so, I'm profoundly deaf and speak very well. With my hearing aids ,I can hear good. not great, but good. without them, I'm deaf. It amazes people how well my speech is ..... I took 7 Years of speech lessons starting at age 2. It paid off :)
Thanks for all commenting because it’s really hard for me to understand what constitutes “deaf” because watching this video, I’m wondering, if she’s deaf, how would she know if you’re enunciating words correctly. From what I’ve read in the comments, hearing aids help tremendously?
the first think when I see a deaf blind attorney from Harvard speak perfectly I think "How Sway?!?". This amazing person shows the extent of the human will and capabilities and shows much we cut ourselves short..
My partner of 9 years is deaf blind and struggles every day. It made me cry watching this. It makes me so happy to see someone in the same situation succeed and turn around to help other people. You rock!!!!!
@@aekelly just report it for mobbing and be done with it. this is not the place to make comments/"jokes" like that. i'm halfway trough the vid and had to pause to allow myself to reflect and feel what i just heard. i wish you and your SO just the best and all the strengh in the world.
@@aekelly what i think is the remark made by liztaylor7663 was ment to be funny, while being widely inappropriate in this situation. and i just realized you and misery15922 that posted the original comment are not the same person, my bad for overlooking that and causing confusion. for my defense i was crying and upset about the audacity :D
Haben Girma is an inspiration for everyone with a disability. I can't even begin to imagine trying to become a lawyer and graduate law school at Harvard University while deaf and blind. That's amazing.
Haben- We saw the video of your talk and we are very, very proud of you, and your family must be very very proud of you too. I work with your Mom and we are amazed at the speech you gave in Ethiopia. Keep doing what you are doing: helping people is the best way to live!! Mhret Weldeabzghi Jonathan Hunt
So amazing to see Haben here!! I have been blessed to have met her when she was a little girl and to see her grow and blossom into the amazing woman she is now! Go Haben!!
+mastrgamr According to another comment "she is postlingually deaf so she learned how to speak before she lost her hearing. Then speech therapists would have worked to keep and improve those skills".. I would imagine this level of speaking would much harder if she was born deaf-blind, whether her senses were limited or not. Amazing human being.
Seeing Haben Grima made me go back in time and visualize one of my historical models, Hellen Keller, in real time. Hellen Keller has been one of my models growing up as I learned her story in my grade 7 English comprehension book. I am still amazed how Hellen Keller did what she did. When I see Haben do what she is doing as a deaf blind student, I am humbled deeply praising the Lord for giving us someone like her to inspire us in our time. What an extraordinary woman. Her communication skills are amazing. She indeed has overcome all challenges. Great soul....
I had a bilateral stroke in January. Still have fine motor issues in my right hand and minor issues with speech. It's easy to become envious of normal people. I wish I could write regularly again. But then I watch this and become very thankful of what my stroke didn't take. My sight and hearing. I'm so grateful I still have both. And it's very inspiring that Girma doesn't let it stop her. Despite her disabilities, she keeps pushing forward. ❤ I'd hire her as my lawyer within a second
What a fantastic talk, congratulations and thank you Haben. Advocating for and protecting the rights of people with disabilities, changing attitudes and culture around disability, you have your work cut out for you, but you are clearly up to the challenge!
I can literally listen to her talk all day! Beautiful to look at and listen too! So motivational to us ppl that have disabilities and for those of you that don't as well! She's an amazing woman! Chocolate cake for all! Lol
Am also Deafblind based in Malawi 🇲🇼 doing my high school but l experience along of challenges in accessing information l pray 🙏 that developers come out with affordable communication tools so that also developing countries should access
Lol, salty. She didn't run away from Eritrea, she was actually born in America.Her mother ran away because the instability from the DERG regime. Now I know that Ethiopians get bitter saying us doing anything remarkable. Noted. She has said that she is eritrean and even BBC introduced her as Eritrean-American! Stay mad though, I love it :)
Jordan Left she did publicly acknowledged her dad is Ethiopian. All that whether she's Ethiopian or Eritrean is irrelevant for she's a great role model to all black women in the world. Wish her all the best.
Big is obama, immense devotion, powerful video that demonstrates full light on the rights of people with disabilities, all neurons bubbles with this story of Haben Girma, thank you for this fabulous connotation that sacralizes the various visions access to the standards of equals, Which accentuate the path of humanitarian prosperity in the world for people with disabilities. In fact, if the disabled people are asked to answer yes or no, for the creation of an international tribunal for the rights of persons with disabilities, The answer is yes. Big love for all those who sacralize universal human rights for people with disabilities.
