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"Through my work at Disability Rights Advocates, I strive to ensure that people with disabilities have full access to the digital world internet services, online businesses, websites, and apps. Every day I'm reminded that as far as we've come, the drive for equality is not over.”

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My book club at work read this memoir a few years ago. It was very meaningful to us because we work at a college, and she writes a lot about the accommodations she had to fight for at school. One thing that she had to fight to get was a Braille menu at the dining hall, because their “accommodation” had been to have staff read the menu to her, which didn‘t work since she could not hear in the noisy cafeteria.

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Wow! What an excellent and eye opening story about Haben Girma life as she navigates and shares with us her life of being DeafBlind and how she conquered Harvard Law School. This story is powerful and makes you think about your own ablism and the way the world limits.others based on biases and judgements. Beautiful story

I was very intrigued by Haben's story. I wasn't aware the Ruston, LA had a school for the blind which is interesting since I live in LA. It was very inspiring to her how she found ways to function being deaf/blind in a society that isn't design for their struggles.

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Solid memoir. The author used a factual style that was effective, though I usually prefer more of a touchy feely vibe. She organized it as a series of vignettes about her life experiences. I would have also enjoyed reading about her personal experiences but this focused mainly on her academic and professional ones. It‘s her choice what to share, but at one point it implied she was in a serious relationship and she‘d never mentioned that at all.

Loved this memoir of Haben Girma, the first deaf blind student at Harvard Law. Haben tells her story of self advocacy and navigating through life tailored to the seeing and hearing. I read a short story by her about her guide dog in Alice Wong‘s collection of essays in Disability Visibility and immediately needed to read more by her. I love an audiobook read by the author and Haben‘s unique voice made the audio that much more memorable

Are you kidding me with this book? I love a good memoir and this was amazing. I love that it was told in present tense. It made everything seem more intense and alive. I loved the way she expressed her emotions. It‘s amazing what and where she silences herself and where she advocates for herself. I really love all of her adventures but I especially love her experiences with Maxine. Go and get this book and read it for yourself!

Catching up my #Nonfiction2019 bingo card. I‘m counting Haben for a book I chose (it was our book club pick for October) and Here We Are for a book that turned out unexpectedly. I heard the author talk about her book on NPR and how it turned out wasn‘t the way I thought based on that interview. With those two, I finally got a Bingo in a few rows, but I‘m still hoping to fill in the full card before the end of the year.

This one sounds good. This one I don't actually have. In case anyone is interested it's on sale today.

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Just finished this for book club. I really learned a lot from her story. She emphasized that being blind is “just a lack of sight” but that others often assume blind people have nothing to offer. Her book proves that is very wrong. My favorite parts were her fight to get accommodations at her college, her Harvard Law years, and her experience introducing President Obama at a White House event. This was a quick read & would be good for #NFNov

Phenomenal read. Thought-provoking, stunning, soul-opening book to a world so few people know about. Haben is brilliant and is changing the world as we speak. Someone I now look up to and admire. I hope she writes much more. She is a voice that needs to be heard around the globe.

Fascinating book. Memoir of a deafblind woman who went to Harvard Law School and is a disability advocate. It was so interesting to see how she grew up, how she has been empowered to succeed using accommodations for her deafness and blindness. I learned a lot too!