Deaf people: Heather speaks about identity

Heather Artinian is a student at Georgetown majoring in Government and minoring in Justice & Peace studies. Heather was the focus of an academy-award nominated documentary titled ‘Sound and Fury’. The documentary focuses on her family and their struggle to make a decision whether to give her, 5 years old at the time, a cochlear implant that would enable her to hear.

Heather will share her journey through life; learning how to speak and hear, attending hearing schools, and being part of the deaf culture and the hearing world.

How do YOU feel about your deaf identity in a hearing world? We can all learn from each other’s experiences by sharing them.

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