An interview with Haben Girma, the first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law - New Day NW
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2019
- Haben Girma's life story is filled with remarkable adventures that she details in her new memoir, "Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law."
I went to high school with her...she’s always intelligent, well spoken with a sweet enduring spirit. I’m so happy she’s accomplished so much!
Did she have an interpreter by her like this guy... this is soooo cool.. I am so happy for her..
Can you believe people think dead blind people can’t do anything?
@@bubu0503 I remember her having a helper, like an in-class helper, but not like the one she has now
@@Jadeleev I would agree with them, not many dead people doing much these days.
@@Lwilight I know, right. So lazy! They should just pull themselves up by the scruff of their necks! But like, once they have become so dis-spirited, inertia just seems to take over, eh...
She's done more than most with all senses. She's just a flat out an amazing woman!
She's brilliant. She hear more and see more than i do.
@@bluered5497 how
An amazing human *
@Luis Alvarado I agree with you! But, her parents were the amazing source that started the flame to who she would became, an extraordinary woman of many talents, high intelligence, and a leader & role model to everyone.
Remember that many extremely unique & accomplished persons with disabilities come from extraordinary homes, where the parents treated, demanded, & encouraged their children to do what all children without disabilities can do. So, they do that, & then they far surpass most people!
She’s an exceptional woman!
Very inspirational. Life is now! Always be thankful, love others, sow seeds of goodness as we go our way, live for God.
My man typing skills are legendary. He looks like he works out and just types
lmao😂
🤣🤣🤣 right
LOL
All that typing is actually his workout lol
He looks so hot I wanna die
Can we spend one comment to admire his typing skills.
For real, and I could watch her read the braille all day! She reads and responds super fast to the 6:15 questions, but watch her fingers zooom at 8:30
Agreed. They are together a great team. Fast typing and fast reading
x🙄@@booksgaming1426
If you foreign media are fair
Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia
In the Oromo region and in Gumz
By Ashadli Hassan and Shimelesabdisa
Amhara is being destroyed by its religion and race
Stop it for 40 years Amhara
You didn't hear him being beaten
Or because he doesn't have money
Justice for Amhara People
@@mylove3982 Can you leave copy/paste alone please?
she has such a soothing voice, i love her
Yes
Right I said the same thing if she did an audio book I’d listen to that every night
not to mention her pronunciation is amazing.
She probably learned to speak like that because it's easier for her to hear higher frequencies.
@@cristian-bull higher frequency likely means she only really hears above 1000 hz, albeit very faintly. Her voice is just naturally high pitched. It's also likely that's she's speak with a sorta whisper/faint voice, due to decibels being redundant
I am curious to why her annunciation is so well done.
I noticed that she doesn’t seem to use filler words such as “like” or “um”, just pauses occasionally when she’s gathering her thoughts. a product of not hearing other people’s stutters, maybe?
Hmmm, smart of you to notice that, you're probably right!
She does have intonation though, wonder where she learned it?
It's a skill that people teach you for professional speaking, or presentation! To avoid "um," "uh," "like," "well," and just pause. My old manager was very firm on it (I'm a receptionist). It's a good habit to get into! (or out of?)
I think maybe it's a thing we so for the rhythmic of the sentence. As hearing people we don't realize how easy is for us to get understood and complicate ourselves more than necessary.
@@bobaTJ this is a skill that I had to learn in AP Seminar and I also think so in her case
I noticed that the translator was translating the interviewer's laugh.
as he should lol I mean, I'd be surprised if he didn't
ooooh do you have the timestamp?
@@larab2323 i think it’s 3:54
@@ContentConfessional LMFAO
As a fully abled man, I’m suddenly ashamed of my complaints about the itsy-bitsy little hurdles in my life.
Ikr
:)
Me too
No excuses
i guess is called COUNT YOU BLESSINGS!!
I don’t know why da heck this ended up in my recommendations, but I am soooo glad! TH-cam, you know me better than I know myself!!
Me too! Somehow it came up on my feed. I’m looking at my life in a whole new way now.
LOL
Its called Algorithm
I know!!!
🇪🇷🇪🇷Haben Girma Eritrean mother is a strong woman. And she raised an amazing daughter.🇪🇷🇪🇷
Correct!!
She super amazing. Btw, her mother is from Eritrea and her father from Ethiopia - am I right?
@@embaderho4807 Yes he’s was born in Ethiopia and but he’s originally from Eritrea.