I'm curious to know how she speaks so well! I've seen a few videos of Hellen Keller talking and it's very slow and stuttered, whereas Haben conducts here conversations normally (albeit with a slightly noticeable tone-deafness). How on earth did they (her and her teachers) do it?
Matthew Thompson " SHE and her teachers...." It all depends on when the person loses their hearing...she obviously lost her hearing after learning to speak. Helen Keller was an extreme case and all the more astounding. She lost her sight and hearing before age two.
+theonlymeaning No, she was born deaf blind, as was he brother. Incredible teachers. thisisafrica.me/meet-haben-girma-harvard-laws-first-deaf-blind-graduate/
+barakb1992 The article could be broad. I don't think its possible for someone to have such articulated language if they were born 100% deaf-blind. But hey, if I'm wrong that's amazing, I've just never heard/seen a case like that.
I'm on the Autistic spectrum and have Epilepsy but I'm on medication for my epilepsy , I'm in the UK and I have found looking back I've looked for jobs for over 4 years , Since the age off 16 I havent had a single jobs apart from voluntary work !
+annieelainey Hey lovely, I actually came to this talk from your video. If you click on the "..." after the [Add to] and [Share] buttons, there is an option for 'More' and one is the transcript of the CC. These are selectable and copiable (they come with time codes too which may be a problem or helpful depending on context)
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She has the most soothing and beautiful voice I've ever heard in my life...
Maybe her secret she does not hear her voice. I hate my voice. She has pretty voice without doubt. She is also inspiring person.
so, I'm profoundly deaf and speak very well. With my hearing aids ,I can hear good. not great, but good. without them, I'm deaf. It amazes people how well my speech is ..... I took 7 Years of speech lessons starting at age 2. It paid off :)
Lacey Spence yeah I am deaf as well. And now I can speak very well in 5 different languages. I am a teacher awww we can do it!
Thanks for all commenting because it’s really hard for me to understand what constitutes “deaf” because watching this video, I’m wondering, if she’s deaf, how would she know if you’re enunciating words correctly. From what I’ve read in the comments, hearing aids help tremendously?
You are wenderful too .God bless you
the first think when I see a deaf blind attorney from Harvard speak perfectly I think "How Sway?!?". This amazing person shows the extent of the human will and capabilities and shows much we cut ourselves short..
My partner of 9 years is deaf blind and struggles every day. It made me cry watching this. It makes me so happy to see someone in the same situation succeed and turn around to help other people. You rock!!!!!
Did you leave her?
@@liztaylor7663what kind of question is that?! Besides, they used the present tense so I don't know why you'd even question.
@@aekelly just report it for mobbing and be done with it. this is not the place to make comments/"jokes" like that. i'm halfway trough the vid and had to pause to allow myself to reflect and feel what i just heard. i wish you and your SO just the best and all the strengh in the world.
@@thompsonschwabbel6622 who made a joke?
@@aekelly what i think is the remark made by liztaylor7663 was ment to be funny, while being widely inappropriate in this situation.
and i just realized you and misery15922 that posted the original comment are not the same person, my bad for overlooking that and causing confusion.
for my defense i was crying and upset about the audacity :D
Haben Girma is an inspiration for everyone with a disability. I can't even begin to imagine trying to become a lawyer and graduate law school at Harvard University while deaf and blind. That's amazing.
Haben-
We saw the video of your talk and we are very, very proud of you, and your family must be very very proud of you too. I work with your Mom and we are amazed at the speech you gave in Ethiopia. Keep doing what you are doing: helping people is the best way to live!!
Mhret Weldeabzghi
Jonathan Hunt
Good job my Eritrean sister.
Girma...Eritrea?? Why don't you claim all ethiopians so we can be one nation once again!!!!
@@girmamogus9887No, problem. We could make Ethiopia part of Eritrea. I don't mind having bigger Eritrea.
@@girmamogus9887 I take it that you don't speak Tigreña. Girma is Tigreña word as well. The word Mogus as well. LOL 😂😆😂😆😂
@@girmamogus9887 Why? lol she is Eritrean
That's my dream!!
what a great person she is. May God bless her!
God is watching over us
No he isn’t he is a traitor and only supports the bad people in life
So amazing to see Haben here!! I have been blessed to have met her when she was a little girl and to see her grow and blossom into the amazing woman she is now!
Go Haben!!
