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Who is "deaf enough" to be Gallaudet President?
>> She isn't scheduled to take over until January, but already the school's faculty has called a meeting for Monday afternoon to consider for a no-confidence vote against her and students have carried out a weeklong protest.
Fernandes, 47, says she is caught in a cultural debate.
She was born deaf but grew up speaking, and she didn't learn American Sign Language until she was 23. She now characterizes herself as a "fluent signer" who can understand and be understood by everyone on campus. <<
There seem to be some meambers of the deaf community (they don't like "hearing-impaired because they don't consider it an impairment) who act as if deafness is an evolutionary advance over being able to hear...
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