It doesn’t matter whether he’s Somalis or Eritrean but I’m trying to make it clear.
@@Brave-Is_Mine1 okay thank for the info.
Hey guys get out of this tribal mentality. No matter where she is from Haben is a great person in many ways. Don't forget as there are super cool people from every race and ethnicity, there are also low class ማፈሪያዎች who measure success and intelligence with race and ethnicity.
It all start at home. Her parents didn't treat her as a disable person n make her do chores... Made her exercise her abilities and be productive, and cooperative at home. If we all did that, this would be a better country.
Yes, good parents and a good home.
I feel so unfulfilled. a deaf and blind person, graduated from Harvard, learn how to surf, and wrote a book
same here.....I have not begun living. She has lived so many lives....just amazing.
Yes! And climbed on icebergs. 🤦♀️😊 I totally get what you're saying. She only means to inspire us and remind us of our strength! 💪🌺🤗
well....she's a millionaire....she can spoil herself more than you can.
I know now I feel even more like a loser!
That's on y'all then😂😂😂
I would love to be able to speak as fluidly as she does. She’s truly unbelievable!
If you foreign media are fair
Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia
In the Oromo region and in Gumz
By Ashadli Hassan and Shimelesabdisa
Amhara is being destroyed by its religion and race
Stop it for 40 years Amhara
You didn't hear him being beaten
Or because he doesn't have money
Justice for Amhara People
@@mylove3982 What are you yapping about? That's none of this Guy's business.
@@mylove3982 ?
@@mylove3982 I will look into this God bless you brother/sister.
Humble You are .
Her speech is so beautifully lyrical and articulate. I love how descriptive she is in her speech with touches and smells; she's remarkable!
What an inspiration! Her disability is really an ability. She's proof that we all should never let anything hold us back from persuing and living our dreams.
💯💯💯
Yes! Lots of disability advocates like to think through the lens of disability = differing abilities
It's true, but she clearly also has amazing parents. The way kids are raised to believe in themselves and their skills and the support they have in their community often makes more of a difference than the actual disability. Unfortunately many people are not nurtured and grow up bullied or diminished and having to be afraid and it's very hard to bounce back from such experiences no matter what the potential is.
I find it extremely impressive that her speach is so clear. It must be a crazy amount if work to learn to speak when you can't speak and can't even SEE someone speak to imitate it.
For certain. While lip reading is only about 30% accurate, it is part of the multifaceted approach to learning speech when one does not have the sound perception necessary. Vibrations, learning the shapes of sounds (jaw, mouth and tongue movements) are other critical components. But, speech isn't everything. Language is what is critical, and that comes in many forms.
I can’t articulate how impressed I am by this incredible woman
Also I’m impressed by her great parents who gave and supported her amazing life.
Okay but Robert the guy who is typing is literally so attractive omg. she’s also such a wonderful human, I think she’s really a Brilliant human.
The many ways brail is translated for the deaf-blind students is a scientific breakthrough.
🤩🤩
She is so funny, and bursting with intelligence. What a great lady.
I like her voice and how articulate she is. Her speech is so fluent. I wish I could speak like that.
she is inspiring! She make us not to complain and to keep pushing 💪
Eyuye you're inspiring too❤❤
@@dagememnete1006 Thank you so so much Dagem, you are very kind
loving and caring family and academic gifts is a force to recon... madam! 🇪🇷🇸🇪🇪🇹
I know right
Yes Lord Yes
Can we just take a moment to recognize the typing skills of Robert. Cause just DANG
I know. Not just fast but he must be 100% accurate as well in order for her to fully understand what has been said
My son is visually impaired and I pray everyday that he will have a purpose and be someone despite his disability. These stories give me hope for him, she is really remarkable and even graduated from the best school. Reminds me of Helen Keller.
Hi
First of all - please stop praying for him to have a purpose as he does have a purpose in his life -
Instead of praying for him to be someone despite his disability Start excepting his disability and praying for him to continue been a healthy vision of himself mentally and physically- by except the right support in his life despite opinions of others
Secondly , be more supportive with his decisions right or wrong - let him learn from it regardless of his disability
The best way to raise a child with disability or behaviours is tough love balance with soft love
God rewards those who helps themselves in addition to prayer. Pray for guidance on how you can be the best parent you can be for your child so they can succeed. Pray that God will show you ways on how you can help and to show you resources that you and and your son can use. And while you do that, look for videos on TH-cam to see what you can do, you never know what you might stumble upon. Pray for strength even if your son ever feel like giving up because of his disability. He will need you to be there for him if times get tough, just like for any other child. Prayer alone without action is nearly meaningless, it practically just becomes hope and hope doesn't do anything. The lady in the video did not get where she is without her parents' support and guidance and that is something you need to do for your son. Do all you can for your son so he can succeed, anything that is out of your hands leave it up to God.
