Haben Girma: Transforming Constraints to Creative Opportunity

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Haben Girma: Transforming Constraints to Creative Opportunity

October 17, 2023

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October 17, 2023

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Disability is not the characteristic that defines you; it’s the characteristic that others project onto you, and it’s up to us to change those perceptions.

– Haben Girma –

Haben Girma: Transforming Constraints to Creative Opportunity

“As the first deafblind graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma aims to help eradicate what she calls “ableism” in society, the assumption that disabled people are inferior. “We are not inferior. But society often sends this message,” she says. Now a distinguished human rights lawyer advocating for disability justice, she is an internationally recognized beacon of empowerment and inclusivity – appealing not to a sense of charity, but rather to a belief in societal opportunity and the creative potential that comes from honoring the multi-sensory nature of human perception.” Read more about her remarkable journey and work here. { read more }