The Legacy Of Gallaudet's 'Deaf President Now' Movement
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2013-03-07/legacy-gallaudets-deaf-president-now-movement
Since its founding in the mid-19th century, Gallaudet University has been an academic and cultural hub for the Deaf community. But until 1988, the university never had a deaf president. Twenty-five years ago this week, students launched a protest on the Northeast D.C. campus, dubbed the "Deaf President Now" movement. The protest resulted in the school's first deaf president, and helped spur passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act two years later. Kojo explores the legacy of student protests at Gallaudet.
Guests
Gregory Hlibok
Former Gallaudet University Student Body President and student leader of the Deaf President Now movement in 1988; Chief of the Disability Rights Division in the Bureau of Consumer and Governmental Affairs at the Federal Communications Commission
T. Alan Hurwitz
President, Gallaudet University
Fred Weiner
Interim Assistant Vice President, Gallaudet University; Member, Gallaudet University Class of 1983
Sen. Tom Harkin
D-Iowa; Sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
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I was told there would be live captioning and I cannot access any captioning.
Congratulations on your presidency! As a mom, speech pathologist, and active member of the Capitol Hill community I want to stress that you should really consider keeping the Children's Instructional Summer Program (CISP) funded. It's a valuable experience for Deaf and hearing children to have cultural exposure to each other and their communities. My children have gone for three summers (and look forward to summer because of the camp) and we were dismayed to read that this is the last year of the camp. Exposing more children to other cultures can only help to increase the equality of the Deaf community.
My sister is half deaf, and we never were able to enjoy movies in the theater because the sound hurt her ears (too loud in the hearing aids) and there were never closed captions. Now in her Atlanta suburb they offer closed captioned movies in the theater! What a treat, not only for my sister, but for all of her family, that we can share experiences with her!
Thank you, Mr. Kojo.
What a wonderful talk show this afternoon spur passage of the Ameicans with Disabilities Act exploring the legacey of the campus uprising at Gallauet University.
I was very impress with the Show. It covered a lot of information about the Deaf culture and how well people with hearing disabilities are growing in technology, becoming lawyers, dentists and etc. But most importantly what the future hold for them. I wish that national TV would host something of this nature whereas we, hearing people can be educated and aware of how deaf people or hard of hearing people only have a disabilities and they have advantages in this world and a voice. Again, thank you for your work in the deaf culture and all that you do in Keeping the world updated on the Culture and activities of American with Disabilities Acts and the campus of the Gallaudet University. God bless you.
Is there a transcript of this? A transcript would be very useful for those who need captioning and don't understand ASL. The automatic captions aren't as good as a transcript would be.