I'm so proud of her as a woman and as an African woman 🙏❤ you go girl
I'm proud of her as a person, her gender and continental demonym are irrelevant.
She’s a woman. There’s no such thing as an African woman. We are all simply human beings.
@@FactStorm
Gender is never irrelevant. Men and women are created differently.
@@onlyhis5870 Straw man (no pun intended).
Gender is not irrelevant. Ethnicity is not irrelevant. Not only is she female but also from Africa... tell me the odds to get to this success taking those variables into context...
What is that make you dislike, ,? Are this human ? She is doing great better than most of us.
Honestly ? Way better than the dislike one!! On this case the dislikes are the one who need help from this brilliant girl!! Good for you sweetie!!
Maybe they feel so inadequate and bitter.
there are depressed people in the world and i think they disliked the video?!
First of all, most dislikes non-controversial videos like this one are an accident, it's just normal that on a poll of thousands of people 1 % will, by accident, click the dislike button. However, disliking a video doesn't mean that you hate the content or persons in it. We can't let a one of two options digital click be an indication of something so complex as human emotions. Liking or disliking something is not important because it's a stupid way of measuring anything, imagine living in a dystopia where clicking one of two button express who you are, yea its scary so stop trying to live in that world.
I'm so inspired by Haben OMG 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷
Me too!
@Margaret Kpeh I don't get it. What are you trying to say?
"I'd rather go dancing rather than sit at home and read about dancing"
Simple and straight lesson that encourages people to really do what they want and make it happen.
As a lawyer myself, I must say I am very impressed by what this lady was able to achieve in spite of her disabilities. I wish her the BEST of luck.
This girl is so amazing! She’s a beautiful example of tenacity, intelligence, strength, virtue and love. I’m so inspired by her!!!
If you foreign media are fair
Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia
In the Oromo region and in Gumz
By Ashadli Hassan and Shimelesabdisa
Amhara is being destroyed by its religion and race
Stop it for 40 years Amhara
You didn't hear him being beaten
Or because he doesn't have money
Justice for Amhara People😭😭
I remember when I read the story of Helen Keller who suffered the same condition and also went to university. St the time, no wireless equipment. This lady is now graduated from Harvard. What a huge step and work
"and a law career was born" that made me want to stand up and cheer
I appreciate that the interviewer made a point of speaking a bit more slowly to make typing easier for Robert :) and Haben is very inspirational
And here I am procrastinating on doing my Engineering homework because I think it’s hard.... 😰. Thank you for your inspiration, I will close youtube and get back to work.
Oooh what are you working on?
Or were working on lol
WOW to that guy sitting beside Ms Haben.. HE IS GOOD transLating ALL THOSE WORDS/ QUESTIONS.. 🙏👍😀GODBLESS you Ms Haben & Mr. Good Looking Sitting beside You!! 🙏👍😀🇵🇭🇨🇦🙏🙏🙏
you are a very inspiring girl. As an African, you made me proud of you
I think she is american
✨✨ She’s Ethiopian and American
@@jackiedgk wow that's awesome ❤👍
✨✨ *your mom just got vectored
@@jackiedgk why are you insulting my mom?
Wow she's an incredible woman who sets an example for us all. Shes amazing in every aspect. It made me feel so happy seeing this. Shes the first deaf-blind to graduate from a university. It made me cry seeing this.❤
- top university in THE 🌍
No, sorry, your language here is imprecise. You stated that she is the first deaf-blind person to graduate from "a" university. That is absolutely not at all the case. She is a the first deaf-blind person to graduate from HARVARD specifically, but deaf-blind people have been attending college and graduating for a long time.
She is an example of showing people with disabilities not to let their disabilities define who they are. I also have a physical and visual disability and am finishing up college. I am inspired by her. Well done Haban, well done. I will be on the lookout for you, young lady. As soon as the coronavirus is done, I am hoping to meet you in person!
And here I am, struggling to help my 6th grader with his homework. Powerful and intelligent woman.👏🏻👏🏻
As long as you’re there for your child and take time to help and understand them that’s all that matters.