I am from eritrea 🇪🇷 ,I can’t explain you how proud off you haben..... you are the true hero .👏💪
She has that type of voice that could change the world!
i would be completely fine with this deaf blind lawyer. You know her work ethic is superhuman!..not to mention she is just adorable.
Ms. Girma encourages all of us to be aware that if we, the sighted hearing, can do something about discrimination, we should. Inspiring
What amazes me is how she's able to speak! How do they teach deaf-blind people to formulate the sounds of words?!?
+mastrgamr She has limited hearing & sight
+Astral Projection thanks, that makes more sense. Completely different from 100% deaf-blind like I thought
+mastrgamr I had been wondering the same.
+mastrgamr According to another comment "she is postlingually deaf so she learned how to speak before she lost her hearing. Then speech therapists would have worked to keep and improve those skills".. I would imagine this level of speaking would much harder if she was born deaf-blind, whether her senses were limited or not. Amazing human being.
+Kevin Jimenez that explains a lot
Good girl YOURSELF, HABEN!!! You are GREAT!!! I am proud of you!!! Thank you for your example!!! God bless you and your beloved family!!!
Haben is inspiring. It makes me proud to see her fighting and educating others on social justice.
Her personality is priceless too
Seeing Haben Grima made me go back in time and visualize one of my historical models, Hellen Keller, in real time. Hellen Keller has been one of my models growing up as I learned her story in my grade 7 English comprehension book. I am still amazed how Hellen Keller did what she did. When I see Haben do what she is doing as a deaf blind student, I am humbled deeply praising the Lord for giving us someone like her to inspire us in our time. What an extraordinary woman. Her communication skills are amazing. She indeed has overcome all challenges. Great soul....
Same here!
This woman is inspirational. She is exceptionally intelligent and beautiful as well! I’m in awe
I had a bilateral stroke in January. Still have fine motor issues in my right hand and minor issues with speech. It's easy to become envious of normal people. I wish I could write regularly again.
But then I watch this and become very thankful of what my stroke didn't take. My sight and hearing. I'm so grateful I still have both. And it's very inspiring that Girma doesn't let it stop her. Despite her disabilities, she keeps pushing forward. ❤ I'd hire her as my lawyer within a second
As a new web developer i'm going to definitely learn the accessibility guidelines now, thank you for the insight and pointing that out Haben.
Ms. Haben Girma is such an inspiration. God bless her.
she is amazing woman. it's really just his name Haben, our sister Haben we love you.
hats off to you Haben, you are an amazing person and inspiring women. keep doing what you do!
What a fantastic talk, congratulations and thank you Haben. Advocating for and protecting the rights of people with disabilities, changing attitudes and culture around disability, you have your work cut out for you, but you are clearly up to the challenge!
VERY inspiring, how brave are you lady ? WOW
Im left speechless here. Simply amazing & god bless you dear.
She a beautiful person indeed and has a sweet voice.
You are an inspiration! For the abled and disabled alike.
You are so Precious and special Lawyer and i see your Visions come true.
God bless her!
incredible.........................................
Absolutely amazing and encouraging.
I can literally listen to her talk all day! Beautiful to look at and listen too! So motivational to us ppl that have disabilities and for those of you that don't as well! She's an amazing woman! Chocolate cake for all! Lol
Am also Deafblind based in Malawi 🇲🇼 doing my high school but l experience along of challenges in accessing information l pray 🙏 that developers come out with affordable communication tools so that also developing countries should access
She is my best motivator in the world. Go ahead sister ❤
You are truly remarkable!!
May Allah(God) Bless you!
It's amazing how being rich can make you able to overcome any obstacle - well done Greenbacks you've done it again.
Absolutely amaizing
Haben is just so inspiring.
I'm so proud of you love you GOD be with you all the time
Such a sweet and pure spirit♥️
You are an inspiration. Love from the himalayas.
You are so Powerful woman and you are great human.
She is truly amazing!
Haben, I feel connected with you. I love you and my love for you is unconditional.
Amazing sweetie sister thanks Yoel FAnus for reintroduce us with Haben Girma
Thank you Ms.Haben Girma........
pride of eritrea and eritrean
Her dad is Ethiopian. How do you like that?
Meron Teddy A country, from she had to Run away.. very Proud. and to be honest, she doesn't See herself as east-african, but only as african-American.
Meron Teddy she seems to be attached to her Eritrean side for she was raised and brainwashed by her mother who was an eplf fighter herself.
Lol, salty. She didn't run away from Eritrea, she was actually born in America.Her mother ran away because the instability from the DERG regime. Now I know that Ethiopians get bitter saying us doing anything remarkable. Noted.
