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  Title

  Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law First edition.

  Author

  Girma, Haben, 1988-  

  Publisher:

  Twelve,

  Pub date:

  2019.

  Description:

  vi, 277 pages :

  ISBN:

  1538728729

  Item info:

  3 copies currently available - Gayton Library, Glen Allen Library, and Libbie Mill Library.
  

  Number of holds:

  0

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    Gayton Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    BIO GIRMA HABEN	1	Adult book	Biography collection
    Glen Allen Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    BIO GIRMA HABEN	1	Adult book	Biography collection
    Libbie Mill Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    BIO GIRMA HABEN	3	Adult book	Biography collection

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  Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law First edition.
  Girma, Haben, 1988-
  

  Personal Author:

  Girma, Haben, 1988-

  Title:

  Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law / Haben Girma.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Twelve, 2019.

  Physical descrip:

  vi, 277 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

  Contents:

  When they took my father -- The expeditions begin -- War -- Gender and a load of bull -- Key by key -- Dancing in enchanted hills -- Dishing up trouble -- Water fights in the desert -- Lost in the African night -- Guarding a secret from the village -- The latrine -- Untangling love and control -- The chapter my parents shouldn't read -- Play like no one's watching -- A positive blindness philosophy -- I don't believe fairy tales, except this one -- Ableism and the art of blind PB&J -- Never, ever, run from a bear -- Alaska gives me the cold, harsh truth -- The little dog that makes earthquakes -- Love is following me up an iceberg -- The first Deafblind student at Harvard Law -- Kicking butt, legally speaking -- The White House ADA celebration -- Epilogue -- A brief guide to increasing access for people with disabilities.

  Summary:

  Documents the story of the first deaf and blind graduate of Harvard Law School, tracing her refugee parents' harrowing experiences in the Eritrea-Ethiopian war and her development of innovations that enabled her remarkable achievements.

  Summary:

  Girma grew up with her family in the Eritrean city of Asmara during Eritrea's thirty-year war with Ethiopia. Defining her disability as an opportunity for innovation, she learned non-visual techniques for everything from dancing salsa to handling an electric saw. She developed a text-to-braille communication system that created a new way to connect with people. Pioneering her way through obstacles, Girma graduated from Harvard Law, and now uses her talents to advocate for people with disabilities. This is a testament to her determination to find the keys to connection. -- adapted from jacket

  Held by:

  GAYTON GLEN-ALLEN LIBBIEMILL

  Personal subject:

  Girma, Haben, 1988-

  Subject term:

  Deafblind women--United States--Biography.

  Subject term:

  Lawyers with disabilities--United States--Biography.

  Subject term:

  Women lawyers--United States--Biography.

  Genre index term:

  Autobiographies. lcgft