Yeah it’s ok to struggle, this woman’s successes don’t have any bearing on your ability to help your child. There are a lot of resources out there, websites, videos, people etc to help you.
She is so pure man. Be grateful, be nice and don't care what people think.
4:03 "A lot of times it's the women who do the cooking. And I really resisted cooking because i do not wanna be forced to do gendered activity. (...) I will do activities that the guys do" !!! 💪🏼👏🏼
This is so important. It starts in childhood and how we raise boys and girls. We should raise them the same
She is my motivational speaker. I love you❤🌹
Nowadays, it takes more effort to motivate an average person! Those who are disabled often find their own motivation.
The Master of Perception: tiolibooks.com/cgi-bin/blog
Amazing, I wish she can come to Ethiopian community & present her experience how she achieved such a high achievement
It's amazing to see how she can read braille well enough to understand then answer questions fully. She has inspired so many people. God bless her and her family!
Ms Girma you are an enlightened soul. You came to inspire those with disabilities. I have a daughter who has low vision and a diabetes. I understand the challenges every day. Your words of hope and compassion and strength has no words for me to write here. All I can say you are beautiful and Amazing! Thank you for sharing this life story. I am sure this will help others understand your message. It will change live! God bless you!
4:35
Dang, she’s a good storyteller ❤️
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Amazing!! You’re a gift to all of us not only with disability!! May God continue is blessing upon you🙏
There are not enough likes 👍 Haben has completely blown my mind away. So eloquent and funny and beautiful and smart... I can’t even imagine the barriers Haben you have had to overcome to get here let alone have such a melodious voice .... just thank you for airing this interview. Thank YOU 🙏
Wow! We still have much to learn in this world, even among us humans have intelligences we didn’t discover yet . This lady is amazing
I’ve always wondered how deaf and blind people were able to learn and adapt to this world but never really did the research. The fact that she is so smart and speaks so fluently and professionally is so inspiring!
Accessibility is a human right, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be more widespread in this day and age.
Thank you for sharing her incredible story. Although she faced 10x obstacles then most people, she has accomplished 100x more. God bless her!
Impressive , amazing , incredible , inspiring ... I just don’t have a single word that can express my admiration of this woman in one word .👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
And here I am thinking to myself that my dreams are way toooo BIG! I get headaches just thinking about my dreams. She inspired me to quit limiting myself. It's time to go after everything I desire.
I believe the headaches are provoked by the limitations
@@ivonned32 Yes....the limitations we put on ourselves. Totally agree!
I hope you achieve your dreams no matter how big!! Some of my dreams came true recently, it was luck, timing, talent, effort... but if it can happen for me, it can happen for anyone!
@@madsahren2208 Thank you. Appreciate it 💕💕.
Wow!!! This woman is sooo amazing! I just felt sad when she shared the low moments she felt excluded. I want to believe that was the last time it happened to her. Above all, she is a real conqueror and an inspiration!
I love this woman...she has little to no hearing and seeing, but life is so fulfilled for her... We have to stop taking life for granted... ♥️
She is just incredibly most inspiring person ever, great respect🙏and that brilliant typist deserves respect too🙏
Stunning. Another lesson for those of us complaining about everything. God 🙏🙏🙏 bless you. Keep shining.
May God bless u our legend 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷 we r very proud of u lovely sis
What a fantastically swift communication between Haben and her interpreter!! The whole process of typing and reading doesn't have even a full second of delay after her interviewer has spoken!
Haben never takes her eyes off her interviewer when reading, and she is able to perfectly answer right away after she's been talked to; if I wasn't so mesmerized by the interpretation and its apparatus being presented at the start of the exchange, I wouldn't have even noticed it was taking place at all.
Definetly a wonderful team work.
she keeps saying Ethio-ertirea what an amazing girl who tries to explain Ethiopia and Eritrea as one country. I really really appreciate all of her performance and motivational speech
They are different though. Unless she means her parents are from both. That is a mixture of ethiopian and Eritrean parents
Never the same country. She means her mother is from Eritrea and Father is from Ethiopia.
Such an inspiration! If you succeed despite all these challenges, then none of us have the right to execuse for not succeeding! Respect!!!
She is absolutely incredible. Intellect doesn’t get much better than this!
Yes absolutely you are right.
Motivating!! And very well spoken young lady.
Haben, we admire you. You are so valued and credible person.
