#SelfAdvocacySunday
Part 8: Role Models
27 January 2019
#SelfAdvocacySunday! Tonight’s post is all about really awesome adults that are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. I tried to find some from a variety of occupations and places so young children can find someone with whom to connect. Have a seat, and let’s get going!
You can be anyone you want!
A counselor like the first deaf counselor in Rhode Island’s history: https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190109/first-in-ri-counselor-of-year-is-deaf–video
A Deaf (video game) streamer: https://blastawaythegamereview.com/2018/12/27/interview-gavin-f1reb1ast-nutto/
A Deaf football player- Derrick Coleman: https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2018/12/24/arizona-cardinal-derrick-coleman-erases-doubt-nfl-deaf-community/2397861002/?fbclid=IwAR25SyNKFu1YeKCAsDOsTOV5Fsb3tmLf90RA6m5T_Oyq6yJzeXFXZ8hT8Nc
A Deaf rapper, who plays with an orchestra! https://www.npr.org/2018/12/15/677015825/at-a-special-show-three-deaf-musicians-want-you-to-hear-them-roar and one song https://youtu.be/cYEYwrJUa-I Jake Bass and Jeff Bass on Guitar, Luis Resto on Piano, Dame Evelyn Glennie on Percussion with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Dec 16, 2018
Wait! There's more!
A Deaf pizzaria owners
https://youtu.be/yqNQEmhZmkY
An Entrepreneur
https://youtu.be/K9ER1fQlAFg
A pastry chef
https://youtu.be/HgVQP6OcwA0
A scientist
https://youtu.be/GsBCHknyqH8
A Lawyer who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing
https://youtu.be/ehSFO-uvaXQ
DeafBlind lawyer
https://youtu.be/Nh1oxkdI7KA
A Mathematician
https://youtu.be/MOkjfgdOC5Y
A Doctor
https://youtu.be/LScGc9DKMx4
Or a deaf doctor/researcher
https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/family-medicine/news/archive/201709/28-million-grant-study-perinatal-care-pregnancy-outcomes-deaf-hard-hearing-women-awarded-co
Or a nurse
https://www.hearinglikeme.com/being-a-nurse-with-hearing-loss-2/
A Deaf adventurer
https://youtu.be/3wSTzcvdreE
Graduate, like these Deaf Latinx
https://youtu.be/_ogRYoYzptc which is brought to you from Council de Manos https://www.councildemanos.org
A Nonprofit leader Ernest E. Garrett III (who was also a Superintendent at a Deaf School):
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/former-head-of-school-for-the-deaf-to-lead-nonprofit/article_1728fac3-486b-52ca-9350-4297a188b3e4.html
A Deaf Advocate
https://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/GordonYear.html
A Deaf Broadway Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6xnFVhM_nc
Or any kind of #DeafTalent
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-rise-of-deaftalent_us_58cc25e1e4b0537abd957054