From the article: Famous and Historic Deaf (and Hearing) People
When I was a young girl, the deaf person I most admired was Helen Keller. I remember devouring all the books I could find related to Helen Keller. Today, there are many more deaf people to choose from as possible role models, both contemporary and past. Who is the deaf person that you most admire? Tell Who You Admire
Laurent Clerc
- He was the first Deaf Teacher in America! Should have Clerc University!
- —Guest Danny
Entertainer Kathy Buckley
- The roster of hearing impaired people left out comedienne and author Kathy Buckley. Her story about being misdiagnosed as a child would be funny… If it didn't happen more often. Dan Schwartz @Hi_Dan on Twitter
- —Guest Dan Schwartz
Most admired Deaf Person
- I'm hearing and it is interesting that at the age of seven I had a love and still do, reading "Helen Keller" books. I gave birth to my son in 1985 and he was diagnosed with "Meningitis" at 6months old that led to his, "Deafness". I guess you can say God had it all planned out reading her books help me to understand deaf culture and the mystery disease that attacked her, that later named, "Meningitis".
- —Guest Valerie Griffin
Rush Limbaugh. Case Closed
- The Most Admired Deaf Person? Rush Limbaugh, the Most Successful Hearing Impaired Person in the World. Also, the only hearing impaired person in the 2009 edition of TIME Magazine's 100 World's Most Influential People , May 11th, 2009, pp. 85-6. He makes over $50 million per year (That's over a million dollars per week); and as he lost his hearing stopped using hearing aids and got a cochlear implant... And still takes phone calls every day. 20 million Americans tune into his syndicated radio show every week. I'd call that pretty damn successful for any person. Dan Schwartz @Hi_Dan on Twitter Host, The Telegraph (London) Hearing Blog
- —Guest Dan Schwartz
Helen Keller
- As I said above, I most admired Helen Keller. Perhaps if I were growing up today, I would admire someone else, like Marlee Matlin.
- —Guest Jamie Berke