I am also deaf blind just like the young lady you have on your stage right now.. And I use a interpreter for all my doctors appointments. And I also read braille. And I am a Guide Dog Users for 25 years I used a cane since I was knee-high to a grasshopper I was born blind in the hands of my birth mother and I lost or started losing my hair up at the age 11 no I don’t have Usher syndrome I went blind because my birth mother left me in the car with the windows rolled up in at six months old I rolled off the seat in two plastic and I suffocated did some brain damage and left the blind my hearing loss I believe is somewhere my hearing on the birth side of my mom. But for me to do sign language I have to do tactile. So with everything that this beautiful young ladies telling you about deaf blind as it’s true we are also on the spectrum of deaf blind or deaf blind don’t hear and see the same.
Hi Ineko Gary this is maybe an ignorant question but I am just wondering, how do deaf and blind people get taught how to read brail or tactile? If someone is just blind then they can be taught verbally, but if you are deaf and blind how do you learn?
dont worry god is always with u
Oh, honey, you seem so wonderful. Bless you.
@@Wooplot Deaf
More power to you ✊
Why am I just now learning about her..? So goddamn inspirational, I’m almost in tears
Absolutely incredible...what a remarkable woman! Please YT algorithm give millions more videos like this one. What a beautiful example of a person who is truly gifted beyond what her obstacles could’ve prevented her from doing.
Extraordinary girl!!! I am speechless!!! Thank you and God bless you!!!
Talk about breaking the glass ceiling! This young woman is extraordinary! Proof that all limitations that we place on ourselves are mental.
You are outside of this world no one like you except you ❤️💯🇪🇷
This woman is Brilliant and fearless.
I am inspired to achieve my goals.
Thank you for posting this.
This is a really smart, empathetic woman. Anyone, certainly myself, would be so honored to call her a friend❤️🏆🤓. I wish her the very best
I will never stop adoring you. Your extraordinary life experience and hardship has made me think what to do next. Other Eritrean women should follow your rout.
you will pass thru and beyond sis.🌩️💫
Wow! Bless the Lord of my Soul, forget not his benefits! This is more than wonderful! It's the Lord's doing and it is marvellous ❤️🙏🥂
🙏🙏❤
She is so vibrant, well spoken, and beautiful!! I am so proud of you for achieving something big regardles of your imperfections.
Love from Ethiopia
Amazing. What extraordinary courage, strength, fairness and leadership.
I love how she explained how she learned to communicate because I’ve always wondered. She’s so intelligent and funny. Her parents are incredible for raising her the way they did.
No word to mention her special talent and it is a miraculous.
Haben you are a great inspiration to all of us. We thank you so much. Sending you love from 🇪🇷 🇪🇷 🇪🇷
What a hero! A true inspiration for all of us, thanks for this!
I love the way she explains life and opportunities. Accessibility is everyone’s right.
This made me cry 😢 She's amazing
After listening to beautiful Haben, i realized how little we who are complete do nothing with our potential... We'd rather do nothing than get ourselves uncomfortable trying to get better... I'm inspired and I'm gonna push myself to do things i otherwise wouldn't have done!
So inspirational, love how well articulate she is! Great example for all of us not to give up on life.
Love her story,... Btw Shout out to the dude, his typing skill is on a whole new level!...
SHE IS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS HER & HER DOG MILO.😊❤🦾🙏
In my opinion she's genius level! What a wonderful method of communication! From her explanation, tactile absorption is an alternative way to communicate via technology. Brilliant! I just love who this lady is and all that she brings to the table.
So proud of you Haven!!! Keep up the great work! You are one of a kind.
Yo this is inspirational, very encouraging, inspiring, what an amazing Human being
I wish her the best success in life. Whatever that is for her. Most of all I wish her happiness and strength ❤️❤️
She is amazing! Miss Girma, it has been a pleasure to hear your story!
He is divinely gifted and also the deaf and blind young lady. I am so proud of her. That is God's gift to increase our faith
She is an inspiration. Amazing woman!
Superwoman! I’m speechless. 🙏🏽❤️
She is amazing and I see her as an inspiration to all people - with or without disabilities! Wow!
Wow I was so blessed from this ! I’m inspired to be better and try more God bless you ! Thank you
The most Easiest & Loveliest Job her Guide dog has bless her❤❤
Wow! She is definitely so inspiring and awesome!
I don't know what it is but when she started talking, I immediately loved her. She's amazing!
great interview she is a very interesting person , I can see her helping to right a lot of the wrongs that people with disabilities encounter. I love her spirit.
Okay, I have never been so impressed in my life... 😳 Wow... 👏