She has said that she is eritrean and even BBC introduced her as Eritrean-American! Stay mad though, I love it :)
Jordan Left she did publicly acknowledged her dad is Ethiopian. All that whether she's Ethiopian or Eritrean is irrelevant for she's a great role model to all black women in the world. Wish her all the best.
So praud of you my sweet 🇪🇷🇪🇷our sis
Proud to be Eritrean
Let's be honest!! She is beautiful and fine with a soothing voice.
Big is obama, immense devotion, powerful video that demonstrates full light on the rights of people with disabilities, all neurons bubbles with this story of Haben Girma, thank you for this fabulous connotation that sacralizes the various visions access to the standards of equals, Which accentuate the path of humanitarian prosperity in the world for people with disabilities. In fact, if the disabled people are asked to answer yes or no, for the creation of an international tribunal for the rights of persons with disabilities, The answer is yes. Big love for all those who sacralize universal human rights for people with disabilities.
Amazingly Inspirational Sister Haben Girma!!
Man This Girl Is On Some Jedi Knight Master Of The Old Republic Type Level Shit. This Woman Is Amazing!!!!!
Very inspiring, God bless you Haben Girma!
She is absolutely amazing. Very inspiring..
For a deaf woman she sure is audible. She can speak well.
This is Eritrean!this is what we proud
Maryam Shams to be honest, she is half eritrean and half ethiopian but first of all she sees herself as african-American and not as east-african
Bitu Tebebe She was here in the Bay Area she said she was Eritrean American at google for the conference
she is orgionallly eritrean her father and mother ,watch her other vidos
tommy boy thanks bro
did he really try to claim her as ethiopian? Lol, she has said multiply times that she is eritrean..
Am speechless and proud of you soo sooo sooo much 💋❤💋
You are my hero!!
Proud of you gual eri
I'm curious to know how she speaks so well! I've seen a few videos of Hellen Keller talking and it's very slow and stuttered, whereas Haben conducts here conversations normally (albeit with a slightly noticeable tone-deafness). How on earth did they (her and her teachers) do it?
Matthew Thompson " SHE and her teachers...."
It all depends on when the person loses their hearing...she obviously lost her hearing after learning to speak. Helen Keller was an extreme case and all the more astounding. She lost her sight and hearing before age two.
+theonlymeaning No, she was born deaf blind, as was he brother. Incredible teachers.
thisisafrica.me/meet-haben-girma-harvard-laws-first-deaf-blind-graduate/
+theonlymeaning haben was born deaf and blind too , u r incorrect
+barakb1992 The article could be broad. I don't think its possible for someone to have such articulated language if they were born 100% deaf-blind. But hey, if I'm wrong that's amazing, I've just never heard/seen a case like that.
+Timsterfied I completely agree with you
May god bless her
If only she could see how beautiful she is
as eloquent a speaker she is while deaf, perhaps she does see how beautiful she is.
She knows
Respect!
Beautiful spirit
Haben is Hero
Haben Girma is beautiful this is so inspiring!
I'm on the Autistic spectrum and have Epilepsy but I'm on medication for my epilepsy , I'm in the UK and I have found looking back I've looked for jobs for over 4 years , Since the age off 16 I havent had a single jobs apart from voluntary work !
I am amazed
Is there a transcript link available for deaf-blind accessibility? If no link, can a transcript be pasted into the description?
+annieelainey Hey lovely, I actually came to this talk from your video. If you click on the "..." after the [Add to] and [Share] buttons, there is an option for 'More' and one is the transcript of the CC. These are selectable and copiable (they come with time codes too which may be a problem or helpful depending on context)
Squeak Code Yes! Thank you!! Missed that the first time around! :)
Simply Awesome!!!
I think to be born and be considered worthless angers me, but to overcome that!
Great strong woman
what an inspiration
Disability Rights Maryland is great which is the disability lawyers in Maryland.
Amazing..
Haban u are amazing
shortly the new hellen keller wow
Wonderful . So inspirational ❤️
God is watching
Lovely, courageous and admired!:)
You are so amaizing . I will never complain top.
Inspiring!
Brave woman
Amazing! 😍😍😍
I learned a lot
How did she learn to communicate that well?
xoxo Haben
I mean i will never complain too
I like the idea
Great video
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CONDOLENCES!
that's really tight and av like it
good job Haben Eritrean & Ethiopian hero
You are beautiful habu
God plus you sweetheart 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹💪💪🌎
its time to sue uwc
1/10
she is a wonderful women, but i cant get past the she sound a 10 year old girl i-