My name is haben girma, im a disability rights advocate, lawyer, speaker and author. My book is called haben the deafblind woman who conquered harvard law. I am deafblind. Ive limited vision and hearing and i grew up in a cited and hearing world. I was born and raised in california, and i am still living in california. I am talking to you from my living room. I dont actually work here. I work at my desk and thats where i sat down to write my book. My deafblind this is not the thing that made life difficult. It was able listen that made life difficult. Ableism is the belief that disabled people are inferior compared to nondisabled people. Its not true. We are not inferior, but evil navalism keeps moving throughout our society and saying disabled people dont matter, therefore, dont make services accessible, dont provide medical care and all kinds of unfair biases. When i was younger i wasnt sure what to do. Do i just accept inferior service . But over time i learn to advocate. I started
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