Apple invites deaf, blind advocate Haben Girma to address developers on
  accessibility at WWDC16
From: Apple Insider - 06/14/2016

Speaking at a lunchtime conference that filled seats in the largest
conference room at WWDC, accessibility advocate Haben Girma spoke to
attendees about the value of designing products with disabled users in mind.

Girma, the first deaf blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School and
today an independent advocate of accessibility and inclusion issues, noted
that designing products with accessibility from the start not only benefits
disabled users, but also benefits developers and in many cases all of their
users.

In an hour long conference, Girma expressed that rather than "overcoming
disability," accessible design should focus on removing barriers imposed by
society.

Read the entire article at:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/06/14/apple-invites-deaf-blind-advocate-haben-girma-to-address-developers-on-accessibility-at-wwdc16

Links:
Haben Girma-The First Ever Deaf-Blind Civil Rights Attorney and Graduate of
  Harvard
http://heshling.com/haben-girma-the-first-ever-deaf-blind-civil-rights-attorney-and-graduate-of-harvard

Stanford Talk by Haben Girma
https://vimeo.com/152227801

Disability Inclusion in Africa
http://events.stanford.edu/events/568/56859

Deaf and blind woman rides the waves in California
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3383324/Deaf-blind-woman-rides-waves-California.html

Public service lawyers as pioneering advocates: Haben Girma at TEDxBaltimore
  2014 (video 15:24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvoj-ku8zk0

Related:
Apple Insider Accessibility
http://appleinsider.com/topic/accessibility

Submitted by Andy Lin