blue dress, Haben speaks to the camera. Behind her is a textured wood wall.
Haben: It’s DeafBlind Awareness Week, and Helen Keller’s birthday is June 27th.
Photo: 24-year-old Helen holds a rose to her face while her other hand rests on an open Braille book. Her eyes are closed, her hair is pulled back into a low bun, and she’s wearing a white blouse with a bow at the front of her throat. Haben: So we use this week to increase awareness. Helen lived from 1880 to 1968. And what I find fascinating is that many of the questions she received during her lifetime: “Why do you travel if you can’t see? How do you have a voice when you can’t hear?” Those questions are still being asked today. And part of that is because we still have an ocular-centric culture. We still need to move away from only imagining a world with sight, to imagining and designing a multisensory world. Helen loved traveling and speaking. She visited so many countries! Transcript continued in comments. #HelenKeller #Deafblind #Voice
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