Did you know.....?
Our DMV region has been home to trailblazers including:
- Dr. Vint Cerf (VA) - Internet pioneer & accessibility advocate
- Nyle DiMarco (Frederick, MD) - Actor, model, and ASL advocate
- Sigrid Cerf (VA) - CI user whose experience inspired accessibility efforts
- George R. L. Turberville (Chantilly, VA) - Early Deaf education pioneer
- Kathleen L. Brockway - Historian preserving Virginia Deaf heritage
- Edward Caledon Bruce - (Winchester, VA) - 19th-century Deaf artist
- Dr. Jane Norman (Covington, VA) - Filmmaker and museum founder
- Howard Hille Johnson - DeafBlind educator and school founder
- John C. Covell - 1800s Deaf education leader at VSDB
(From the Northern Virginia Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons, eNews April 3, 2025)
Famous People with hearing loss
- Stephen Colbert- Single Sided Deafness
- Marlee Matlin- bilateral hearing loss
- Halle Berry- hearing loss in one ear after a traumatic brain injury
- Whoopi Goldberg- hearing loss and wears hearing aids
- Holly Hunter- hearing loss in her left ear due to mumps
- Robert Redford- hearing loss in the left ear due to an ear infection
- Ryan Adams- Meniere's Disease
- Huey Lewis- Meniere's Disease
(From https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/52933-Award-winning-celebrities-with-hearing-loss)
September is Deaf awareness month.
Theme 2025: No human rights without sign language
International Week of Deaf People 2025
September 22-28, 2025